@article{24797,
      recid = {24797},
      author = {Deere, Carolyn,},
      title = {The Implementation Game : The TRIPS agreement and the  global politics of intellectual property reform in  developing countries /},
      pages = {xvii, 409 pages ;},
      abstract = {"The fight between North and South over intellectual  property (IP) reached new heights in the 1990s. In one  corner, large multinational companies and developed  countries sought to protect their investments. Opposing  them, developing countries argued for the time and scope to  pursue development strategies unshackled by rules forged to  bolster the competitiveness of richer countries. The result  was the WTO's deeply contested Agreement on Trade-Related  Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Widely  resented by developing countries, TRIPS nonetheless permits  them some hard-won flexibility. Puzzling, however, is why  some developing countries have used that flexibility and  others have not.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/24797},
}