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Interpreting TRIPS : Globalisation of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines

Author
Yamane, Hiroko
Published
Oxford : Hart Pub., 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (583 pages)
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English.
Contents
Yamane_EB634 Interpreting TRIPS 9781847316332; Yamane_EB634 Interpreting TRIPS 9781841139531.pdf; Prelims; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Introduction; Part I Background; 1 Innovation Incentives; 2 International IP Cooperation and Developing Country Perspectives; 3 Biotech Inventions and Patentable Subject Matter; Part II The TRIPS Agreement; 4 Uruguay Round Negotiations and the Adoption of TRIPS; 5 The TRIPS Agreement de Lege Lata: the Outline; 6 Various Methods of Interpretation: WTO Agreements and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
Summary
Protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) has become a global issue. The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Agreement outlines the minimum standards for IPR protection for WTO members and offers a global regime for IPR protection. However, the benefits of TRIPS are more questionable in poorer countries where national infrastructure for research and development (R & D) and social protection are inadequate, whereas the cost of innovation is high. Today, after more than a decade of intense debate over global IPR protection, the problems remain acute, although there is al.
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9781847316332 (electronic bk.)
1847316336 (electronic bk.)
9781847318152
1847318150
9781472565440 (online)
1472565444
9781841139531 (hbk.)
184113953X (hbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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