This volume features four chapters addressing the current issues
facing intellectual property, innovation and development policy in
Brazil. Each chapter is authored by legal scholars affiliated to
the Fundacao Getulio Vargas law schools in Sao Paolo and Rio de
Janeiro. Each chapter examines a policy area that significantly
impacts access to knowledge in Brazil. These include: exceptions
and limitations to copyright, free software and open business
models, patent reform and access to medicines, and open innovation
in the biotechnology sector. Lea Shaver is an Associate Research
Scholar and Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. This volume
features four chapters addressing the current issues facing
intellectual property, innovation and development policy in Brazil.
Each chapter is authored by legal scholars affiliated to the
Fundacao Getulio Vargas law schools in Sao Paolo and Rio de
Janeiro. Each chapter examines a policy area that significantly
impacts access to knowledge in Brazil. These include: exceptions
and limitations to copyright, free software and open business
models, patent reform and access to medicines, and open innovation
in the biotechnology sector. "Brazil is one of the world's most
productive crucibles for new ideas and practices in innovation and
collaboration. This meticulously researched book provides a
sweeping tour of the issues arising form that
leadership."--Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School
"Brazil is one of the world's most productive crucibles for new
ideas and practices in innovation and collaboration. This
meticulously researched book provides a sweeping tour of the issues
arising form that leadership."--Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law
School
"As policy makers around the world grapple with how to configure
their intellectual property policies to promote innovation and
economic growth, as well as public access to the fruits of
intellectual labor, they would do themselves a huge favor by
reading Lea Shaver's excellent book."--Pam Samuelson, University of
California, Berkeley
"This is essential reading for anyone who cares about one of the
most important human rights issues of the century: access to
knowledge."--Madhavi Sunder, Professor of Law, University of
California, Davis
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