International Trade and Intellectual Property

In light of current negotiations concerning NAFTA and GATT, the question of intellectual property and its impact on international trade has taken on renewed urgency. In this timely volume, Canadian, American, and Mexican scholars examine these landmark agreements and reassess the effects of intellectual property rights on international trade.

Preface -- Intellectual Property Within Trading Blocs -- When Business Strategy and the Law Are in Conflict: The Case of Parallel Importation in Canadian Border Communities -- Parallel Importation and Intellectual Property Law -- An Intellectual Property Renaissance in European Community Law -- The Influence of the Mexican Economic and Socio-Political Policies in the Regulation of Intellectual Property -- Mexican Laws Concerning the Recognition and Enforcement of Property Rights and Intellectual Property Rights -- Intellectual Property and Global Negotiations -- U.S. Trade Policy Regarding Intellectual Property Matters -- Unilateralism (Section 301) to Multilateralism (GATT): Settlement of International Intellectual Property Disputes After the Uruguay Round -- Extraterritorial Assertions of Intellectual Property Rights in International Trade1 -- Intellectual Property Rights, Trading Patterns and Practices, Wealth Distribution, Development and Standards of Living: A North-South Perspective on Patent Law Harmonization -- Intellectual Property and North-South Relations