The International System of Intellectual Property from the Perspective of the Economics of Legal Federalism

Global Ruling. Intellectual Property and Development in the United Nations Knowledge Economy

Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology ◽

10.1590/s1809-43412014000200004 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 113-145 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ondina Fachel Leal ◽

Rebeca Hennemann Vergara de Souza ◽

Fabrício Solagna

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

Property Rights ◽

Intellectual Property Rights ◽

Social Life ◽

International System ◽

Historical Context ◽

Civil Society Organizations ◽

World Intellectual Property Organization ◽

International Agency ◽

Development Agenda

This paper firstly provides an ethnographic account of the dynamic of events in Geneva in 2004, when meetings of various multilateral agencies and global civil society organizations were held simultaneously to discuss the proposal to include the Development Agenda as a key element of intellectual property rights (IPR), seeking to insert some public policy aspects into the existing legal frameworks on IPR. Secondly we describe the historical context for the emergence of the intellectual property system as global legislation, explaining how it came into being and the ways in which it intertwines with international trade, examining the extent of its impact and its interfaces with various domains of social life, including culture and knowledge. Finally, based on interviews, documents and minutes from international agency meetings, we reconstruct the three-year process of negotiating the Development Agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), describing the role of its main actors. Since Brazil, a member state of the organization, assumed a lead role in promoting the Agenda, we examine the disputes that occurred during this process as political actors veered back and forth in their support for the international system to protect and enforce intellectual property rights, and the tensions generated as IPRs become barriers to the trade and development of developing nations.

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O ACESSO A MEDICAMENTOS E O SISTEMA INTERNACIONAL DE PROTEÇÃO À PROPRIEDADE INTELECTUAL SOB A LÓGICA DO CONTRAPODER NA SOCIEDADE EM REDE

Revista Direitos Fundamentais & Democracia ◽

10.25192/issn.1982-0496.rdfd.v26i11594 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 6-29

Author(s):

João Pedro Seefeldt Pessoa ◽

Rafael Santos de Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Property ◽

International System ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Access To Medicines ◽

Intellectual Property Protection ◽

Property Right ◽

Intellectual Property Right ◽

Less Developed Countries ◽

Social Actors ◽

Do So

A lógica das redes permeia o estudo da sociedade e do poder, devido à interação entre atores sociais e a formação de redes de (contra)poder. O direito da propriedade intelectual não fica alheio, porquanto o acesso a medicamentos em determinados casos depende de mecanismos de afronta ao sistema de proteção dominante. Assim, a pesquisa tem por objetivo estudar o acesso a medicamentos no sistema internacional de proteção à propriedade intelectual sob a lógica do contrapoder exercido na sociedade em rede. Para tanto, utiliza-se o método de abordagem dedutivo, de forma que se aplica, como método de procedimento, o monográfico, bem como a técnica de pesquisa bibliográfica. Ao fim, concluiu-se que a afronta ao sistema de proteção à propriedade intelectual e a flexibilização do Acordo TRIPS é uma garantia de países menos desenvolvidos para acesso a medicamentos, alterando-se a programação e impedindo o sucesso de redes dominantes de poder. The logic of networks permeates the study of society and power, due to the interaction between social actors and the formation of networks of (counter)power. The intellectual property right is not alien, since access to medicines in certain cases depends on mechanisms of affront to the dominant protection system. Thus, the research aims to study the access to medicines in the international system of protection of intellectual property under the logic of counterpower exercised in the network society. To do so, the deductive approach and the monographic procedure are used, as well as bibliographic research technique is applied. Finally, it was concluded that the affront to the system of intellectual property protection and the flexibilization of the TRIPS Agreement is a guarantee of less developed countries for access to medicines, changing programming and preventing the success of dominant networks of power.

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