Abstract
The protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) from World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to World Trade
Organization (WTO)faces the question of suitability for IPRs-owning
developed countries and IPRs-using developing and least developed
countries (LDC). This article accumulates arguments put forward by
IPRs owners and users in different negotiations that give births to
different regimesfrom WIPO to WTO. It shows that all of the arguments
are raisedfrom the countries' individualistic viewpoints which protect
their own interests. While doing so, this article examines the relevance
of these arguments on the basis of indisputable suitability to the
circumstances. The article shows that the IPRs owners follow the powerbased-
bargainings trategies to coerce developing and LDC members
into agreeing to the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPs). The article also argues that in the bargaining,
developing and least developed countries possess little understanding
about TRIPs and hence they fail to provide meaningful input in support
of their developmental needs as regards agriculture, public health,
economic development, and so on. To exemplify such situations, this
articles crutinises internationalt reatiesf rom WIPO to WTO in relation
to developmental needs of developing and LDC members like
Bangladesh and finds out the treaty-intricacies in fitting in local
legislations.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-60 |
Number of pages | 60 |
Journal | Sri Lanka journal of international law |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |