TRIPS Compliance, National Patent Regimes and Innovation

Edited by Sunil Mani, Visiting Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala and Ahmedabad University, Gujarat, India and the late Richard R. Nelson, formerly Columbia University, US

• Contents:1. IntroductionSunil Mani and Richard R. Nelson2. Innovations in the Brazilian Pharmaceutical Industry in Post-TRIPS Thiago Caliari, Roberto Mazzoleni and Luciano Martins Costa Póvoa3. TRIPS Compliance of National Patent Regimes and Domestic Innovative Activity, The Indian Experience Sunil Mani, Sudip Chaudhuri, V. K Unni, Carl Pray and Latha Nagarajan4. Knowledge Transfer in the Thai Automotive Industry and Impacts from Changing Patent Regimes Patarapong Intarakumnerd and Peera Charoenporn5. National Patent Regime and Indigenous Innovations in compliance with TRIPS: A Case Study of China Song Hong6. ConclusionSunil Mani and Richard R.NelsonIndex

’Has TRIPS contributed to catch-up of developing countries or has it only strengthened the power of big multinationals? This book tries to answer this important question by studying what in fact happened in four countries - Brazil, China, India and Thailand. The book succeeds in giving a balanced account of what happened after TRIPS and suggests that the impact of TRIPS alone was probably not that critical. Many readers will find the case studies on pharmaceuticals and other industries valuable.