Handbook

This course takes an interdisciplinary and theoretical approach to examine: the history of intellectual property globalisation: governmental and NGO organisations involved in his process; political debates, alliances and ideologies that have shaped global intellectual property law-making; the economics of globalisation and intellectual property; and sociological, cultural and domestic legal effects … For more content click the Read More button below. Main Topics Introduction to the Globalisation of Intellectual Property RegulationHistory of Intellectual Propertisation and the Globalisation of Intellectual Property RegulationNon-Western Methods of Regulating Access to and Use of Ideas, Information, Knowledge and SymbolsThe Politics of Contemporary International Intellectual Property Regulation and GovernanceThe Economics and Political Economy of Contemporary Intellectual Property RegulationThe Sociology of Globalisation via International Intellectual Property StandardisationIssues in Intellectual Property Regulation in a Global Setting          1. Sovereignty          2. Legal Transplants          3. Development Case Studies of Intellectual Property Regulation in a Global Setting:           1. Copyright, Patents and Traditional Knowledge           2. Patents and Access to Essential Medicines around the World           3. Trademarks and Multinational Branding Practices The Cultural Impact of Globalising via the International Standardisation of Intellectual Property LawsBlending Theory and Practice in Domestic and International Intellectual Property Law- and Policy-Making