Interpreting TRIPS : globalisation of intellectual property rights and access to medicines

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yamane, Hiroko (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Hart Publishing , c2011
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Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Innovation incentives
  • 3. International IP cooperation and developing country perspectives
  • 4. Biotech inventions and patentable subject matter
  • 5. Uruguay round negotiations and the adoption of TRIPS
  • 6. The TRIPS agreement de Lege Lata : the outline
  • 7. Various methods of interpretation : WTO agreements and the Vienna convention on the law of treaties
  • 8. TRIPS provisions as interpreted by the WTO dispute settlement organs
  • 9. The AIDS epidemic and TRIPS
  • 10. Doha declaration and beyond
  • 11. Emerging economies' IP and industrial policies
  • 12. Pharmaceuticals industry, R&D and public health in emerging economies
  • 13. TRIPS flexibilities and national implementation (1) patentable subject matter and patentability requirements
  • 14. TRIPS flexibilities and national implementation (2) protection of test data submitted to regulatory authorities
  • 15. 'TRIPS plus' provisions in US free trade agreements
  • 16. Recasting the debate on intellectual property rights