1st Edition
Intellectual Property in Global Governance A Development Question
Part I: 1. Introduction and Outlook 2. Global Governance, Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Economy 3. Global Governance Structures and Regime Dynamics in Intellectual Property Part II: 4. Human Rights in the New Intellectual Property Dynamic 5. Intellectual Property and the Political Economics of Agriculture Part III: 6. Traditional/Indigenous Knowledge in the Global Governance of Intellectual Property 7. Traditional Cultural Expressions, Expressions of Folklore, and Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage 8. Managing Intellectual Property in Global Governance
Biography
Chidi Oguamanam is a Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada and formerly the Director of the Law and Technology Institute at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada.
"This interesting general work on international intellectual property rights management relating to biotechnology explores key portions of the World Trade Organization's agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) and discusses the application of IP regulations in a series of economic and political contexts. Topics discussed include the structure of the international knowledge economy, human rights in the new IP dynamic, the political economics of world agriculture and rules regarding historical privileging and tangible cultural heritage."—Book News
