International intellectual property and development: A roadmap to balance?

This paper examines the emergence of the World Trade Organization Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Agreement and the changing face of international intellectual property agenda, evidenced by the Doha Ministerial Declaration of November 2001. Follow-up work on access to medicines and the recent adoption of a 'development agenda' by the World Intellectual Property Organization will be discussed. The paper then looks at the current quest for a 'balanced' approach and suggests ways in which such a balance may be achieved. © Henry Stewart Publications.