From prestonh@comcast.net Thu Oct 2 10:36:34 2003 Received: from mxu7.u.washington.edu (mxu7.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.165]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id h92HaXJH072420 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:36:33 -0700 Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mxu7.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id h92HaWVY029312 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 10:36:32 -0700 Received: from nomad.comcast.net (12-208-138-147.client.attbi.com[12.208.138.147]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with SMTP id <20031002173631015007ihf4e> (Authid: prestonh); Thu, 2 Oct 2003 17:36:31 +0000 Message-Id: <5.2.1.1.0.20031002103130.00aa85b8@mail.comcast.net> X-Sender: prestonh@mail.comcast.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:34:32 -0700 To: indknow@u.washington.edu From: "Preston D. Hardison" Subject: New Book: WTO TRIPS, IPR and Indigenous Knowledge Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIIII, Probability=8%, Report='__ANY_QUALCOMM_MUA, __CT, __CTE, __CTYPE_CHARSET_QUOTED, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN, __EUDORA_MSGID, __EUDORA_MUA, __EVITE_CTYPE, __HAS_MSGID, __HAS_X_MAILER, __MIME_VERSION, __SANE_MSGID' Trading in Knowledge: Development Perspectives on TRIPS, Trade and=20 Sustainability Ricardo Mel=E9ndez-Ortiz, Christophe Bellmann and Graham Dutfield (eds.) Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, United Kingdom 358 pp. http://www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=3D4020 Description An unprecedented surge in the scope and level of intellectual property=20 rights (IPRs) protection has been engulfing the world. This globalizing=20 trend has shifted the balance of interests between private innovators and=20 society at large and tensions have flared around key public policy concerns. Developing countries in particular face huge challenges when designing and= =20 implementing IPR-policy on all levels. As the policy options for these=20 nations to use IPRs in support of their broader development strategy are=20 being rapidly narrowed down, many experts are questioning the=20 =91one-size-fits-all=92 approach to IPR protection and are backing a=20 rebalancing of the global regime. Trading in Knowledge exposes and explains the massive issues at stake in=20 IPR negotiations and treaties. It offers unique perspectives on IPRs and=20 trade by a diverse range of developing country participants including civil= =20 society actors, farmers, grassroots organizations, researchers and=20 government officials. Contributions from well-known developed country=20 authorities round out the selections. This comprehensive collection is essential reading for policy-makers,=20 national level decision-makers, trade negotiators to the World Trade=20 Organization, negotiators in relevant regional and international fora,=20 intergovernmental organizations, environmental and development NGOs,=20 scholars and students in law, politics and development studies, libraries=20 and media. Contents: List of Tables and Boxes List of Contributors Foreword Acknowledgements List of Acronyms and Abbreviations 1. Introduction Graham Dutfield Part One - The International Architecture TRIPS and Development 2. Origins and history of the TRIPS negotiations Adronico Oduogo Adede 3. The future of IPRs in the multilateral trading system Frederick Abbott 4. The political economy of the TRIPS Agreement: lessons from Asian= countries Jakkrit Kuanpoth 5. Integrating IPR policies in development strategies John Barton TRIPS and the International System on Genetic Resources 6. TRIPS and the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources Robert J.L. Lettington 7. The Convention on Biological Diversity and the TRIPS Agreement:=20 compatibility or conflict? Biswajit Dhar The WIPO Agenda 8. New treaty development and harmonization of intellectual property law Ruth Okediji Part Two - Policy and Systemic Issues Plant Variety Protection and Patents on Life Forms 9. Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement: the review process and=20 developments at national and regional levels Boniface Guwa Chidyausiku 10. The Revised Bangui Agreement and plant variety protection in OAPI= countries Jeanne Zoundjihekpon 11. The world of biotechnology patents Silvia Salazar 12. The implications of intellectual property for agricultural research and= =20 seed production in West and Central Africa Oumar Niangado and Demba Kebe TRIPS and Public Health 13. Access to medicines and public policy safeguards under TRIPS K. Balasubramaniam 14 Intellectual property rights and public health in the Revised Bangui=20 Agreement Rosine Jourdain 15. The TRIPS Agreement and generic production of HIV/AIDS Drugs Narendra B. Zaveri IPRs and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge 16. International legal protection for genetic resources, traditional=20 knowledge and folklore: challenges for the intellectual property system Weerawit Weeraworawit 17. Indigenous knowledge and its protection in India Suman Sahai 18. Access to genetic resources and protection of traditional knowledge in= =20 indigenous territories Grethel Aguilar 19. Traditional knowledge and the biotrade: the Colombian experience Ana Mar=EDa Hern=E1ndez Salgar 20. Documentation of traditional knowledge: People=92s Biodiversity= Registers Ghate Utkarsh 21. Requiring the disclosure of the origin of genetic resources and=20 traditional knowledge: the current debate and possible legal alternatives David Vivas Eugui Part Three - Implementing the TRIPS Agreement 22. Formulating effective pro-development national intellectual property=20 policies Carlos Correa Regional Initiatives 23 Implementing the TRIPS Agreement in Africa Francis Mangeni 24. The African Union Model Law for the Protection of the Rights of Local=20 Communities Farmers and Breeders and the Regulation of Access to Biological= =20 Resources Johnson A. Ekpere 25. The Andean Community regimes on access to genetic resources,=20 intellectual property and indigenous peoples=92 knowledge Manuel Ruiz 26. The Central American Regional Protocol on Access to Genetic and=20 Biochemical Resources Jorge Cabrera Medaglia National Legislative Reforms 27. The Indian experience in the field of IPRs, access to biological=20 resources and benefit sharing Atul Kaushik 28. Intellectual property rights and biological resources: current policy=20 and legislative developments in South Africa Rosemary A. Wolson 29. Towards TRIPS compliance: Kenya=92s legislative reforms James Otieno-Odek 30. The Peruvian Law on Protection of the Collective Knowledge of=20 Indigenous Peoples Related to Biological Resources Bego=F1a Venero Annex 1 Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights= =20 (Extracts) Annex 2 The Convention on Biological Diversity (Extracts) Annex 3 International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and=20 Agriculture (Extracts) Annex 4 Participants at the Regional Multi-stakeholder Dialogues on IPRs=20 and Sustainable Development Index .