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Introduction
Pages 151-154

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... Although the fundamental premise for granting property rights to inventors and artists that is, to promote creativity and innovation ultimately to the public's benefit is a common theme in many, if not most, national systems, the legal regimes of each country have evolved to reflect the culture, philosophy, and commercial history of its people. As Paul David illustrates in Chapter 2, the historical development of intellectual property law has been influenced by perceived national needs, such as to increase technology transfer from abroad, to encourage indigenous innovation, to sustain and regulate individual industries, and to enforce an author's natural rights in his or her creation.
From page 152...
... Suggesting that the EC represents a small scale version of the eventual global debate on harmonization, Harris submits that harmonization for its own sake cannot be justified without a greater understanding of basic issues, such as the relationship between the economic interests of intellectual property owners and of intellectual property users and the question of whether IPRS continue to be a consistent and appropriate legal and economic concept in the face of technological change and the development of international industrial relationships. Describing India's IPR system in Chapter 6, Deepak Nayyar notes that like all countries, India strives to strike a balance between the interests of producers of scientific and technological knowledge and those who use it.
From page 153...
... In Chapter 7, Jacques Gorlin presents an overview of the {PR provisions currently under discussion in the Uruguay Round of the GATT and the World Intellectual Property Organization (w~Po)
From page 154...
... The challenge is to find common ground among national {PR regimes that can form the basis of an international system that can offer the benefits of technology and innovation to all.


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