The existence of TRIPS-plus provisions in bilateral or regional trade agreements may suggest that the TRIPS agreement is no ...

Amendments to the Act in 1999 sought to implement provisions of TRIPs concerning the protection of compilations of data. They also implemented a bilateral agreement on the protection and enforcement ...

A new Intellectual Property Law bill is expected to be presented to Parliament shortly. The present Law is contained in the Code of Intellectual Property Act No 52 of 1979. Following the TRIPs ...

“While the Administration is busy seeking to authorize China and other countries to steal innovative U.S. technology, much-needed American leadership is lacking when it comes to solving actual ...

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The architects of this trade agreement saw great profit from controlling the building blocks of the biological and digital technologies of the future, says professor Peter Drahos LYNN FRIES: Welcome ...

In this 7 part series, Professor Peter Drahos explains how multinationals from US, Europe, and Japan collaborated to create a global platform for multinationals to privatize knowledge PETER DRAHOS: ...