Intellectual Property and Development Understanding the Interfaces Gebunden

This book comprises chapters by leading international authors analysing the interface between intellectual property and foreign direct investment development and free trade. The authors search for a balance between the conflicting interests that inherently coexist in intellectual property law.The chapters dig deep into the subjects and notions that have become central in international intellectual property legal developments: i) flexibility public interest and policy-space for implementation ii) interfaces between the intellectual property regime and other legal regimes and iii) the devel opment of international intellectual property law and its influence on national legal orders which includes the implementation of intellectual property undertakings.