Global Intellectual Property Rights

. Ed(s): Drahos, Professor Peter; Mayne, Ruth

ISBN 10: 0333990277 / ISBN 13: 9780333990278

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

About this Item

Shows how the global rules of intellectual property are the product of the strategic behaviour of multinationals, rather than democratic dialogue. Strategies to develop a more flexible standard for poor countries, and for keeping knowledge in the intellectual commons, are also suggested. Editor(s): Drahos, Professor Peter; Mayne, Ruth. Num Pages: 295 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCP; LNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526. . 2002. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Global Intellectual Property Rights
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333990277
• ISBN 13: 9780333990278
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Intellectual property rights such as patents can reduce access to knowledge in genetics, health, agriculture, education and information technology, particularly for people in developing countries. Global Intellectual Property Rights shows how the new global rules of intellectual property have been the product of the strategic behaviour of multinationals, rather than democratic dialogue. The final section of the book suggests strategies aimed at developing more flexible standard for poor countries, and for keeping knowledge in the intellectual commons.

About the Author

KUMARIAH BALASUBRAMANIAM Pharmaceutical Adviser, Consumers International, Malaysia MICHAEL BLAKENEY Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary Property Research Institute, London CARLOS M. CORREA Director, University of Buenos Aires Masters Programme on Science and Technology Policy and Management MARTIN KHOR Director of the Third World Network GARY LEA Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, London University JAMES LOVE Director, Ralph Nader's Consumer Project on Technology, USA STUART MACDONALD Professor of Information and Organization, Sheffield University RUTH MAYNE Oxfam GB Policy Adviser SOL PICCIOTTO Professor of Law, Lancaster University Law School WILLEM PRETORIUS Barrister SUMAN SAHAI Gene Campaign, India ALAN STORY Law School, University of Kent JOHN SULSTON Founder of the Human Genome Project, Cambridge