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

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. Contributors to this volume - 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