Global Intellectual Property Rights: Knowledge, Access and Development

Global Intellectual Property Rights: Knowledge, Access and Development List Price: $40.00 Offer Price: USD $20.95 See Latest Price & Discount Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2002-09-06 ISBN 0333990285 Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan Editorial Reviews: Product Description Intellectual property rights such as patents can reduce access to knowledge in genetics, health, agriculture, education, and information technology, particularly for people in developing countries. Global Intellectual Property Rights shows how the new global rules of intellectual property have been the product of the strategic behavior of multinationals, rather than democratic dialogue. The final section of the book suggests strategies aimed at developing more flexible standard for poor countries, and for keeping knowledge in the intellectual commons.