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Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo; Roffe, Pedro --- "Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009) [2009] ELECD 571

Editor(s): Meléndez-Ortiz, Ricardo; Roffe, Pedro

Title: Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development

Sub-title: Development Agendas in a Changing World

Series: Elgar Intellectual Property and Global Development series

Topics: Development Economics; Law and Development; Intellectual Property Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 28 December 2009

Number of pages: 496

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848446458

ISBN (soft cover): 9781849802772

EISBN: 9781849803458

Abstract/Description:

Intellectual property (IP) has gained an unprecedented importance in the new world of globalization and the knowledge economy. However, experience, as well as cyclical attitudes toward IP, show that there is no universal model of IP protection.

This comprehensive book considers new and emerging IP issues from a development perspective, examining recent trends and developments in this area. Presenting an overview of the IP landscape in general, the contributing authors subsequently narrow their focus, providing wide-ranging case studies from countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America on topical issues in the current IP discourse. These include the impact of IP on the pharmaceutical sector, the protection of life forms and traditional knowledge, geographical indications, access to knowledge and public research institutes, and the role of competition policy. The challenges developing countries face in the TRIPS-Plus world are also explored in detail.

The diverse range of contributions to this thought-provoking book offer a wide variety of alternative perspectives on and solutions for the controversial issues surrounding the role of IP within sustainable development. As such, it will prove a stimulating read for government policy-makers, trade negotiators, academics, lawyers and IP practitioners in general, UN and other intergovernmental agencies, development campaigners and aid agencies, environmentalist groups and university students.