ABSTRACT
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 developing nations' policy options to use IPRs in support of their broader development strategy are being rapidly narrowed down, many experts are questioning the one-size-fits-all approach to IPR protection and are backing a rebalancing of the global regime. Developing countries face huge challenges when designing and implementing IPR-policy on all levels. This book offers perspectives from a diverse range of developing country participants including civil society participants, farmers, grassroots organizations, researchers and government officials. Contributions from well-known developed country authorities round out the selections.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |78 pages
Part One - The International Architecture
part |42 pages
Trips and Development
part |24 pages
Trips and the International System on Genetic Resources
part |10 pages
The Wipo Agenda
part |108 pages
Part Two - Policy And Systemic Issues
part |34 pages
Plant Variety Protection And Patents On Life Forms
part |21 pages
Trips And Public Health
part |50 pages
Iprs And The Protection Of Traditional Knowledge
part |10 pages
Part Three - Implementing The Trips Agreement
part |36 pages
Regional Initiatives
part |38 pages
National Legislative Reforms