02866nam 2200553Ia 450 991081400560332120200520144314.00-203-16568-31-134-59496-80-203-28042-31-280-15720-81-134-59497-6(CKB)1000000000250369(EBL)170648(OCoLC)277598894(MiAaPQ)EBC170648(EXLCZ)99100000000025036920020313d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGlobalising intellectual property rights the TRIPs Agreement /Duncan Matthews1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20021 online resource (217 p.)Warwick studies in globalisation ;4"Simulataneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.0-415-22327-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-195) and index.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; IndexIn 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 andWarwick studies in globalisation ;4.Foreign trade regulationIntellectual property (International law)International business enterprisesForeign trade regulation.Intellectual property (International law)International business enterprises.341.7/58Matthews Duncan1965-516190MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814005603321Globalising Intellectual Property Rights4013517UNINA