Can the TRIPS agreement foster technology transfer to developing countries?

International Public Goods and Transfer of Technology Under a Globalized Intellectual Property Regime

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 227-256

  Correa, Carlos M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Project on Intellectual Property and Development at the South Centre   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84927118034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511494529.012     Document Type: Chapter

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