Intellectual Property, Trade and Development

This work responds to the increasing need in many countries to better understand linkages between intellectual property, trade rules, and economic and social development, and to find new ways of implementing intellectual property rules and optimizing their effects. It 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. With new chapters addressing access to educational resources and innovation in the developing world, the use of traditional knowledge as a source of innovation, and TRIPS, TRIPS Pus and Developments across the whole of South Asia, this fully updated second edition presents new insights and discussions from economists and social scientists and benefits from access to the latest metrics and analytical tools available. Contributors to this volume - Professor Robert Ostergard Jr, University of Nevada Professor Anselm Kamperman Sanders, Maastricht University Dalindyebo Shabalala, Maastricht, University Professor Susan Sell, The George Washington University Professor Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt University Law School Professor Abbe Brown, University of Aberdeen Professor Carlos M. Correa, University of Buenos Aires Professor Ikechi Mgbeoji, York University Prashant Reddy, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Professor Ruth Okediji, University of Minnesota Professor Margaret Chon, Seattle University School of Law Doctor Susan Strba, University of Minnesota Daphne Zografos, WIPO Viviana Munoz Tellez, The South Centre, Geneva Professor Amir Khoury, Tel Aviv University