Trading in Knowledge
Subtitle: Development Perspectives on TRIPS, Trade and Sustainability
Contributors: Christophe Bellmann (Editor); Graham Dutfield (Editor); Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz (Editor)
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781844070435
Subjects: Development economics; Development studies; Intellectual property, copyright & patents; International economic & trade law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Intellectual property (International law); Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Sustainable development; International; Social Science / Third World Development; Intellectual property (Interna; International Relations - General
First sentence: Intellectual property rights (IPRs) have never been more economically and politically important than they are in today's so called 'knowledge-based society'.