On September 26 and 27, Harvard Law School hosted the conference 'Innovation, Justice and Globalization'.

The panel /"TRIPs and the role of intellectual property rights in developing countries/" is chaired by
Pedro Roffe, with lectures by:

Daniel Benoliel
TRIPS Disadvantage of backwardness

Maggie Chon
PPPs and global public goods

Gustavo Ghidini
Colonization by Other Means: Structural Features of the TRIPS Agreement

Patricia Judd
The TRIPS balloon

Chidi Oguamanam
Flashlight in the Darkness: Illumination of the /"Third World/" and "Development/"
in Global IP Gloom

Rochelle Dreyfuss
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The conference focused on six themes: the economics of innovation and development; whether antitrust and competition law places too much reliance on intellectual property law; the “puzzles” of overlapping and hybrid intellectual property rights; the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and the role of intellectual property rights in developing countries; challenges facing the digital commons; non-voluntary licensing of pharmaceutical patents; and property rights versus liability rules – theories and practical implications. Panelists included experts from government and international/intergovernmental organizations, as well as faculty from Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

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