Intellectual property and human development : current trends and future scenarios / edited by Tzen Wong, Graham Dutfield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wong, Tzen, 1967- editor.

Dutfield, Graham, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectual property (International law).

Sociological jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (I, 397 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Intellectual Property & Human Development

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the social impact of intellectual property laws. It addresses issues and trends relating to health, food security, education, new technologies, preservation of bio-cultural heritage and contemporary challenges in promoting the arts. It explores how intellectual property frameworks could be better calibrated to meet socio-economic needs in countries at different stages of development, with local contexts and culture in mind. A resource for policy-makers, stakeholders, non-profits and students, this volume furthermore highlights alternative modes of innovation that are emerging to address such diverse challenges as neglected or resurgent diseases in developing countries and the harnessing of creative possibilities on the Internet. The collected essays emphasize not only fair access by individuals and communities to intellectual property - protected material, whether a cure, a crop variety, clean technology, a textbook or a tune - but also the enhancement of their own capabilities in cultural participation and innovation.

Contents:

Intellectual property through the lens of human development / Tzen Wong

Intellectual property and medicine : towards global health equity / Claudia Chamas, Ben Prickril and Joshua Sarnoff

Food security and intellectual property rights : finding the linkages / Hans Morten Haugen, Manuel Ruiz Muller and Savita Mullapudi Narasimhan

Trends and scenarios in the legal protection of traditional knowledge / Charles McManis and Yolanda Terán

Traditional cultural expressions : preservation and innovation / Tzen Wong and Claudia Fernandini

Copyright and capability for education : an approach to intellectual property "from below" / Margaret Chon

Knowledge and education : pro-access implications of new technologies / Dalindyebo Shabalala

Cultural diversity and the arts : contemporary challenges for copyright / Tzen Wong, Molly Torsen and Claudia Fernandini

Scenario planning on the future of intellectual property : literature review and implications for human development / Michael Gollin, Gwen Hinze and Tzen Wong.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-85146-4

1-282-90871-5

9786612908712

0-511-76102-3

0-511-90873-3

0-511-90949-7

0-511-90670-6

0-511-90798-2

OCLC:

689996395