Charles Brown
>>> "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu at mindspring.com> 01/13 1:28 PM >>>
K. Micky:
It has never been put forward as a formal proposal. But the idea has been floating around for a long time. Under current circumstances and international law, the trade sanction powers of the rich economies are so strong that this approach is a non starter. But if you and others wish to take up the cause by promoting its theoretical basis, it would be a great contribution to global development.
An IP amnety for developing economies propossal gained some moentum until globalization when the argument to IP violators from advanced economies can expolit the amnesty by relocating thir operations.
The current Third World strategy is lower IP loyalties.
A review of the entire IP regime as currently imposed by the West is a very progressive undertaking for leftist intellectuals.
Rkmickey at aol.com wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jan 1999 16:01:51 -0800,
> "Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu at mindspring.com> wrote"
>
> China, for example wants to claimed retroactive IP rights on the compass,
> gunpower, paper-making, the mechanacial calculation etc, for a period of 50
> years starting now, to compensate for her historical loss due to the absence
> of
> an international IP regime during her epoch of high inventiveness.
>
> Henry,
>
> This is quite an interesting concept. Has China formally put forward these
> claims in negotiations with other governments? Could you point me toward any
> articles, etc., presenting this position?
>
> K. Mickey