  In many developing countries intellectual property infringement and the
commerce of pirate goods is an entrepreneurial activity. Digital piracy is very
often the only media for having access to music, cinema, books and software. At
the same time, bio-prospecting and infringement of indigenous knowledge rights
by international consortiums is usual in places with high biodiversity. In
these arenas transnational actors interact with local communities. Accusations
of piracy often go both ways. This article analyzes the case of southeast
Mexico. Using a war of attrition game theory model it explains different
situations of intellectual property rights piracy and protection. It analyzes
different levels of interaction and institutional settings from the global to
the very local. The article proposes free IP zones as a solution of IP
disputes. The formation of technological local clusters through Free
Intellectual Property Zones (FIPZ) would allow firms to copy and share de facto
public domain content for developing new products inside the FIPZ. Enforcement
of intellectual property could be pursuit outside of the FIPZ. FIPZ are
envisioned as a new type of a sui generis intellectual property regime.
