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General texts on intellectual property rights

IPRs, biodiversity loss, access & benefit sharing, prior informed consent

Intellectual property, trade and competition

Intellectual property and folklore, music and entertainment

Intellectual property and public education

Intellectual property and information and communication technologies

Intellectual property and the protection of biodiversity

Intellectual property and agriculture, food and nutrition

Intellectual property and access to medicines in developing countries

Intellectual property and foreign direct investment

Human rights aspects of intellectual property

Intellectual property and technology transfer: help or hindrance?

Intellectual property and the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous peoples and local communities

TRIPS, implementation and Review

ICTSD dialogues on trade, IPRs and sustainable development

Selected new stories published in BRIDGES

Discussion papers and BRIDGES articles on IPRs, trade and sustainable development

Resource Book, Policy Paper, Case Studies and Research Tools

About the UNCTAD-ICTSD project on IPRs

Related UNCTAD and ICTSD activities in this area

Setting an agenda for IP negotiations in the next five years

WIPO: Institutional functioning and relevant developments

WTO Members' Submissions on IPRs

Advancing the reform agenda

Policy Options for Assuring Affordable Access to Essential Medicines

Preserving Public Goods in health, education and learning

Intellectual Property and Free Trade Agreements

Intellectual Property and Geographical Indications

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Documents from 2000 to 2003 (click)

1999
Conférence Internationale sur le Commerce Electronique et la Propriété Intellectuelle, OMPI, 1999.
Author: M. Daniel Duthil / Genève, 14-16 septembre 1999.

Electronic Commerce: Issues for the South, 1999.
Author: A. Didar Singh / South Centre.

Intellectual Property Protection in the Software Industry, 1999.
Authors: Stuart Graham, David C. Mowery / This paper draws on presentations at the "International Symposium on Innovation and Patents," Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 12-13, 1999, and the National Research Council's conference on "Intellectual Property Rights," Washington, D.C., Feb. 3, 2000.

1998
El Reto de los Derechos de Autor en la Edad Digital, 1998.
Author: Marybeth Peters / Perspectivas Económicas, La Propiedad Intelectual en el Mercado Mundial, Publicación electrónica del Servicio Informativo y Cultural de Estados Unidos (USIS), Vol. 3, N°2, mayo de 1998.

La Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle et la Mondialisation de l'Economie, 1998.
Author: Bruce Lehman / Perspectives économiques, revue électronique de l'Agence d'information des États-Unis, Vol. 3, N° 3.

Le Droit d'Auteur et les Techniques Numériques, 1998.
Author: Marybeth Peters / Perspectives économiques, revue électronique de l'Agence d'information des États-Unis, Vol. 3, N° 3.

Proteccion de la Propiedad Intelectual en una Economia Mundial, 1998.
Author: Bruce A. Lehman / Perspectivas Económicas, La Propiedad Intelectual en el Mercado Mundial, Publicación electrónica del Servicio Informativo y Cultural de Estados Unidos (USIS), Vol. 3, N°2, mayo de 1998.

1997
A Tragedy of the Public Knowledge ‘Commons’?: Global Science, Intellectual Property and the Digital Technology Boomerang, 1997.
Author: P.A. David / SIEPR Discussion Paper, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, N° 00-02.

A politics of intellectual property: environmentalism for the Net?, 1997
Author: J. Boyle / Duke Law Journal, N°47, pp. 87- 116.

1996
Implications of Intellectual Property Rights for the Access to and Use of Information Technologies in Developing Countries, 1996
Author: Carlos M. Correa / Discussion Paper Special Series, Information Revolution and Policy Implications for Developing Countries, UNU/INTECH.

1994
Computer Technology and Legal Discourse - The Potential for Modern Communication Technology to Challenge Legal Discourses of Authorship and Property, 1994
Author: Debora Halbert / Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, Vol. 1, N°2.

1992
Digital Information and Copyright, 1992.
Author: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment / Finding a Balance: Computer Software, Intellectual Property and the Challenge of Technological Change, Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, Chapter 5.

Economics, Intellectual Property, and Software, 1992.
Author: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment / Finding a Balance: Computer Software, Intellectual Property and the Challenge of Technological Change, Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, Chapter 6.

Software Technology and the Law, 1992.
Author: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment / Finding a Balance: Computer Software, Intellectual Property and the Challenge of Technological Change, Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, Chapter 4.

Summary, Issues, and Options, 1992.
Author: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment / Finding a Balance: Computer Software, Intellectual Property and the Challenge of Technological Change, Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, Chapter 1.

The International Arena, 1992.
Author: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment / Finding a Balance: Computer Software, Intellectual Property and the Challenge of Technological Change, Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, Chapter 3.

The Law, 1992.
Author: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment / Finding a Balance: Computer Software, Intellectual Property and the Challenge of Technological Change, Washington, DC, Government Printing Office, Chapter 2.

1991
Intellectual Property Issues in Software, 1991.
Author: Steering Committee for Intellectual Property Issues in Software, National Research Council / Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington DC.

1990
Computer Software and Intellectual Property, 1990.
Author: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment / Background Paper, Washington, DC, Government Printing Office.

1986
Intellectual Property Rights in an Age of Electronics and Information, 1986.
Author: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment / Washington DC, Government Printing Office.