Access to Knowledge in Brazil: New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development

ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE IN BRAZIL: NEW RESEARCH ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Lea Shaver, ed., Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, UK, USA, 2010

Hofstra Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-49

162 Pages Posted: 24 Dec 2010

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Lea Bishop

Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law; Yale University - Yale Information Society Project

Abstract

Access to knowledge is a demand for democratic participation, for global inclusion and for economic justice. It is a reaction to the excessively restrictive international IP regime put in place over the last two decades, which seeks to reassert the public interest in a more balanced information policy. With sponsorship from the Ford Foundation, the Information Society Project at Yale Law School has embarked on a new series of access to knowledge research, in partnership with colleagues in Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Russia and South Africa.

The first book in this series, Access to Knowledge in Brazil, focuses on current issues in intellectual property, innovation and development policy from a Brazilian perspective. Each chapter is authored by scholars from the Fundação Getulio Vargas law schools in São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro and examines a policy area that significantly impacts access to knowledge in the country. These include: exceptions and limitations to copyright, free software and open business models, patent reform and access to medicines, and open innovation in the biotechnology sector.

Keywords: innovation, intellectual property, copyright, patents, patent law, development, economics, software, music, culture, technology, ICT, medicines, pharmaceuticals, right to health, access, knowledge, access to knowledge, Egypt, piracy, WIPO, WTO, law, policy, IP, TRIPS, open access, Internet, free cul

JEL Classification: A00, F02, F13, I18, I30, K00, K21, K33, L86, O00, O32

Suggested Citation

Bishop (formerly Shaver), Lea, Access to Knowledge in Brazil: New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development. ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE IN BRAZIL: NEW RESEARCH ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Lea Shaver, ed., Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, UK, USA, 2010, Hofstra Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-49, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1729837

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