Introduction to intellectual property -- Globalization and intellectual property -- National economic development strategy and intellectual property -- Protection of cultural heritage, biodiversity, traditional knowledge and practices, folklore and sustainable socio-economic development -- Cultural and information industries -- The importance of intellectual property for competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises -- Encouraging research and development -- Role of government in fostering the intellectual property system -- Role of the private sector in the intellectual property system -- Civil society and intellectual property -- Challenges for the intellectual property system -- Demystification and depoliticization of intellectual property.
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