The paper divides the evolution of protection for intellectual property into three periods; the territorial, international and global periods. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) represents the beginning of the global period. Its consequences are briefly discussed. Developing countries, the paper suggests, have little to gain from TRIPS. This raises th...

The purpose of the seminar was to discuss matters related to intellectual property rights (IPRs) and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement) including recent developments in the area with particular emphasis on their implications for sustainable development. During the seminar four experts on IPR issues gave short presentations in which they ...

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After the Agreement on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) came into operation in 1995 developing countries have found themselves in a process of continual negotiation over intellectual property rights and access to medicines. These negotiations have taken place in the World Trade Organization and in the context of free trade agreements. The paper suggests that the...

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Recent global developments in the regulation of trade and intellectual property rights threaten to hinder the access of populations in developing countries to essential drugs. The authors argue for state intervention in the health and pharmaceutical markets in order to guarantee equitable access to these products.

This paper explores the interaction between long run economic growth, financial development, and intellectual property rights through a general equilibrium, over-lapping generation, infinite horizon, endogenous R&D model with heterogeneous agents. I find that a reduced collateral constraint leads to both an ability to engage more heavily in research and a reduced incentive to engage in research...