Introduction -- Structures, agents, and institutions -- US intellectual property rights in historical perspective -- The domestic origins of a trade-based approach to intellectual property -- The Intellectual Property Committee and transnational mobilization -- Life after TRIPS: aggression and opposition -- Conclusion: structured agency revisited
Summary
Susan K. Sell's book argues that lobbying by powerful multinational corporations has moulded international law on intellectual property rights in order to protect their markets. It is a fascinating study of the influence of private interests in government decision-making, and in the shaping of the global economy
Analysis
Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
Trade regulation
Globalisation
Pressure groups
United States
Overseas item
Patent, copyright & intellectual property law
International economics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index
Notes
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SUBJECT
Accord relatif aux aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce (1994) rasuqam