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Intellectual Property In International Trade: Opportunities And Risks Of A Gatt Connection, J. H. Reichman
Intellectual Property In International Trade: Opportunities And Risks Of A Gatt Connection, J. H. Reichman
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Professor Reichman uncovers a paradox at the heart of the debate about bringing international intellectual property relations within a GATT Code of Conduct. On the one hand, the industrialized countries that subscribe to free-market principles at home want to impose a highly regulated market for intellectual goods on the rest of the world, one in which authors and inventors may "reap where they have sown." On the other hand, the developing countries that restrict free competition at home envision a totally unregulated world market for intellectual goods, one in which "competition is the lifeblood of commerce." To unravel this paradox, …