Knowledge Governance: Reasserting The Public Interest (anthem Other Canon Economics)
by Rainer Kattel /
2012 / English / PDF
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This book argues that the current international intellectual
property rights regime, led by the World Trade Organization
(WTO), has evolved over the past three decades toward
overemphasizing private interests and seriously hampering public
interests in access to knowledge and innovation diffusion. This
approach concentrates on tangible and codified knowledge creation
and diffusion in research and development (R&D) that can be
protected via patents and other intellectual property rules and
regulations. In terms of global policy initiatives, however, it
is becoming increasingly clear that the WTO in particular is
mostly a conflict-resolution facility rather than a global
governance body able to generate cooperation and steer
international coordinated policy action. At the same time, rent
extraction and profits streaming from legal hyperprotection have
become pervasively important for firm strategies to compete in a
globalized marketplace. “Knowledge Governance: Reasserting the
Public Interest” offers a novel approach – knowledge governance –
in order to move beyond the current regime.
This book argues that the current international intellectual
property rights regime, led by the World Trade Organization
(WTO), has evolved over the past three decades toward
overemphasizing private interests and seriously hampering public
interests in access to knowledge and innovation diffusion. This
approach concentrates on tangible and codified knowledge creation
and diffusion in research and development (R&D) that can be
protected via patents and other intellectual property rules and
regulations. In terms of global policy initiatives, however, it
is becoming increasingly clear that the WTO in particular is
mostly a conflict-resolution facility rather than a global
governance body able to generate cooperation and steer
international coordinated policy action. At the same time, rent
extraction and profits streaming from legal hyperprotection have
become pervasively important for firm strategies to compete in a
globalized marketplace. “Knowledge Governance: Reasserting the
Public Interest” offers a novel approach – knowledge governance –
in order to move beyond the current regime.
