TRIPS and developing countries : towards a new IP world order? / edited by Gustavo Ghidini, Rudolph J. R. Peritz, Marco Ricolfi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ghidini, Gustavo.

Peritz, Rudolph J. R.

Ricolfi, Marco.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994).

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

Intellectual property--Developing countries.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

TRIPS reflects the dominant view that enforcing strong intellectual property rights is necessary to solve problems of trade and development. The global ensemble of authors in this collection ask, how can TRIPS mature further into an institution that supports a view of economic development which incorporates the human rights ethic already at work in the multilateralist geopolitics driving international relations? In particular, how can these human rights, seen as encompassing a whole 'new' set of collective interests such as public health, environment, and nutrition, provide a pragmatic ethic f

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. When framing meets law: Using human rights as a practical instrument to facilitate access to medicines in developing countries; 2. Issues and strategies of China IP protection after the TRIPS Agreement; 3. Patent and trademark rights incommercial agreements entered by the United States with Latin American nations in the first decade of the twenty-first century: Divide et vinces; 4. Compulsory licensing of intellectual property: A viable policy lever for promoting access to critical technologies?

5. On TRIPS' impact on 'least developed countries': The effects of a 'double standards' approach6. Adjudicating TRIPS for development; 7. The IPT Project - proposals to reform the TRIPS Agreement*; 8. Access to genetic resources and benefit sharing: The Nagoya Protocol in the light of the TRIPS Agreement; 9. The illusion of TRIPS Agreement to promote creativity and innovation in developing countries: Case study on Kenya; 10. Public sector information, intellectual property data and developing countries; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84980-494-X