... of justice is the nature of equality of legal responsibility, which is the basis upon which World Trade Organization (WTO) membership and adherence to the TRIPs Agreement is based. In reality, however, while an ideal world would require all countries to provide the same level of IP protection...

...), particularly with regard to medicinal products. Despite these tensions, it is apparent both that TK and modern concepts in IP protection may have much to offer one another. This article considers the scope for a legal regime that is sensitive to cultural and economic rights of the TK custodians. Although...

... This chapter explicates the overlapping forms of IP protection for databases in the US. It explores the copyright protection for the selection and arrangement of the facts contained in a database. The overlap of copyright and sui generis protection for databases can be viewed simply...

...This chapter takes the perspective of international trade law, as embodied in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and examines how the rules on trade in goods address intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement measures. It first looks at IP protection and enforcement...

... in the treatment of IP in international law something one discovers when looking beyond the often narrow confines of the traditional international IP system. The main objective of the course hence was (and still is) to raise awareness of the multitude of diverse and specialized regimes relevant for IP protection...

...This chapter covers parts of Asia where there have been very significant recent developments in intellectual property (IP) law. IP reform in the region was initially driven by the concerns of industrialized countries about the lack of IP protection in Asian “miracle” economies. More recently...

... and imitation. Conversely, strong IPR regimes are strongly promoted by countries on the innovation frontier. Nowadays, the latter, and in particular the US, strategically use IP protection as a mechanism to protect the rent-generating potential stemming from the technological capabilities accumulated...

... their goals. It attempts to connect international investment and human rights law in their approaches to IP protection. By using IP tools, human right lawyers can offer World Trade Organisation (WTO)/IP lawyers with acceptable arguments to integrate and take into account human rights objectives within...

...Current intellectual property (IP) protection and direct IP valuation for spirituality is, to an extent, obsolete. By using literature studies, cases, independent research observations and interviews, and participation in certain spiritual traditions, this chapter identifies and provides examples...