Intellectual Property, Trade and Development Strategies to Optimize Economic Development in a TRIPS Plus Era

Author: Daniel Gervais
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199216758
Published In: October 2007
Format: Hardback , 624 pages
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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.

PART I: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & DEVELOPMENT: THE GLOBAL LINKAGES
1: Prof. Daniel Gervais: TRIPS and Development
2: Prof. Graeme Dinwoodie: The International Intellectual Property System: Treaties, Norms, National Courts, and Private Ordering
3: Prof. Robert Ostergard Jr.: Economic Growth and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: A Reassessment of the Conventional Wisdom
4: Prof. Anselm Kamperman Sanders: Intellectual Property Treaties and Development
PART II: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & DEVELOPMENT: THE REGIONAL LINKAGES
5: Prof. Peter K. Yu: Intellectual Property, Economic Development and the China Puzzle
6: Prof. Carlos M. Correa: TRIPS and TRIPS Plus Protection and Impacts in Latin America
7: Prof. Ikechi Mgbeoji: TRIPS and TRIPS Plus Impacts in Africa
8: Dr Amir Khoury: Trademark Policy: The Case of Arab Countries
9: Hon. Jean Homere: Intellectual Property, Trade & Development: A View from the United States
PART III: OPTIMIZING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN AND OUTSIDE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NORMS
10: Prof. Ruth Okediji: The Limits of Development Strategies at the Intersection of Intellectual Property and Human Rights
11: Prof. Peter Drahos: A Networked Responsive Regulatory Approach to Protecting Traditional Knowledge
12: Prof. Chantal Thomas: Intellectual Property Intersections with Trade and Labour Rules: Rethinking Domestic and International Strategies to Promote Biodiversity following the 'NAFTA Corn' Example
13: Prof. Jerome Reichman & Prof. Rochelle Dreyfuss: Harmonization Without Consensus: Critical Reflections on Drafting a Substantive Patent Law Treaty
14: Prof. Margaret Chon: Substantial Equality in International Intellectual Property Norm Setting and Interpretation
15: Prof. Daniel Gervais: TRIPS: an Implementation Toolbox

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