Intellectual property in Asian emerging economies : law and policy in the post-TRIPS era / by Assafa Endeshaw.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intellectual property in ASEAN : a survey -- Intellectual property in China : a review -- Harmonization of intellectual property laws in ASEAN -- Intellectual property law-making in developing countries in the new century -- Asian perspectives on post-TRIPs issues in intellectual property -- A comparative review of intellectual property in East Asia and Africa -- Intellectual property enforcement in Asia -- The economics of intellectual property enforcement in Asia : who should pick up the bills? -- Free trade agreements as surrogates for "TRIPS plus" -- Do Asian nations take intellectual property rights seriously? -- Intellectual property and the "WIPO development agenda" -- Intellectual property and the "digital divide" -- Towards alternative policy frameworks.

This book critically reviews the recurrent debate on Intellectual Property law and policy in developing countries carried out in the last decade. It identifies the still unresolved policy issues and proposes alternative approaches that resonate with the needs for transformation of the economic and social reality of developing countries. Focusing on emerging economies in Asia, the work draws the wider lessons to be learnt by researchers, policy makers, legislators and the business sector in general and concludes by putting forward proposals for reform.