PART Ⅰ 1
1 Introduction and general outlook 3
Methodological framework 13
Some caveats 16
Chapter synopsis 17
Notes 19
2 Global governance,intellectual property and the knowledge economy 20
Globalization 20
Global governance 23
Defining global governance 25
Globalization and global governance in mutual tangle 28
The post-industrial society 31
The 4Bs:biodiversity,bioprospecting,biotechnology and biopiracy 34
Biodiversity 34
Bioprospecting 35
Biotechnology 37
Biopiracy 39
Conclusion 42
Notes 42
3 Global governance structures and regime dynamics in intellectual property 45
Intellectual property in the global economy 45
Intellectual property:a preview in global governance 50
The build-up to WIPO 53
WIPO and the development imperative 55
Intellectual property in global economic re/structuring 61
The TRIPS agreement and intellectual property regime dynamics 64
WIPO and TRIPS:opportunity and strategic engagement 67
The development agenda at the WIPO 70
Notes 74
PART Ⅱ 77
4 Human rights in the new intellectual property dynamic 79
Intellectual property and human rights 80
Intellectual property and human rights:juridical framing 84
TRIPS on human rights trial:the Doha Declaration 89
The WHO's role in the intellectual property and human rights interface 91
Intellectual property overreach:new actors in global health governance 94
Intellectual property and human rights:contested jurisdiction 100
Notes 102
5 Intellectual property and the political economics of agriculture 105
Agriculture:from a model of life to a mode of production 106
Intellectual property in agriculture 109
Global governance regime on PGRFA 111
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 111
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) 112
Importance of diversity in PGRs 113
Regime constellation and knowledge governance on PGRs 114
The International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources (IUPGR) 114
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 116
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) 118
The TRIPS agreement on PGRs 121
Appraising the nature of regime constellation on PGRs 123
The food security imperative 124
The colonial division of labor and economic specialization 125
The green revolution and industrial agriculture 126
From the structural adjustment program to the WTO and its agreement on agriculture 127
Food security on a downward plunge to food insecurity 129
Food security for less developed countries as a public good 131
Strategic partnerships for food security 133
Notes 135
PART Ⅲ 139
6 Traditional/indigenous knowledge in the global governance of intellectual property 141
TK and intellectual property:history and tension 141
T/IK:a conceptual challenge 143
TK as a factor in the global knowledge economy 149
The postmodernist perspective 149
The International Bill of Rights 150
The International Labour Organization 151
From UNWGIP to DRIPS 152
Indigenous peoples' tenacity 153
The international environmental regime 154
Bio- and digital technologies 155
The context of globalization and global governance 156
Bifurcation of TK and TCEs/EoF 157
International legal framework for TK stricto sensu 158
From the Bonn 2002 Guidelines to the 2010 Nagoya Protocol on ABS 160
Summation of the state of progress 164
Notes 167
7 Traditional cultural expressions,expressions of folklore,and tangible and intangible cultural heritage 170
Historical privileging of tangible cultural heritage 172
Blurry boundaries of convenience:tangible and intangible culture 173
Resisting exclusion:TCEs/EoF in global intellectual property policy 176
The WIPO-IGC 178
UNESCO 181
Linking expressive culture to sustainable development 183
The globalization factor 183
The context for the appropriation of TCE/EoF 185
Safeguarding TCEs and intellectual property protection 189
A proactive role for indigenous and local communities 191
TCEs/EoF:emerging modalities for safeguarding and protecting intellectual property 193
Uncritical excitement and uninformed skepticism 200
Summary 202
Notes 205
8 Managing intellectual property in global governance 209
Reconfiguring the governance scheme 209
A global intellectual property order at a crossroads 209
Modest progress 210
Steps forward and steps back 212
Intellectual property overreach:the dangers of a boomerang effect 213
Intellectual property overreach:alarms in critical constituencies 216
From followers to leaders:emerging and regional powers 217
Pushing the development agenda:the benefits of a coalition imperative 220
Emerging powers and their dramatic transitions in context 221
Development:a common denominator 223
Issues for a new global intellectual property order 225
Concluding reflections 228
Notes 230
Bibliography 232
Index 252