Knowledge Governance Reasserting The Public Interest - Wimbledon Publishing Company

This Book Argues That The Current International Intellectual Property Rights Regime, Led By The World Trade Organization (wto), Has Evolved Over The Past Three Decades Toward Overemphasizing Private Interests And Seriously Hampering Public Interests In Access To Knowledge And Innovation Diffusion. This Approach Concentrates On Tangible And Codified Knowledge Creation And Diffusion In Research And Development (ramp;d) That Can Be Protected Via Patents And Other Intellectual Property Rules And Regulations. In Terms Of Global Policy Initiatives, However, It Is Becoming Increasingly Clear That The Wto In Particular Is Mostly A Conflict-resolution Facility Rather Than A Global Governance Body Able To Generate Cooperation And Steer International Coordinated Policy Action.