Human rights and intellectual property rights : : tensions and convergences / / edited by Mpazi Sinjela.

This collection offers an overview of the issues involved concerning the interface between human rights and intellectual property rights (IPRs). It makes clear that two schools of thought have developed. The first school maintains that human rights and IPRs are in fundamental conflict. Strong protec...

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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,, 2007.
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Series:The Raoul Wallenberg Institute new authors series ; v. 2
The Raoul Wallenberg Institute New Authors Series 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (302 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Mpazi Sinjela
  • Curbing Software Piracy in eCommerce: Compatibility with Human Rights: Challenges and Possible Solutions / Mahboob Murshed
  • Are Stronger Intellectual Property Rights an Obstacle or a Condition for International Technology Transfer? / Anna Dahlberg
  • A Case Study of the Dual Citizenship Arrangement between Russia and Turkmenistan / Begench Ashirov
  • Patent Rights and Access to Medicines: Are Patents Really the Only Barrier for Good Health Care in Developing Countries? / Björn Ley
  • The Disappeared Children of El Salvador a Field Study of Truth, Justice and Reparation / Christine Lagström
  • What Is the Role of Professional and Civil Society Organisations beyond International Legal Mechanisms of Implementing Human Rights Treaties? / Vincents Okechukwu Benjamin
  • Traditional Knowledge: an Analysis of the Current International Debate Applied to the Ecuadorian Amazon Context / Esther Almeida
  • Trips and Agricultural Biotechnology: Implications for the Right to Food in Africa / Jeannette Mwangi
  • List of Contributors / Mpazi Sinjela.