Book description
"Brazil is one of the world's most productive crucibles for new
ideas and practices in innovation and collaboration. This meticulously
researched book provides a sweeping tour of the issues arising form that
leadership." Jonathan Zittrain - Professor, Harvard Law School
"As policy makers around the world grapple with how to configure
their intellectual property policies to promote innovation and economic
growth, as well as public access to the fruits of intellectual labour,
they would do themselves a huge favour by reading Lea Shaver's excellent
book." Pam Samuelson, Professor Univeristy of California, Berkeley
"This is essential reading for anyone who cares about one of the
most important human rights issues of the century: access to
knowledge." Madhavi Sunder, Professor of Law, University of
California Davis This volume features four chapters addressing the
current issues facing intellectual property, innovation and development
policy in Brazil. Each chapter is authored by legal scholars affiliated
to the Fundacao Getulio Vargas law schools in Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro. Each chapter examines a policy area that significantly impacts
access to knowledge in Brazil. These include: exceptions and limitations
to copyright, free software and open business models, patent reform and
access to medicines, and open innovation in the biotechnology sector.
'A meticulously researched book' Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School
'Essential reading' Michael Sunder, University of California Lea
Shaver is an Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law at Yale Law
School.
