Intellectual property and human rights
Subtitle: a paradox
By: edited by Willem Grosheide
Series: CIER series
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781848444478
Subjects: Intellectual property; Human rights; Social aspects
Description: In the modern era where the rise of the knowledge economy is accompanied, if not facilitated, by an ever-expanding use of intellectual property rights, this timely book provides a much needed explanation to the relationship between intellectual property law and human rights law.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: General introduction / Willem Grosheide; title: Human rights law status report / Cees Flinterman; title: Expansion and convergence in copyright law / Madeleine de Cock Buning; title: Patents and human rights : where is the paradox? / Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss; title: Introduction / Jerzy Koopman; title: Is copyright fit for the 21st century? No! / Joost Smiers; title: Intellectual property rights, human rights and the right to health / Duncan Matthews; title: On patents and human rights / Jan Brinkhof; title: Current patent laws and cannot claim the backing of human rights / Wendy Gordon; title: Introduction / Lucky Belder; title: A practical analysis of the human rights paradox in intellectual property law : russian roulette / Charlotte Waelde and Abbe E.L. Brown; title: Human rights' limitations in patent law / Geertrui van Overwalle; title: Human rights as a constraint on intellectual property rights : the case of patent plant variety protection rights, genetic resources and traditional knowledge / Charles R. McManis; title: A comment on 'Human rights as a constraint on intellectual property rights : the case of patent plant variety protection rights, genetic resources and traditional knowledge' / Martin J. Adelman.