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Intellectual property protection and development: The case of sustainable sea transport in Pacific Island countries
Author(s) -
Forsyth Miranda
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12312
Subject(s) - intellectual property , argument (complex analysis) , sustainable development , law and economics , international trade , political science , traditional knowledge , development (topology) , economic geography , regional science , economics , economic system , sociology , law , ecology , biochemistry , chemistry , indigenous , biology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
This paper is concerned with the impact of intellectual property laws on development in small island developing states. Much of the literature on intellectual property and development proceeds on the basis that there is only one model of each, namely the global model of intellectual property underpinned by the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and a neoliberal development framework. This paper argues, conversely, that there are multiple models of both. Exposing this plurality should enable a far more creative approach to intellectual property policy, particularly in countries whose levels of technological development and social structures are very different to those in the global North. This argument is explored through focusing on the example of sea transport.