|
Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International economic & trade law
|
Buy Now
Interpreting TRIPS - Globalisation of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines (Hardcover, New)
Loot Price: R4,668
Discovery Miles 46 680
|
|
|
Interpreting TRIPS - Globalisation of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines (Hardcover, New)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) has become a
global issue. The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
(TRIPS) Agreement outlines the minimum standards for IPR protection
for WTO members and offers a global regime for IPR protection.
However, the benefits of TRIPS are more questionable in poorer
countries where national infrastructure for research and
development (R&D) and social protection are inadequate, whereas
the cost of innovation is high. Today, after more than a decade of
intense debate over global IPR protection, the problems remain
acute, although there is also evidence of progress and cooperation.
This book examines various views of the role of IPRs as incentives
for innovation against the backdrop of development and the transfer
of technology between globalised, knowledge-based, high technology
economies. The book retraces the origins, content and
interpretations of the TRIPS Agreement, including its
interpretations by WTO dispute settlement organs. It also analyses
sources of controversy over IPRs, examining pharmaceutical industry
strategies of emerging countries with different IPR policies. The
continuing international debate over IPRs is examined in depth, as
are TRIPS rules and the controversy about implementing the
'flexibilities' of the Agreement in the light of national policy
objectives. The author concludes that for governments in developing
countries, as well as for their business and scientific
communities, a great deal depends on domestic policy objectives and
their implementation. IPR protection should be supporting domestic
policies for innovation and investment. This, in turn requires a
re-casting of the debate about TRIPS, to place cooperation in
global and efficient R&D at the heart of concerns over IPR
protection.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
