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Book SynopsisIntellectual property (IP) has become one of the most influential and controversial issues in today's knowledge-based society. This challenging book exposes the reader to key issues at the heart of the public debate now taking place in the field of IP. It considers IP at the macro level where it affects many issues. These include: international trade policy, ownership of breakthrough technologies, foreign direct investment, innovation climates, public-private partnerships, competition rules and public health where it is strongly embedded in contemporary business decision making.
Meir Pugatch has assembled an international and diverse cast of contributing authors, who offer new insights into a broad span of the most pressing IP-related issues. They shed light on the increasing dominance of IP in the design and execution of basic and applied research, the evaluation of intangible assets, and the protection and management of knowledge assets, underscoring its importance in relation to national economic development strategies and business strategies of knowledge-based industries and companies.
The Intellectual Property Debate will appeal to scholars, practitioners, and government officials interested in the fields of international trade and intellectual property policy, intellectual property law, technology transfer and valuation, and international business.
Trade Review'. . . 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
Table of ContentsContents: 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
