The WTO, intellectual property, e-commerce, and the internet / edited by Rohan Kariyawasam.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kariyawasam, Rohan, 1965-

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Series:

Elgar reference collection.

Elgar reference collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electronic commerce--Law and legislation.

Electronic commerce.

Intellectual property (International law).

Electronic industries--Law and legislation.

Electronic industries.

Internet--Law and legislation.

Internet.

Telecommunication--Law and legislation.

Telecommunication.

World Trade Organization--Rules and practice.

World Trade Organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 v. (1,016 p.)) : ill. ; cm.

Other Title:

World Trade Organization, intellectual property, electronic commerce, and the Internet

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., 2009.

Summary:

Rohan Kariyawasam assesses articles on international economic law and policy that touch on issues as diverse as telecommunications, e-commerce, information technology and technology transfer. This research review navigates an innovative discussion of these sectors, their effect on international trade and the role of the WTO in promoting the worldwide trade of electronic goods and services.

Contents:

Recommended readings (Machine generated): Sen, A. (1999), Development as Freedom, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3-13.

Wonki Min (2000), 'Telecommunications Regulations: Institutional Structures and Responsibilities', OECD DSTI/ICCP/TISP(99)15/FINAL, 1-41

Yoshiko Kurisaki (1995), 'The Changing Role of Telecommunications in the Economy: Globalisation and Its Impact on National Telecommunication Policy', OCDE/GD(95)116, 1, 3-5, 7-43, 45-57, 59-65, 67-73

Rohan Kariyawasam (2007), 'International Telecommunications', in Andrew T. Guzman and Alan O. Sykes (eds), Research Handbook in International Economic Law, Chapter 13, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 533-74

Peter L. Smith and Björn Wellenius (1999), 'Mitigating Regulatory Risk in Telecommunications', Public Policy for the Private Sector, Note No. 189, July, 1-8

Marco C.E.J. Bronckers and Pierre Larouche (1997), 'Telecommunications Services and the World Trade Organization', Journal of World Trade, 31 (3), June, 5-48

Lee Tuthill (1996), 'Users' Rights? The Multilateral Rules on Access to Telecommunications', Telecommunications Policy, 20 (2), March, 89-99

Lee Tuthill (1997), 'The GATS and New Rules for Regulators', Telecommunications Policy, 21 (9/10), 783-98

Mark Naftel and Lawrence J. Spiwak (2000), 'The WTO and the Reference Paper: An Ostensible Blueprint for Entry', in The Telecoms Trade War: The United States, The European Union and the World Trade Organisation, Chapter 5, Oxford, UK and Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing, 91-119

Markus Fredebeul-Krein and Andreas Freytag (1997), 'Telecommunications and WTO Discipline: An Assessment of the WTO Agreement on Telecommunication Services', Telecommunications Policy, 21 (6), July, 477-91

Timothy Denton (2002), 'Protocol Interfaces Are the New Bottlenecks: What the Internet Means for Telecom Regulation', http://www.tmdenton.com, accessed 24 March 2009

Rohan Kariyawasam (2005), 'Defining Dominance for Bits and Bytes: A New "Layering Theory" for Interpreting Significant Market Power?', European Competition Law Review, 26 (10), October, 581-94

Sonali Singh (2006), 'The Telmex Dispute at the WTO: Competition Makes a Backdoor Entry', CUTS C-CIER Briefing Paper, No. 1/2006, 1-6

Eleanor M. Fox (2006), 'The WTO's First Antitrust Case - Mexican Telecom: A Sleeping Victory for Trade and Competition', Journal of International Economic Law, 9 (2), June, 271-92

Peter Hill (1999), 'Tangibles, Intangibles and Services: A New Taxonomy for the Classification of Output', Canadian Journal of Economics, 32 (2), April, 426-46

Rohan Kariyawasam (2007), 'The Classification of Electronic Intangibles in the WTO', in International Economic Law and the Digital Divide: A New Silk Road?, Chapter 6, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 118-62

Claude E. Barfield (2003), 'Electronic Commerce and the Gats Negotiations', in Claude E. Barfield, Günter Heiduk and Paul J.J. Welfens (eds), Internet, Economic Growth and Globalization, Part Q, Heidelberg, Germany and New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 289-304

