International public goods and transfer of technology under a globalized intellectual property regime / edited by Keith E. Maskus and Jerome H. Reichman.

Papers from the Conference on International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology under a Globaized Intellectual Property Regime, held in April 2003 at Duke University.

Index : p. 909-922.

Includes bibliographical references.

pt. 1. International provision of public goods under a globalized intellectual property regime -- The globalization of private knowledge goods and the privatization of global public goods / Keith E. Maskus and Jerome H. Reichman -- The regulation of public goods / Peter Drahos -- Distributive values and institutional design in the provision of global public goods / Peter M. Gerhart -- Koyaanisqatsi in cyberspace : the economics of an "out-of-balance" regime of private property rights in data and information / Paul A. David -- Linkages between the market economy and the scientific commons / Richard R. Nelson -- Sustainable access to copyrighted digital information works in developing countries / Ruth L. Okediji --
Agricultural research and intellectual property rights / Robert E. Evenson -- pt. 2. Innovation and technology transfer in a protectionist environment -- Can the TRIPS agreement foster technology transfer to developing countries? / Carlos M. Correa -- Patent rights and international technology transfer through direct investment and licensing / Keith E. Maskus, Kamal Saggi and Thitima Puttitanun -- Proprietary rights and collective action : the case of biotechnology research with low commercial value / Arti K. Rai -- Do stronger patents induce more local innovation? / Lee G. Branstetter -- Markets for technology, intellectual property rights, and development / Ashish Arora, Andrea Fosfuri and Alfonso Gambardella -- Using liability rules to stimulate local innovation in developing countries : application to traditional knowledge / Jerome H. Reichman and Tracy Lewis -- Stimulating agricultural innovation / Michael Blakeney --
pt. 3. Sectoral issues: essential medicines and traditional knowledge -- Managing the hydra : the Herculean task of ensuring access to essential medicines / Frederick M. Abbott --
Theory and implementation of differential pricing for pharmaceuticals / Patricia M. Danzon and Adrian Towse --
Increasing R & D incentives for neglected diseases : lessons from the Orphan Drug Act / Henry Grabowski --
Legal and economic aspects of traditional knowledge / Graham Dutfield -- Saving the village : conserving jurisprudential diversity in the international protection of traditional knowledge / Antony Taubman -- Legal perspectives on traditional knowledge : the case for intellectual property protection / Thomas Cottier and Marion Panizzon -- Protecting cultural industries to promote cultural diversity : dilemmas for international policymaking posed by the recognition of traditional knowledge / Rosemary J. Coombe -- pt. 4. Reform and regulation issues --
Issues posed by a world patent system / John H. Barton --
Intellectual property arbitrage : how foreign rules can affect domestic protections / Pamela Samuelson -- An agenda for radical intellectual property reform / William Kingston --
Diffusion and distribution : the impacts on poor countries of technological enforcement within the biotechnology sector / Timothy Swanson and Timo Goeschl -- Equitable sharing of benefits from biodiversity-based innovation : some reflections under the shadow of a neem tree / Gustavo Ghidini --
The critical role of competition law in preserving public goods in conflict with intellectual property rights / Josef Drexl --
Expansionist intellectual property protection and reductionist competition rules : a TRIPS perspective / Hanns Ullrich --
Can antitrust policy protect the global commons from the excesses of IPRs? / Eleanor M. Fox -- "Minimal" standards for patent-related antitrust law under TRIPS / Mark D. Janis --
WTO dispute settlement : of sovereign interests, private rights, and public goods / Joost Pauwelyn -- The economics of international trade agreements and dispute settlement with intellectual property rights / Eric W. Bond -- Intellectual property rights and dispute settlement in the world trade organization / Wilfred J. Ethier -- WTO dispute resolution and the preservation of the public domain of science under international law / Graeme Dinwoodie and Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss -- Recognizing public goods in WTO dispute settlement : who participates? : who decides? : the case of TRIPS and pharmaceutical patents protection / Gregory Shaffer.