International Intellectual Property Law and Human Security

• Main Author: Ramcharan, Robin. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: The Hague, The Netherlands : T. M. C. Asser Press : Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2013.
• Subjects: Law.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.; Human Rights.; Public International Law.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-900-9

With a Foreword by Professor Gudmundur Alfredsson, former Chair of the Advisory Board of the Worldwide Academy�of WIPO � This book is the first to examine the international intellectual property (IP) legal regime from the perspective of human security. The latter encompasses legal, development and h...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Intellectual Property and Human Security
• The International Intellectual Property Regime
• Human Security Aspects of the Intellectual Property Regime
• Imperatives of the Right to Development
• IP, Human Rights and Human Security
• A Human Security Perspective for International Business Organizations
• The Protection of Traditional Knowledge in Africa, Asia and Latin America
• The Development Agenda of WIPO
• Proposal for an International Equity Panel in WIPO
• Conclusion.