Piracy and counterfeiting : GATT, TRIPS, and developing countries

Author(s)

• Sodipo, Bankole
• Southern Methodist University. School of Law
• Queen Mary and Westfield College (University of London). Centre for Commercial Law Studies

Bibliographic Information

Piracy and counterfeiting : GATT, TRIPS, and developing countries

by Bankole Sodipo

（International economic development law, v. 5）

Kluwer Law International, 1997

Note

At head of title: SMU School of Law, Dallas, Texas; Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London

Includes index

Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1996

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book aims to answer two key questions: why is the scale of piracy and counterfeiting increasing despite the growth in the number of nations which have passed more effective laws? And what is the likelihood that TRIPS and the WTO will make a difference to this trend? The book takes a comparative approach, and focuses primarily on Nigeria and the UK. The book concedes that the adoption of minimum standards prescribed by TRIPS should improve the "laws in the books" and thereby address the legal factors militating against the curbing of piracy and counterfeiting. It is, however, argued that corresponding attention should be given to the "law in the streets", the economic and social factors which may influence effective enforcement of the laws in a post-TRIPS era.

Table of Contents

• Table of cases
• table of statutes and regulations
• table of abbreviations. Part 1 Growth and justifications of the intellectual property system: origins and growth of intellectual property
• justifications for the intellectual property system - monopoly and the freedom to copy. Part 2 Adequacy of substantive and procedural law of intellectual property rights: pirates and counterfeiters - categories, motivations and justifications
• procedure, proof and evidence - who can sue or be sued, obtaining evidence
• the law as it ought to be - pharmaceuticals and computer software
• criminalization of infringements Acts
• the will to fight
• conclusion. Appendices: books and monographs
• articles.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA35751091
• ISBN:
  • 9041109471
• LCCN: 97197520
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xxxvi, 324 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : CLS:LCC:
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Intellectual property
  • LCSH : Counterfeits and counterfeiting
  • LCSH : Piracy (Copyright)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA25545741