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TY - CHAP
T1 - Why IPRs are a global political issue
AU - May, Christopher
PY - 2006/10/28
Y1 - 2006/10/28
N2 - There has been a flurry of recent work addressing intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the contemporary economy, but a relative lack of work by legal scholars sensitive to the now globalised politics of IPRs. Intellectual property replaces knowledge's largely non-rival character with a regime of rival property. IPRs also reflect the rights of individuals to own the products of their own efforts, in that these efforts reflect the expression of an individual's self-identity. The history of the international recognition of IPRs is considerably shorter than any of its national histories. The original intent of including IPRs in the international trade negotiations leading to the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was merely to enhance international anti-counterfeiting measures. The character of national laws supported the appropriation of foreign knowledge and information when the United States, and before that Britain, were "developing countries".
AB - There has been a flurry of recent work addressing intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the contemporary economy, but a relative lack of work by legal scholars sensitive to the now globalised politics of IPRs. Intellectual property replaces knowledge's largely non-rival character with a regime of rival property. IPRs also reflect the rights of individuals to own the products of their own efforts, in that these efforts reflect the expression of an individual's self-identity. The history of the international recognition of IPRs is considerably shorter than any of its national histories. The original intent of including IPRs in the international trade negotiations leading to the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was merely to enhance international anti-counterfeiting measures. The character of national laws supported the appropriation of foreign knowledge and information when the United States, and before that Britain, were "developing countries".
U2 - 10.4324/9781315254111-2
DO - 10.4324/9781315254111-2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85086210211
SN - 9780754624035
SP - 21
EP - 25
BT - Globalization and Intellectual Property
A2 - George, Alexandra
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -