PLSC 380Z Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Patent Troll, Bioprospecting, Symantec
13 Jul 2017
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Biopiracy: early colonial strutted based on biopiracy massive unmaking of 19th century to get resources of non-european developing world and bring it back to the western world. Tea was most pro table british product in the world - straight bio-piracy. Trips is part of wto where everyone must join to trade and bring in mechanisms to enforce. unlike trips, this marrakesh treaty is not enforceable. Law treaty if two countries join and one violates the treaty, where does one sue: icj. Signing a treaty doesn"t mean anything: political act means that diplomats go back and ratify the treaty. It"s just short of saying no i won"t do it . Us needs to ratify and then also make into domestic legislation extra step. Wto means that you don"t have all the trade bene ts, tari s and whatnots it"s in the interest of countries to sign. most countries are not trying to get into treaties.
