Intellectual Property and the New International Economic Order : oligopoly, regulation, and wealth redistribution in the global knowledge economy

In Economic Sectors Crucial To Human Welfare – Agriculture, Education, And Medicine – A Small Number Of Firms Control Global Markets, Primarily By Enforcing Intellectual Property (ip) Rights Incorporated Into Trade Agreements Made In The 1980s Onward. Such Rights Include Patents On Seeds And Medicines, Copyrights For Educational Texts, And Trademarks In Consumer Products. According To Conventional Wisdom, These Agreements Likewise Ended Hopes For A 'new International Economic Order,' Under Which Wealth Would Be Redistributed From Rich Countries To Poor. Sam F. Halabi Turns This Conventional Wisdom On Its Head By Demonstrating That The New International Economic Order Never Faded, But Rather Was Redirected By Other Treaties, Formed Outside The Nominally Economic Sphere, That Protected Poor Countries' Interests In Education, Health, And Nutrition And Resulted In Redistribution And Regulation. This Illuminating Work Should Be Read By Anyone Seeking A Nuanced View Of How Ip Is Shaping The Global Knowledge Economy.-- Sam F. Halabi (university Of Missouri). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Half title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Preface 8 Acknowledgements 18 Introduction 20 Part I - Movements in Global Wealth Creation and Redistribution 34 1 - Economic Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries after Decolonization 36 2 - The Expansion of International Intellectual Property Protection 49 3 - The Merger between International Intellectual Property, Investment, and Trade Law 60 Part II - Rethinking Wealth 80 4 - The Pivot to Basic Human Needs 82 5 - The Rise of Supranational Regulation of Global Firms 93 6 - Access to Medicines and Vaccines 110 7 - Food and Agriculture 124 8 - Consumer Products 138 9 - Educational and Scientific Printed Works 157 Part III - International Intellectual Property Shelter 168 10 - Medicines and Vaccines 172 11 - Biological and Plant Genetic Resources for Agriculture 185 12 - Food and Tobacco Trademark 204 13 - Limiting Copyright 217 Part IV - International Intellectual Property Shelters, Wealth Redistribution, and the Supranational Regulation of Global Firms 226 14 - International Intellectual Property Shelters as Mechanisms of Redistribution 228 15 - International Intellectual Property Shelters and Supranational Regulation 236 Conclusion 246 Index 248 Présentation de l'éditeur : "In economic sectors crucial to human welfare - agriculture, education, and medicine - a small number of firms control global markets, primarily by enforcing intellectual property (IP) rights incorporated into trade agreements made in the 1980s onward. Such rights include patents on seeds and medicines, copyrights for educational texts, and trademarks in consumer products. According to conventional wisdom, these agreements likewise ended hopes for a 'New International Economic Order, ' under which wealth would be redistributed from rich countries to poor. Sam F. Halabi turns this conventional wisdom on its head by demonstrating that the New International Economic Order never faded, but rather was redirected by other treaties, formed outside the nominally economic sphere, that protected poor countries' interests in education, health, and nutrition and resulted in redistribution and regulation. This illuminating work should be read by anyone seeking a nuanced view of how IP is shaping the global knowledge economy." "In economic sectors crucial to human welfare - agriculture, education, and medicine - a small number of firms control global markets, primarily by enforcing intellectual property (IP) rights incorporated into trade agreements made in the 1980s onward. Such rights include patents on seeds and medicines, copyrights for educational texts, and trademarks in consumer products. According to conventional wisdom, these agreements likewise ended hopes for a 'New International Economic Order,' under which wealth would be redistributed from rich countries to poor. Sam F. Halabi turns this conventional wisdom on its head by demonstrating that the New International Economic Order never faded, but rather was redirected by other treaties, formed outside the nominally economic sphere, that protected poor countries' interests in education, health, and nutrition and resulted in redistribution and regulation. This illuminating work should be read by anyone seeking a nuanced view of how IP is shaping the global knowledge economy"--Provided by the publisher Developing Countries Have Quietly Constructed A Network Of International Agreements That Redistribute Wealth From The Rich To The Poor.