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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968866303321

Autore

Ostergard Robert L

Titolo

The development dilemma : the political economy of intellectual property rights in the international system / / Robert L. Ostergard, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2003

ISBN

1-59332-023-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Law and society

Disciplina

341.7/58

Soggetti

Intellectual property - Political aspects - Developing countries

Intellectual property (International law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-183) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 A Clash of Interests: Development, Universal Human Rights, and Intellectual Property Rights -- 2 Policy Beyond Assumptions: Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Growth -- 3 What is best for the rest?: The Political and Economic Determinants of Intellectual Property Rights Protection -- 4 United States Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Policy in a Changing Global Environment -- 5 The Scramble for China -- 6 Life, Death and Intellectual Property: The South Africa-US Patent Dispute -- Conclusion -- Measurement Appendix -- Notes -- Data References -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Ostergard argues that developing nations adopt stronger intellectual property rights protection in response to international pressures and not as a basis for economic growth and development. Using a new methodology for the measurement of intellectual property rights protection, Ostergard presents empirical evidence to show that, as developing nations become more integrated into the international economic system, they are faced with greater external pressures to increase intellectual property rights protection. Hence, their decision to adopt stronger intellectual property rights protection is purely political. This runs counter to Western arguments for intellectual property rights based on the assumption that stronger intellectual property rights promote economic growth and development.