Understanding intellectual property 2. How business lobbying changed the world, by Peter Drahos

In the second part of his talk, Peter Drahos outlines how concerted business lobbying inserted intellectual property into the global trade negotiations, which resulted in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) becoming part of the World Trade Organisation. He sketches out some implications of this on states' ability to act on citizens behalf through regulating for food provisioning, health and environmental well-being. He uses the example of Australia's tobacco plain packaging legislation to illustrate this.
Running order:
Introduction: 0:00
Part 1. Changing the global rules: 1:41
Part 2. Some effects: 10:11
Part 3. Australia vs Big Tobacco: 21:48
Part 4. Lessons from Australia's tobacco experience: 34:58
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