1st Edition

Globalising Intellectual Property Rights The TRIPS Agreement

By Duncan Matthews Copyright 2002
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

In 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... Read more
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

Biography

Duncan Matthews is a Senior Lecturer at the Intellectual Property Research Institute, Queen Mary, University of London. He has written widely on intellectual property rights, environmental policy and the single European market.