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The Intellectual Property Debate: Perspectives from Law, Economics and Political Economy


ISBN13: 9781845420383
ISBN: 1845420381
Published: July 2006
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback
Price: £131.00



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Intellectual property (IP) has become one of the most influential and controversial issues in today’s knowledge-based society. This challenging book exposes the reader to key issues at the heart of the public debate now taking place in the field of IP. It considers IP at the macro level where it affects many issues. These include: international trade policy, ownership of breakthrough technologies, foreign direct investment, innovation climates, public–private partnerships, competition rules and public health where it is strongly embedded in contemporary business decision making.

Contents:
Introduction: Debating IPRs
Meir Perez Pugatch
PART I: TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT POLICIES OF IPRS
1. A Critical Analysis of the TRIPS Agreement
Michael Blakeney
2. The TRIPS Agreement: The Damage to the WTO
Brian Hindley
3. Can Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Boost Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Licensing in Developing Countries?
Douglas Lippoldt
4. The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: An EU Perspective of a Global Question
Paul Vandoren and Pedro Velasco Martins
PART II: IPRS, BUSINESS AND PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
5. What is an Idea Worth?
Richard P. Rozek and George G. Korenko
6. Intellectual Property Policies and Scale Neutrality: Strategic Management Implications for SMEs
Grant E. Isaac
7. Encouraging Cooperation Among the Academic, Government and Private Sectors in US Biomedical R&D
Richard P. Rozek and Bridget A. Dickensheets
8. University Technology Transfer Policy Matters: Is it Time for a ‘Bayh-Dole Modernization Act’?
Robin J.R. Blatt
PART III: IPRS, PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
9. Pharmaceutical Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights: A Global Public Good?
David Goren
10. The Realities of TRIPS, Patents and Access to Medicines in Developing Countries
Eric Noehrenberg
11. Patenting Genes
Trevor Cook
PART IV: IPRS, COMPETITION, ACCESS AND ANTITRUST IN THE AGE OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
12. Balancing Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law in a Dynamic, Knowledge-Based European Economy
Duncan Curley
13. Technology, Time and Market Forces: The Stakeholders in the Kazaa Era
Uma Suthersanen
14. Author’s Rights and Internet Regulation: The End of the Public Domain or Constitutional Re-Conceptualization?
Guido Westkamp
PART V: IPRS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATORS
15. Geographical Indications and TRIPs
Michael Blakeney
16. The Treatment of Geographical Indications in Recent Regional and Bilateral Free Trade Agreements
David Vivas Eugui and Christoph Spennemann
17. Geographical Indications, Trade and the Functioning of Markets
Phil Evans
Conclusion: Placing IPRs at the Heart of the Public Discourse
Meir Perez Pugatch
Index