00691nam a2200121Ia 4500 20260716043347.0 MASKUS, Keith E. Implications of regional and multilateral agreements for intellectual property rights. 1997 Compares the WTO and NAFTA agreements on intellectual property in order to illustrate economic issues surrounding the multilateral and regional approaches, and the advantages and drawbacks to each. Discusses the general question of global protection for intellectual property, and notes some recent impirical evidence on the importance of such regulations for international commerce. 3/7/00 M2LMGR A 45641 45641