00928nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100001700018245009400035260005300129300001700182520059800199583002100797  a19.02.03 I614  aKur, Annette  aIntellectual property rights in a fair world trade system : proposals for reform of TRIPS  bEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd.aCheltenhamGBc2011  axiii, 614 p.  aProvides a brief introductory, overarching and fairly superficial summary on the great number of issues that have taken place during the negotiations, but mainly after the conclusion in 1994 of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Focuses on the various rationales for IP rights and how the utilitarian approaches have become more pragmatic and investment oriented over time. Addresses some of the new interfaces with IP, namely human rights, access to information, sustainable development and the environmental crisis.  c8/28/12kEVELYND