Access to Knowledge in Egypt: New Research in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development

By Edited By Rizk Nagla

This volume features five chapters on current issues facing intellectual property, innovation and development policy from the Egyptian perspective. These include: information and communications technology for development, copyright and comparative business models in music, free and open source software, patent reform and access to medicines, and the role of the Egyptian government in promoting access to knowledge internationally and domestically. It offers an overview of the challenges and opportunities in promoting access to knowledge and combines both theoretical and pragmatic approaches in dealing with intellectual property and innovation property the world over.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849660085
• ISBN13: 9781849660082
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"