The WTO, Intellectual Property Rights and the Knowledge Economy

This authoritative collection brings together major articles written by leading economists, political scientists and legal scholars to analyse the complexities of the modern global system of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and its relationship with the WTO. The papers selected consider the role of IPRs in the knowledge economy, itself a force for rapid globalisation. They first place IPRs into context as a trade issue and their controversial role within the WTO. Several articles analyse the ability of IPRs to encourage innovation and support markets, emphasising controversial problems in developing countries: special attention is given to the role of patents in biodiversity and essential medicines. Additional contributions provide important theoretical and empirical perspectives on the economics of IPRs in the global economy, including effects on trade, investment, innovation, growth, and technology policies. This authoritative volume will be an important source of reference for scholars and policymakers seeking to understand the development and trade impacts of intellectual property protection. 21 articles, dating from 1991 to 2003

ISBN 1843762374   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781843762379 (What's this?)   Pages 656 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd   Volumes 001 Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd   Published in Cheltenham Format Hardback   Series title Critical Perspectives on the Global Trading System and the WTO Series Publication date 20 Dec 2004   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress K1401.W78   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 346.048   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate

		Introduction by Keith E. Maskus
1		Trade-related intellectual property issues : the Uruguay Round Agreement and its economic implications by Carlos A. Primo Braga		3
2		TRIPs and the WTO : an uneasy marriage by Arvind Panagariya		42
3		Regulatory standards in the WTO : comparing intellectual property rights with competition policy, environmental protection, and core labor standards by Keith E. Maskus		54
4		Life after TRIPS - aggression and opposition by Susan K. Sell		72
5		An introduction to the law and economics of intellectual property by Stanley M. Besen and Leo J. Raskind		123
6		Economic theories about the benefits and costs of patents by Roberto Mazzoleni and Richard R. Nelson		148
7		Adapting the intellectual property system to new technologies by John H. Barton		170
8		Intellectual property rights and competition policy : a framework for the analysis of economic and legal issues by Nancy T. Gallini and Michael J. Trebilcock		198
9		Intellectual property rights and economic development by Carlos A. Primo Braga and Carsten Fink and Claudia Paz Sepulveda		245
10		Sharing the benefits of biodiversity : is there a role for the patent system? by Graham Dutfield		292
11		Social costs and benefits of introducing patent protection for pharmaceutical drugs in developing countries by Julio J. Nogues		325
12		Post-trips options for access to patented medicines in developing nations by F. M. Scherer and Jayashree Watal		355
13		Patents, appropriate technology, and north-south trade by Ishac Diwan and Dani Rodrik		385
14		Strategic trade policy, intellectual property rights protection, and north-south trade by Kresimir Zigic		406
15		Intellectual property rights and foreign direct investment by Amy Jocelyn Glass and Kamal Saggi		440
16		The north's intellectual property rights standard for the south? by Edwin L.-C. Lai and Larry D. Qiu		464
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