@article{26736,
      recid = {26736},
      author = {Rodrigues Jr., Edson Beas},
      title = {The general exception clauses of the TRIPS agreement :  promoting sustainable development.},
      pages = {xxxiii, 365 pages ;},
      abstract = {"The general exception clauses of the TRIPS Agreement of  the World Trade Organization permit exceptions to  copyrights and to the rights conferred by trademarks,  industrial designs and patents. These clauses are intended  to facilitate access to diverse forms of proprietary  knowledge and therefore foster the interdependent pillars  of sustainable development: economic progress, realization  of human rights and the conservation of the environment. In  this book Edson Beas Rodrigues Jr. argues that the TRIPS  Agreement, in its current configuration, does not hinder  the establishment of exceptions to intellectual property  rights, devised to promote vital socio-economic interests  such as the freedom to carry out creative and inventive  activities, freedom of expression, the strengthening of  free competition and increased access to educational  materials by underprivileged students and to technical  knowledge for humanitarian purposes"--Page i.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/26736},
}