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Haunss, Sebastian; Shadlen, C. Kenneth --- "Politics of Intellectual Property" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009) [2009] ELECD 522

Editor(s): Haunss, Sebastian; Shadlen, C. Kenneth

Title: Politics of Intellectual Property

Sub-title: Contestation Over the Ownership, Use, and Control of Knowledge and Information

Topics: Intellectual Property Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 30 October 2009

Number of pages: 264

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848443037

ISBN (soft cover): 9781781002056

EISBN: 9781849802062

Abstract/Description:

This book offers empirical analyses of conflicts over the ownership, control, and use of knowledge and information in developed and developing countries.

Sebastian Haunss and Kenneth C. Shadlen, along with a collection of eminent contributors, focus on how business organizations, farmers, social movements, legal communities, state officials, transnational enterprises, and international organizations shape IP policies in areas such as health, information-communication technologies, indigenous knowledge, genetic resources, and many others. The innovative and original chapters examine conflicts over the rules governing various dimensions of IP, including patents, copyrights, traditional knowledge, and biosafety regulations.

Written from a political perspective, this book is a must-read for political scientists, sociologists and anthropologists who study IP and conflicts over property. It is also an essential read for stakeholders in institutions, NGOs and industry interested in knowledge governance and IP politics.