Intellectual property and developing countries : balancing rights and obligations / by Fleur Jeanne Roxane Claessens.

1. The international legal framework for the protection of intellectual property; 2. Analysis of the TRIPS agreement provisions relevant for developing countries; 3. Searching for traditional knowledge protection: the internationalisation of local tradition; 4. The international legal framework for the protection of indications of geographical origin: implications for developing countries; 5. International technology transfer and developing countries.