Essays about: "Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 58 essays containing the words Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights.

  1. 31. New Plant Variety Protection, Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, and Access to Adequate Food in Developing World's 'Melting Pot'

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Artur Appazov; [2008]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Being a very important part of property per se, intellectual property is performing the duty of securing social development by providing incentives for inventors to create and thus benefit society. It is of no doubt this property should be protected. READ MORE

  2. 32. Developments and Obstacles to the Right of Access to Medicines: A Study of Human Rights, International Trade and Pharmaceutical Business

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ulysses Moreira Formiga; [2008]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The right of access to medicines has challenged the common perception that economic, social and cultural rights, due to their progressive character, are aspirations rather than a legal set of obligations. It has received strong and sustainable global support and has achieved a remarkably detailed legal definition within the UN human rights system, including the provision of access to essential medicines as an immediate obligation, not subjected to resource constraints. READ MORE

  3. 33. How Collective Marks Can Help Protect the Products of Guatemalan Artisans' Small Businesses in the Local and International Market?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Gabriela Contreras Aguilera; [2007]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this work was to scrutinize and investigate how collective marks can help protect works of Guatemalan artisans' small businesses in the local and international market by promoting them as an organization-association or cooperative. The first chapter contains the introduction of this paper. READ MORE

  4. 34. How should foreign impact and commercial use of traditional design, with the intent to promote development in indigenous communities, be considered in relation to the lege de ferenda legal protection stipulated in

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Shev; [2007]
    Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The rich Mayan weaving tradition in Guatemala has survived even though the indigenous population has been subject to centuries of hardship and oppression. After conducting a field study and scrutinising the commercialisation process of the traditional designs in five different producer cooperatives of which, for the purpose of this thesis, some are characterised as weaving cooperatives and others as international projects, I found that there has been and still is a large degree of foreign influence in the structure, organisation and the commercialisation process of traditional textile crafts. READ MORE

  5. 35. Is The Strict Global Protection of Intellectual Property Unfair for Developing Countries?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Zhao Chen; [2006]
    Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Will developing countries benefit economically from strengthening their protection of intellectual property? They have been repeatedly urged to do so by developed nations. But so far there is little empirical experience of either quite successful or failed examples. READ MORE