Session 1 | Ellen Goodman (Rutgers), Moderator Access and Development: The History of ‘Development’ and WIPOSara Bannerman (McMaster University)Commentator | Christopher S. Yoo (University of Pennsylvania) (Yoo presenting Bannerman’s paper, followed by responses from Bannerman) First, idea of “development” in IP discourse has changed over time; initially not focused on economic growth but did become so over time. Second, idea that economic growth went hand in hand w/development came under sustained critique, but was not successful in displacing that idea. Third, some reasons for persistence of old vision/incompleteness of Access to Knowledge’s ability to change the narrative. First: Paper uses a natural language processing technique to look at underlying documents in major int’l treaty events to study references to “development.” Four basic meanings. (1) perfection of authors’ rights. (2) Development of…
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