Intellectual Property, Trade and Development: Strategies to Optimize Economic Development in a Trips Plus Era

PART I: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & DEVELOPMENT: THE GLOBAL LINKAGES; 1. TRIPS and Development; 2. The International Intellectual Property System: Treaties, Norms, National Courts, and Private Ordering; 3. Economic Growth and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: A Reassessment of the Conventional Wisdom; 4. Intellectual Property Treaties and Development; PART II: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & DEVELOPMENT: THE REGIONAL LINKAGES; 5. Intellectual Property, Economic Development and the China Puzzle; 6. TRIPS and TRIPS Plus Protection and Impacts in Latin America; 7. TRIPS and TRIPS Plus Impacts in Africa; 8. Trademark Policy: The Case of Arab Countries; 9. Intellectual Property, Trade & Development: A View from the United States; PART III: OPTIMIZING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN AND OUTSIDE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NORMS; 10. The Limits of Development Strategies at the Intersection of Intellectual Property and Human Rights; 11. A Networked Responsive Regulatory Approach to Protecting Traditional Knowledge; 12. Intellectual Property Intersections with Trade and Labour Rules: Rethinking Domestic and International Strategies to Promote Biodiversity following the 'NAFTA Corn' Example; 13. Harmonization Without Consensus: Critical Reflections on Drafting a Substantive Patent Law Treaty; 14. Substantial Equality in International Intellectual Property Norm Setting and Interpretation; 15. TRIPS: an Implementation Toolbox