Trading in Knowledge : Development Perspectives on TRIPS, Trade and Sustainability (Paperback)

List of Tables and Boxes * List of Contributors * Foreword * Acknowledgements * List of Acronyms and Abbreviations * 1 Introduction - Graham Dutfield * PART ONE - THE INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE: TRIPS and Development 2 Origins and history of the TRIPS negotiations - Adronico Oduogo Adede 3 The future of IPRs in the multilateral trading system - Frederick Abbott 4 The political economy of the TRIPS Agreement: lessons from Asian countries - Jakkrit Kuanpoth 5 Integrating IPR policies in development strategies - John Barton * TRIPS and the International System on Genetic Resources 6 TRIPS and the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources - Robert J L Lettington 7 The Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPS Agreement: compatibility or conflict? - Biswajit Dhar * The WIPO Agenda 8 New treaty development and harmonization of intellectual property law - Ruth Okediji * PART TWO - POLICY AND SYSTEMIC ISSUES: Plant Variety Protection and Patents on Life Forms 9 Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement: the review process and developments at national and regional levels - Boniface Guwa Chidyausiku 10 The Revised Bangui Agreement and plant variety protection in OAPI countries - Jeanne Zoundjihekpon 11 The world of biotechnology patents - Silvia Salazar 12 The implications of intellectual property for agricultural research and seed production in West and Central Africa - Oumar Niangado and Demba Kebe * TRIPS and Public Health 13 Access to medicines and public policy safeguards under TRIPS - K Balasubramaniam 14 Intellectual property rights and public health in the Revised Bangui Agreement - Rosine Jourdain 15 The TRIPS Agreement and generic production of HIV/AIDS Drugs - Narendra B Zaveri * IPRs and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge 16 International legal protection for genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore: challenges for the intellectual property system - Weerawit Weeraworawit 17 Indigenous knowledge and its protection in India - Suman Sahai 18 Access to genetic resources and protection of traditional knowledge in indigenous territories - Grethel Aguilar 19 Traditional knowledge and the biotrade: the Colombian experience - Ana Maria Hernandez Salgar 20 Documentation of traditional knowledge: People's Biodiversity Registers - Ghate Utkarsh 21 Requiring the disclosure of the origin of genetic resources and traditional knowledge: the current debate and possible legal alternatives - David Vivas Eugui * PART THREE - IMPLEMENTING THE TRIPS AGREEMENT 22 Formulating effective pro-development national intellectual property policies - Carlos Correa * Regional Initiatives 23 Implementing the TRIPS Agreement in Africa - Francis Mangeni 24 The African Union Model Law for the Protection of the Rights of Local Communities Farmers and Breeders and the Regulation of Access to Biological Resources - Johnson A Ekpere 25 The Andean Community regimes on access to genetic resources, intellectual property and indigenous peoples' knowledge - Manuel Ruiz 26 The Central American Regional Protocal on Access to Genetic and Biochemical Resources - Jorge Cabrera Medaglia * National Legislative Reforms 27 The Indian experience in the field of IPR's to biological resources and benefit sharing - Atul Kaushik 28 Interlectual property rights and biological resources: current policy and legislative developments in South Africa - Rosemary A Wolson 29 Towards TRIPS compliance: Kenyan's legislative reforms - James Otieno-Odek 30 The Peruvian Law on Protection of the Collective Knowledge of Indigenous people related to Biological Resources - Begona Venero * Annex 1 Agreement on trade-related Aspects of Interlectual Property Rights (extracts) * Annex 2 The Convention on Biological Diversity (extracts) * Annex 3 International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (extracts) * Annex 4 participants at the Regional Multi-stakeholder Dialogues on IPRs and Sustainable Development * Index