This paper introduces the International Patent Protection Strength (IPPS) index, a composite
measure designed to assess global patent protection from the perspective of patent owners …

In recent years, it has become clear that the TRIPS regime is in trouble.'Although lawmaking
in the World Trade Organization (WTO) has essentially stalled,'there is a continuing need to …

The TRIPS Agreement (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights), signed on April 15, 1994, introduced intellectual property protection into the World …

Intellectual Property in Global Governance critically examines the evolution of international
intellectual property law-making from the build up to the TRIPS Agreement, through the …

It was the year of Our Lord two-thousand and four. The international intellectual property
regime was in a deepening crisis. While developed countries were pushing for the …

The topic of this paper is authorship and the expansion of copyright. The paper is divided
into five sections presented in some respects as judgment of a criminal court of appeal. The …

Since the negotiation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
(TRIPS) in 1994, 1 the innovative landscape has undergone dramatic changes due to …

CAN THEY/CAN'T THEY? DO THEY/DON'T THEY? SHOULD THEY/SHOULDN'T THEY?
The title of this book presents a stark possibility. Some would say it is not possible …

As a 'Specialized Agency'of the UN, the World Intellectual Property Organization aims to be
the premier global forum for intellectual property services, policy, information and …

Abstract This article discusses Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and in particular global IPR
expansion. That globally protected intellectual property (IP) is more valuable than ever must …