Interpreting and Implementing the TRIPS Agreement: Is It Fair?Justin Malbon, Charles Lawson The chapters in this volume provide insightful analysis and commentary on TRIPS and, importantly, the TRIPS Plus world that many countries operate in. . . This is a fine contribution to the growing literature of interdisciplinary analyses of the global IP |
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2 TRIPS as competitive and cooperative interpretation | 6 |
3 Knowledge diplomacy and the new intellectual property fundamentalism | 31 |
4 Last chance? Multilateralism TRIPS and developing countries | 46 |
An Asian experience | 71 |
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