This comprehensive Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the origin and main substantive provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, the most influential international treaty on intellectual property currently in force.

Dwijen Rangnekar is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Warwick's School of Law, having previously held a Research Council UK Academic Fellowship jointly at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation and the School of Law. He has worked in various academic...

Technological change is crucial for the continued socio-economic development of a country. A number of factors underpin a society's ability to foster continuous technological change, one of which is necessarily the conditions for appropriability. These have become increasingly important since...

The article is about implementing obligations under Article 27.3(b) of the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS). However, concerned with the fragmentation of international law in a globalised world, the article uses Kenya as a case study to interrogate the apparent...