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Author:   Meir Perez Pugatch
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Edition:   illustrated edition
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9781845420383

ISBN 10:   1845420381
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   27 July 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: Debating IPRs Meir Perez Pugatch PART I: TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT POLICIES OF IPRS 1. A Critical Analysis of the TRIPS Agreement Michael Blakeney 2. The TRIPS Agreement: The Damage to the WTO Brian Hindley 3. Can Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Boost Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Licensing in Developing Countries? Douglas Lippoldt 4. The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: An EU Perspective of a Global Question Paul Vandoren and Pedro Velasco Martins PART II: IPRS, BUSINESS AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 5. What is an Idea Worth? Richard P. Rozek and George G. Korenko 6. Intellectual Property Policies and Scale Neutrality: Strategic Management Implications for SMEs Grant E. Isaac 7. Encouraging Cooperation Among the Academic, Government and Private Sectors in US Biomedical R&D Richard P. Rozek and Bridget A. Dickensheets 8. University Technology Transfer Policy Matters: Is it Time for a 'Bayh-Dole Modernization Act'? Robin J.R. Blatt PART III: IPRS, PHARMACEUTICALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 9. Pharmaceutical Innovation and Intellectual Property Rights: A Global Public Good? David Goren 10. The Realities of TRIPS, Patents and Access to Medicines in Developing Countries Eric Noehrenberg 11. Patenting Genes Trevor Cook PART IV: IPRS, COMPETITION, ACCESS AND ANTITRUST IN THE AGE OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 12. Balancing Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law in a Dynamic, Knowledge-Based European Economy Duncan Curley 13. Technology, Time and Market Forces: The Stakeholders in the Kazaa Era Uma Suthersanen 14. Author's Rights and Internet Regulation: The End of the Public Domain or Constitutional Re-Conceptualization? Guido Westkamp PART V: IPRS AND GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATORS 15. Geographical Indications and TRIPs Michael Blakeney 16. The Treatment of Geographical Indications in Recent Regional and Bilateral Free Trade Agreements David Vivas Eugui and Christoph Spennemann 17. Geographical Indications, Trade and the Functioning of Markets Phil Evans Conclusion: Placing IPRs at the Heart of the Public Discourse Meir Perez Pugatch Index

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`. . . a lovely little book which is full of telling points. Read it and you won't be disappointed.' -- Jeremy Phillips, IPkat.com `Meir Pugatch has done an excellent job by assembling an international and diverse cast of contributing authors, who have offered new insights into a broad span of the most pressing IP-related issues. . . a collection of high quality articles by eminent authorities on IPR is very useful for scholars in the academic fields of law, practitioners, and government officials interested in the field of international trade and intellectual property policy; intellectual property law, technology transfer and valuation and international business.' -- Madhu Sahni, Journal of Intellectual Property Rights

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Edited by Meir Perez Pugatch, University of Haifa, Israel

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