tailieunhanh - The International Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights

I am grateful for the support of Dr Brian Hindley and Dr Razeen Sally, of the London School of Economics, whose guidance, encouragement and wisdom were always available to me. I wish to thank the intellectual property directors of pharmaceutical companies and associations and the various government officials who openly and candidly provided me with information regarding the realities of intellectual property policy-making. | The International Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights NEW HORIZONS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Series Editors Christine Greenhalgh Robert Pitkethly and Michael Spence Senior Research Associates Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre St Peter s College Oxford UK In an increasingly virtual world where information is more freely accessible protection of intellectual property rights is facing a new set of challenges and raising new issues. This exciting new series is designed to provide a unique interdisciplinary forum for high quality works of scholarship on all aspects of intellectual property drawing from the fields of economics management and law. The focus of the series is on the development of original thinking in intellectual property with topics ranging from copyright to patents from trademarks to confidentiality and from trade-related intellectual property agreements to competition policy and antitrust. Innovative theoretical and empirical work will be encouraged from both established authors and the new generation of scholars. Titles in this series include The International Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights Meir Perez Pugatch The International Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights Meir Perez Pugatch NEW HORIZONS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Edward Elgar Cheltenham UK Northampton MA .