Joseph E. Stiglitz

Giovanni Dosi

Jerome H. Reichman

Ruth L. Okediji

Mario Cimoli

Keith E. Maskus

"This book analyses the impact of diverse intellectual property rights (IPR) regimes upon the development process". -- PAGE [1].

Legal and Economic Challenges for Development

Intellectual Property Rights

Paul F. Uhlir

A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data in a Highly Protectionist Intellectual Property Environment

Distinguished economists, political scientists, and legal experts discuss the implications of the increasingly globalized protection of intellectual property rights for the ability of countries to provide their citizens with such important public goods as basic research, education, public health, and environmental protection. Such items increasingly depend on the exercise of private rights over technical inputs and information goods, which could usher in a brave new world of accelerating technological innovation. However, higher and more harmonized levels of international intellectual property rights could also throw up high roadblocks in the path of follow-on innovation, competition and the attainment of social objectives. It is at best unclear who represents the public interest in negotiating forums dominated by powerful knowledge cartels. This is the first book to assess the public processes and inputs that an emerging transnational system of innovation will need to promote technical progress, economic growth and welfare for all participants.

International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology Under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime

Laurence R. Helfer

Molly K. Land

The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled is a watershed development in the fields of intellectual property and human rights. As the first international legal instrument to establish mandatory exceptions to copyright, the Marrakesh Treaty uses the legal and policy tools of copyright to advance human rights. The World Blind Union Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty offers a comprehensive framework for interpreting the Treaty in ways that enhance the ability of print-disabled individuals to create, read, and share books and cultural materials in accessible formats. The Guide also provides specific recommendations to government officials, policymakers, and disability rights organizations involved with implementing the Treaty's provisions in national law.

Facilitating Access to Books for Print-Disabled Individuals

The World Blind Union Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty

Jerome H. Reichman

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