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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814005603321

Autore

Matthews Duncan <1965->

Titolo

Globalising intellectual property rights : the TRIPs Agreement / / Duncan Matthews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

0-203-16568-3

1-134-59496-8

0-203-28042-3

1-280-15720-8

1-134-59497-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Warwick studies in globalisation ; ; 4

Disciplina

341.7/58

Soggetti

Foreign trade regulation

Intellectual property (International law)

International business enterprises

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Simulataneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-195) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Globalising Intellectual Property Rights: The TRIPs Agreement; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Origins of the TRIPs Agreement; 2. Negotiating the TRIPs Agreement; 3. Content of the TRIPs Agreement; 4. Implementing the TRIPs Agreement; 5. Impact of the TRIPs Agreement on developing countries; 6. Future of the TRIPs Agreement; Appendix: full text of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPs Agreement); Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Globalising Intellectual Property Rights, Matthews looks at various aspects of the TRIPS Agreement: agenda-setting, legal interpretation, implementation, enforcement and revision - from the viewpoint of global business interests and developing countries. It is argued that the Agreement was largely the result of an initiative by multinational companies who sought to protect their own intellectual property through international law, and, furthermore, that it is these multinational companies who are now its main guardians. The book



concludes that the history of the TRIPS Agreement and