Global Intellectual Property Rights - Knowledge, Access and Development - Hardback - 2002

Shows how the global rules of intellectual property are the product of the strategic behaviour of multinationals, rather than democratic dialogue. Strategies to develop a more flexible standard for poor countries, and for keeping knowledge in the intellectual commons, are also suggested.
Year of publication: 2002
Pagination: 296 pages, tables, graphs, index
Format: Hardback
Editor: Peter Drahos, Ruth Mayne