Intellectual property, development, and geopolitics
Interview with Carlos Correa
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intellectual property, developing countries, patents, international lawAbstract
Interview with Carlos M. Correa, lawyer, economist, and Doctor of Law from the University of Buenos Aires, where he directed the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Industrial Property and Economic Law. He has been an advisor and consultant in various countries and international organizations such as the UN, WHO, FAO, IDB, and World Bank. In 2018, he took up the position of executive director of the South Centre in Geneva. His work focuses on intellectual property, innovation, and public health. He is the author of numerous works, including Intellectual Property and Public Health (2006), Intellectual Property Rights, Competition, and the Protection of the Public Interest (2009), and Intellectual Property and Medicines (2010), in which he critically analyzes the tensions between exclusive intellectual property rights and the public interest, especially in developing countries.
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