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

Zusatztext 'Essential reading' Informationen zum Autor Lea Shaver has a BA in sociology and a Masters in human rights and development from the University of Chicago. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she served as both submissions and articles editor of the Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal. She was a Fulbright Scholar in South Africa at the University of Witwatersrand Law School's Centre for Applied Legal Studies. Shaver returned to Yale Law School as an  Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law. There she served as a resident fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and directed a research program in Access to Knowledge. In the autumn 2010, Shaver joined the faculty of Hofstra Law School as an Associate Professor. Shaver's principal research interests include international intellectual property, law and technology, and human rights. Her work has been published in the Wisconsin Law Review, the Wisconsin International Law Journal and the Washington University Global Legal Studies Review, among other academic journals. Shaver is the editor of Access to Knowledge in Brazil: New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development and the co-editor of Access to Knowledge in Egypt: New Research on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development Zusammenfassung Access to Knowledge in Brazil addresses the issues currently facing intellectual property and innovation in the context of developing countries. This book explores how copyrights and patents have influenced the rapidly growing economy of Brazil. This volume contains grassroots perspective sand new research, which is not available anywhere else. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Introduction; From Free Software to Free Culture: The Emergence of Open Business; Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright in Brazil: A Call for Reform; Biotechnology in Brazil: Promoting open innovation; Access to Medicines: Pharmaceutical Patents and the Right to Health. ...

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• Authors: Lea Shaver
• Assisted by: Robin Kietlinski (Editor), Lea Shaver (Editor), Shaver Lea (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.01.2010
• EAN: 9781849660099
• ISBN: 978-1-84966-009-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Access to Knowledge; Access to Knowledge
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Brazil, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, LAW / Intellectual Property / Copyright, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Copyright Law, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies