Creativity & Innovation

This is the worst way to protect the third world

IPN Opinion article

Author: Stephen Pollard

One of Stephen Pollard\'s winning articles for the 2003 Frederic Bastiat Prize for Journalism

Entire intellectual property system could easily fall

IPN Opinion article

Author: Roger Bate

Discusses patents, compulsory licensing and trade

Patents are not the problem with drugs access

IPN Opinion article

Author: Richard Tren

Letter to the editor of the Financial Times regarding \"WTO pact on generic drugs blocked by US\" (December 21)

Packaging precaution

IPN Opinion article

Author: Roger Bate

The European Union\'s Agriculture Council\'s decision in July 2002 to make labelling of genetically modified (GM) foods mandatory has created more problems than it solved.

European Union (EU) health and consumer protection commissioner David Byrne welcomed the decision, but simultaneously deplored \'scaremongering\', stressing that all genetically modified organisms authorised in the EU have been evaluated for safety. The new rules allegedly cater to consumer concerns, but in effect they accommodate to powerful lobbies - while maintaining doubt on the safety of GM products.

Ideal Matter: Globalisation and the Intellectual Property Debate

Author: Julian Morris

Publication date:

Saturday, September 12, 2009

This book argues that intellectual property rights are essential to attract knowledge-based industries.