Trading in knowledge development perspectives on TRIPS, trade, and sustainability

An unprecedented surge in the scope and level of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection has been engulfing the world. This globalizing trend has shifted the balance of interests between private innovators and society at large and tensions have flared around key public policy concerns. As deve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bellmann, Christophe
Corporate Author: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Other Authors: Dutfield, Graham, Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Earthscan Publications 2003
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • TRIPS and development
  • TRIPS and the international system on genetic resources
  • The WIPO agenda
  • Plant variety protection and patents on life forms
  • TRIPS and public health
  • IPRs and the protection of traditional knowledge
  • Regional initiatives
  • National legislative reforms