This book examines the social impact of intellectual property laws. It addresses issues and trends relating to health, food security, education, new technologies, preservation of bio-cultural heritage, and contemporary challenges in promoting the arts. It explores how intellectual property frameworks could be better calibrated to meet socioeconomic needs in countries at different stages of development, with local contexts and culture in mind. Scenarios for the future are discussed. A resource for policy-makers, stakeholders, non-profits, and students, this volume furthermore highlights alternative modes of innovation that are emerging to address such diverse challenges as neglected or resurgent diseases in developing countries and the harnessing of creative possibilities on the Internet. The collected essays emphasize not only fair access by individuals and communities to intellectual property ÇƒÏ protected material, whether a cure, a crop variety, clean technology, a textbook, or a tune ÇƒÏ but also the enhancement of their own capabilities in cultural participation and innovation.

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Intellectual Property and Human Development
Pages: 00350 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2006-09-29
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521190930
Category: Law : Business & Financial
Category: Law : Intellectual Property - General