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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782740903321

Autore

Deere-Birkbeck Carolyn <1973->

Titolo

The implementation game [[electronic resource] ] : the TRIPS agreement and the global politics of intellectual property reform in developing countries / / Carolyn Deere

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : New York ; Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-161525-0

0-19-958747-7

1-281-93078-4

9786611930783

0-19-156406-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Disciplina

346.04/8

Soggetti

Intellectual property (International law)

Foreign trade regulation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-395) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The TRIPS implementation game : a fight for ideas -- Developing countries in the global IP system -- Variation in TRIPS implementation (1995--2007) -- Post-TRIPS tensions and global IP debates -- International pressures on developing countries -- The developing country dimension : how national politics mattered -- TRIPS implementation in Francophone Africa -- The implementation game and the variation puzzle.

Sommario/riassunto

This is first book-length study of the politics surrounding the implementation of the WTO's Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), a controversial agreement administered by the World Trade Organization. - ;The fight between North and South over intellectual property (IP) reached new heights in the 1990's. In one corner, large multinational companies and developed countries sought to protect their investments. Opposing them, developing countries argued for the time and scope to pursue development strategies unshackled by rules forged to bolster the competitiveness...