By Daniel Gervais

Description

• Meets a growing need to understand the connections between intellectual property and trade rules, in the context of economic and social development
• Provides a comprehensive analysis of the most current research and thinking in the field
• Sets out implementation strategies for TRIPS, TRIPS Plus norms and Intellectual Property rules
• Written by a team of recognized experts in the various subjects covered

There is a fast-growing need in many countries, in particular in the developing world, to come to a greater understanding of the links between intellectual property, trade rules and economic and social development and to find new ways of implementing intellectual property rules and optimizing their effects. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the latest legal, economic, political and social research and advanced current thinking on the relationship between intellectual property and trade and development.

The first part of the book will cover the theoretical basis of the connections between intellectual property, trade and development. It will then go on to provide the reader with options as to how intellectual property rules can be incorporated in the local legal framework and how the positive impact of intellectual property standards can be maximized while minimizing welfare costs. This will include implementation strategies for TRIPS and TRIPS Plus norms, and also the use of measures outside the traditional scope of intellectual property norms. These measures will range from education to the establishment or enhancement of a solid industrial and research base, to fighting pandemics such as HIV/AIDS. Possible economic strategies and proposals are also offered on the protection of traditional knowledge and indigenous resources.

Readership: The book will be of particular interest to intellectual property academics, students of advanced and/or international intellectual property, and intellectual property policy makers (and consultants) in government as well as non-governmental organisations around the world. It will also be of interest to intellectual property practitioners, plus economists and political and social scientists, particularly those involved in trade and development issues.

Contents
1. TRIPS and Development , Prof. Daniel Gervais

2. The International Intellectual Property System: Treaties, Norms, National Courts, and Private Ordering , Prof. Graeme Dinwoodie

3. Economic Growth and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: A Reassessment of the Conventional Wisdom , Prof. Robert Ostergard Jr.

4. Intellectual Property Treaties and Development , Prof. Anselm Kamperman Sanders

5. Intellectual Property, Economic Development and the China Puzzle , Prof. Peter K. Yu

6. TRIPS and TRIPS Plus Protection and Impacts in Latin America , Prof. Carlos M. Correa

7. TRIPS and TRIPS Plus Impacts in Africa , Prof. Ikechi Mgbeoji

8. Trademark Policy: The Case of Arab Countries , Dr Amir Khoury

9. Intellectual Property, Trade & Development: A View from the United States , Hon. Jean Homere

10. The Limits of Development Strategies at the Intersection of Intellectual Property and Human Rights , Prof. Ruth Okediji

11. A Networked Responsive Regulatory Approach to Protecting Traditional Knowledge , Prof. Peter Drahos

12. Intellectual Property Intersections with Trade and Labour Rules: Rethinking Domestic and International Strategies to Promote Biodiversity following the NAFTA Corn Example , Prof. Chantal Thomas

13. Harmonization Without Consensus: Critical Reflections on Drafting a Substantive Patent Law Treaty , Prof. Jerome Reichman & Prof. Rochelle Dreyfuss

14. Substantial Equality in International Intellectual Property Norm Setting and Interpretation , Prof. Margaret Chon

15. TRIPS: an Implementation Toolbox , Prof. Daniel Gervais

Authors, editors, and contributors

Edited by Daniel Gervais, Vice-Dean of Research and Osler Professor of Intellectual property and Technology Law, University of Ottawa, Canada Contributors:Prof. Margaret Chon, Seattle University School of Law, USA Prof. Carlos M. Correa, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Industrial Property and Economics Law, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Prof. Graeme Dinwoodie, Program in Intellectual Property Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, USA Prof. Peter Drahos, Centre for Governance of Knoweldge and Development, Australian National University Prof. Rochelle Dreyfuss, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy, NYU School of Law, USA Prof Daniel Gervais, Faculty of Common Law, University of Ottawa, Canada Hon. Jean Homere, US Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals Dr Amir Khoury, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel Prof. Ikechi Mgbeoji, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada Prof. Ruth Okediji, University of Minnesota Law School, USA Prof. Robert Ostergard Jr., University of Nevada, Reno Prof. Jerome Reichman, Duke University School of Law, USA Prof. Anselm Kamperman Sanders, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Prof. Chantal Thomas, University of Minnesota, USA Prof. Peter K. Yu, Intellectual Property & Communications Law Program, Michigan State University, USA

Published Year: 2007 Format: Hard Back ISBN: 978-0-19-921675-8 Publisher: Oxford University Press No of Pages: 616 Our Price: £ 85.00 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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