1st Edition
The Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights The New Enclosures?
By Christopher May
Copyright 2000
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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It has become a commonplace that there has been an information revolution, transforming both society and the economy. In 1995 the Trade Related Intellectual Property (TRIPs) agreement aimed to harmonise protection for property in knowledge throughout the global system. This book considers the contemporary disputes about the ownership of knowledge resources - as in the cases of genetically modified... Read more
Introduction 1. On institutions and property 2. Developing intellectual property 3. TRIPs as watershed 4. Sites of resistance - patenting nature, technology and skills? 5. Sites of consolidation - legitimate authorship? 6. Between commons and individuals
Biography
Christopher May
