New Book Details the Hows' and Whys' of Today's Intellectual Property Protection
Contact:
Owen Lippert, Director, Law and Markets Project ,
The Fraser Institute, (613) 565-0468 Email: owenl@fraserinstitute.caRelease Date: 11 January 2000
OTTAWA, ON>>> Advancing technology and expanding global trade make the protection of intellectual property rights a critical international priority says a new book, Competitive Strategies for the Protection of Intellectual Property released today by The Fraser Institute.
"This book contains practical public policy advice as well as the intellectual and economic arguments for the increased protection of intellectual property. Post the 'battle in Seattle' and the January 1, 2000 deadline for developing countries to comply with the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) treaty, these prescriptions are more useful than ever, particularly for countries who have yet to implement TRIPS, including such South American economic stars as Chile and Argentina," states Fraser Institute Analyst, Owen Lippert, the book's editor.
This volume contains the most up-to-date discussion of the global changes in intellectual property rights including patents and trademarks. It discusses the critical trade and economic issues for the developing and developed countries involved in creating a new international standard of intellectual property protection. It is designed for general and research audiences.
The volume contains the papers delivered at two international conferences held in April, 1999, one in Santiago, Chile and the other in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The contributors, leading scholars from the US, Canada, Germany and India, discuss the implications of such agreements as the 1994 Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and the new "millennium round" of World Trade Organization talks sort of launched in Seattle.
The authors provide compelling and fresh empirical data and theories as to the connections between consistent and rigorous intellectual property protection and economic growth, investment, productivity and improved social welfare.
Contributors include:
Dr. Sylvia Ostry, University of Toronto scholar and former head "Sherpa" to the Prime Minister of Canada for international trade summits.
Professor Michael Ryan, Georgetown University, and author of the recent Brookings Institute publication, Knowledge Diplomacy.
Professor Walter Park, American University, creator of the only empirically-based intellectual property rights index.
Robert M. Sherwood, trade consultant and author, one of the most well-known and influential researchers into intellectual property reforms in South America.
Ms. Jayashree Watal, member Indian civil service and fellow at the Institute for International Economics (Washington, D.C.), a member of India's TRIPS negotiating team and author of the new book, TRIPS and India (Oxford University Press).
Dr. Carsten Fink, recent graduate of the University of Heidelberg, and employed at the World Bank in Washington specializing in trade and intellectual property issues.
Dr. William MacArthur, Fellow in Health Care Policy, The Fraser Institute, a medical doctor and prolific writer and researcher on topics in Canadian health policy.
Dr. Owen Lippert, Director of the Law and Markets Project, The Fraser Institute, who has previously advised Canada's Attorney General and Minister for Science.
The volume is part of ongoing effort of The Fraser Institute to explore the importance of intellectual property rights to our modern knowledge-based economy.
Established in 1974, The Fraser Institute is an independent public policy organization based in Vancouver.
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The Fraser Institute, (604) 714-4582,
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