Harald Sander (2003), 'Electronic Commerce and the GATS Negotiations (Some Comments on a Paper by Claude E. Barfield)', in Claude E. Barfield, Günter Heiduk and Paul J.J. Welfens (eds), Internet, Economic Growth and Globalization, Part R, Heidelberg, Germany and New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 305-10

Sacha Wunsch-Vincent (2006), 'The Internet, Cross-Border Trade in Services, and the GATS: Lessons from US-Gambling', World Trade Review, 5 (3), November, 319-55

Federico Ortino (2006), 'Treaty Interpretation and the WTO Appellate Body Report in US - Gambling: A Critique', Journal of International Economic Law, 9 (1), March, 117-48

Mariá Verónica Pérez Asinari (2006), 'Internet Gambling and Betting Services: When the GATS' Rules Are Not Applied Due to the Public Morals/Public Order Exception. What Lessons Can Be Learnt?', Computer Law and Security Report, 22, 299-308

Heinz Hauser and Sacha Wunsch-Vincent (2000/2001), 'A Call for a WTO E-Commerce Initiative', International Journal of Communications Law and Policy, 6, Winter, 1-35

Daniel Piazolo (2001), 'Multilateral and European Responses to E-Commerce', European Integration Online Papers, 5 (4), May, reset

Sacha Wunsch-Vincent (2003), 'The Digital Trade Agenda of the U.S.: Parallel Tracks of Bilateral, Regional and Multilateral Liberalization', Aussenwirtschaft, 58 (1), 7-46

Michael Hart and Ramesh Chaitoo (1999), 'Electronic Commerce and International Trade Rules', Journal of World Intellectual Property, 2 (6), November, 911-37

Olivier Cattaneo and Julia Nielson (2002), 'Regulation of Services Traded Electronically', OECD TD/TC/WP(2002)32/FINAL, 1-33

Rosemary Morris (2000), 'Electronic Commerce: A Cluster Approach to the Negotiation of Input Services', OECD TD/TC/ WP(2000)33/FINAL, 1-21

Keith E. Maskus (1998), 'The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Encouraging Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer', Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 9 (1), Fall, 109-61

Olivier Cattaneo (2003), 'Intellectual Property Rights in the New Economy: Technological Changes and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights', OECD TD/TC/WP(2002)53/FINAL, 1-24

Carlos M. Correa (2000), 'Implications of Intellectual Property Rights for the Access to and Use of Information Technologies in Developing Countries', INTECH Discussion Paper Special Series, #2000-2d, The United Nations University Institute for New Technologies, 7-37, 39-49, 51-57

Peter Drahos (2001), 'Bilateralism in Intellectual Property', A Paper Prepared for Oxfam, www.oxfam.org.uk, accessed 24 March 2009, 1-18

Sanjeev Dewan, Dale Ganley and Kenneth L. Kraemer (2005), 'Across the Digital Divide: A Cross-Country, Multi-Technology Analysis of the Determinants of IT Penetration', Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 6 (12), December, 409-30

Lars T. Soeftestad and Maung K. Sein (2003), 'ICT and Development: East is East and West is West and the Twain may yet Meet. On the Process of Implementing an ICT-Strategy in the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)', in S. Krishna and Shirin Madon (eds), The Digital Challenge: Information Technology in the Development Context, Chapter 4, London, UK: Ashgate, 63-82

Rohan Kariyawasam (2007), 'Developing Countries and Telecommunications', in International Economic Law and the Digital Divide: A New Silk Road?, Chapter 7, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 165-91

Peter F. Cowhey and Mikhail M. Klimenko (2001), 'Implementing Telecommunications Liberalization in Developing Countries after the WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications Services', in Robert M. Stern (ed.), Services in the International Economy, Chapter 16, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 349-68

Arvind Panagariya (2000), 'E-Commerce, WTO and Developing Countries', World Economy, 23 (8), August, 959-78

Catherine L. Mann (2001), 'Electronic Commerce in Developing Countries: Issues for Domestic Policy and WTO Negotiations' in Robert M. Stern (ed.), Services in the International Economy, Chapter 10, Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 231-43

David Vivas Eugui (2001), 'Issues on the Relationship Between E-Commerce and Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO: Implications for Developing Countries', South Centre Occasional Paper, September, 1-24.

Notes:

The recommended readings are available in the print version, or may be available via the link to your library's holdings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78536-276-3

OCLC:

299701318