Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 On institutions and (intellectual) property; 2 Developing intellectual property; 3 The TRIPs agreement and beyond; 4 Intellectual property in the new millennium; 5 The challenge of openness?; Conclusion: reification, hypocrisy and political economy; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The first edition established itself as one of the leading books to situate the issue of intellectual property within the discipline of International Political Economy (IPE). Since its publication, intellectual property has continued to rise up the global agenda, reflecting expanding interest in the area among policy-makers and advocacy groups, linked to the increasingly fraught politics of the global governance of IPRs. Significantly revised and updated to take account of developments within the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization, this edition incorporate
