Intellectual property: trade, competition, and sustainable development

Focuses on the WTO and intellectual property rights in international lawThe incorporation of intellectual property protection into the WTO international trading system has been a milestone in international economic law and has added a new dimension to trade regulation -- new rights and obligations a...nd new challenges alike. The contributors, leading scholars and practitioners in the field, provide insights into the legal relationship of the TRIPs Agreement to the GATT 94 and the GATS. The book widens the debate with a thorough discussion on pending and unresolved relations of TRIPs, the WTO, UPOV, the Convention on Biodiversity and Farmers' Rights contained in the FAO International Undertaking, and efforts of the World Bank GCIAR system, including IPGRI. What will be the impact of TRIPs on ownership of plant genetic resources?Largely a victory for OECD countries, the present state of intellectual property rights has important implications for developing countries. The incorporation of intellectual property rights into the WTO system will eventually change the relationship of trade, competition, and intellectual property. It will equally have to assist in providing equitable sharing of benefits in the use of plant genetic resources. All of these issues are essential for the revisio Ausführliche Beschreibung Beschreibung ausblenden

1. Person:	Cottier, Thomas [Hrsg.]
Format:	Buch
Genre:	Kongress
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Ann Arbor, Mich. Univ. of Michigan Press 2001
Beschreibung:	XV, 558 S.
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Serien:	The World Trade Forum ; 3 Studies in international economics
Schlagworte (SWD):	Geistiges Eigentum Patentrecht Biotechnologie Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Schlagworte (STW):	Artenvielfalt Biotechnologie Entwicklungsländer Gentechnik Immaterialgüterrechte Industrieländer Internationale Handelspolitik Nachhaltige Entwicklung TRIPS Theorie WTO-Recht Welt
Schlagworte (SH):	Biotechnology > Patents Competition Intellectual property (International law) > Economic aspects International trade Sustainable development
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