@article{27641,
      note = {"This book is concerned only with the independent Pacific  island countries of Vanuatu, Tuvalu, Fiji, Solomon Islands,  Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Nauru, Niue, Marshall Islands,  the Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea,  Kiribati and Palau"--Page 1.},
      author = {Forsyth, Miranda, and Farran, Susan,},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/27641},
      title = {Weaving intellectual property policy in small island  developing states.},
      abstract = {Pacific Island countries are examples of small island  developing states which face internal and external  pressures to develop their economies through trade and  investment in a global market. Integral to this is  compliance with legal regimes often not of their own  making. Among these are laws relating to intellectual  property, which are imposed both by bilateral and  multilateral Free Trade Agreements and by discourses of  development. Against the local, regional and international  context, this book takes into account the importance of  culture to indigenous societies, the social relevance of  intellectual property and traditional knowledge, and  national and regional strategies for encouraging innovation  and creativity. Informed by a number of case studies, the  book explores alternative models and approaches for  creating an intellectual property framework that is geared  towards meeting the particular needs of Pacific Island  people in a rapidly changing world. The book focuses on  fourteen Pacific Island countries but the issues raised and  solutions proposed have resonance for all Small Island  Developing States and also many least developed countries.},
      recid = {27641},
      pages = {xiii, 279 pages ;},
}