Ghidini, Gustavo; Peritz, J.R. Rudolph; Ricolfi, Marco --- "TRIPS and Developing Countries" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) [2014] ELECD 113

Editor(s): Ghidini, Gustavo; Peritz, J.R. Rudolph; Ricolfi, Marco

Title: TRIPS and Developing Countries

Sub-title: Towards a New IP World Order?

Topics: Law and Development; Intellectual Property Law; International Economic Law, Trade Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 28 February 2014

Number of pages: 336

ISBN (hard cover): 9781849804851

EISBN: 9781849804943

Abstract/Description:

TRIPS reflects the dominant view that enforcing strong intellectual property rights is necessary to solve problems of trade and development. The global ensemble of authors in this collection ask, how can TRIPS mature further into an institution that supports a view of economic development which incorporates the human rights ethic already at work in the multilateralist geopolitics driving international relations? In particular, how can these human rights, seen as encompassing a whole ‘new’ set of collective interests such as public health, environment, and nutrition, provide a pragmatic ethic for shaping development policy? Some chapters address these questions by describing recent successes, while others propose projects in which these human rights can provide ethical ground for influencing the forces at play in development policies.

This stimulating book will strongly appeal to policy makers, academics, and students seeking to understand how the ‘new’ human rights can inform efforts to reconfigure intellectual property rights as an engine for fair and just economic development.