Intellectual property, trade and development : strategies to optimize economic development in a TRIPS plus era / edited by Daniel J. Gervais

TRIPS and development -- The international intellectual property system : treaties, norms, national courts, and private ordering -- Economic growth and intellectual property rights protection : a reassessment of the conventional wisdom -- Intellectual property treaties and development -- Intellectual property,economic development, and the china puzzle -- TRIPS and TRIPS plus protection and impacts in Latin America -- TRIPS and TRIPS plus impacts in Africa -- Trademark policy : the case of Arab countries -- Intellectual property, trade, and development : a view from the United States -- The limits of development strategies at the intersection of intellectual property and human rights -- A networked responsive regulatory approach to protecting traditional knowledge -- Intellectual property intersections with trade and labor rules : rethinking domestic and international strategies to promote biodiversity following the 'NAFTA corn' example -- Harmonization without consensus : critical reflections on drafting a substantive patent law treaty -- Substantive equality in international intellectual property norm-setting and interpretation.

Includes index.