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7 San Diego Int'l L.J. 523 (2005-2006)
TRIPS: With a Painful Birth, Uncertain Health, and a Host of Issues in China, Where Lies Its Future?

handle is hein.journals/sdintl7 and id is 529 raw text is: TRIPS: With a Painful Birth, Uncertain Health, and a Host of Issues in China, Where Lies Its Future?* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TRO DUCTION .................................................................................................. 524 II. T R IP S FROM PARIS ........................................................................................... 526 A. The Demise of the Paris Convention ........................................................ 526 B. A New Playing Field: The Advantages of the WTO/ GATT Forum to Developed Countries ..................................................... 529 C. Substantive Features of TRIPS Relevant to D evelop ing N ations .................................................................................. 534 D. Issues Associated with the Breadth of TRIPS ........................................... 534 III. CHINA'S PUBLIC EMBRACE OF THE WTO AND TRIPS ....................................... 536 A. Can a Tradition of IP Rights Ever F lourish in C hina? ................................................................................... 536 B. Risks Associated with China 's Inflated E conom y .................................................................................................. 542 IV. A SEARCH FOR ANSWERS: PARADIGMS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEORY REVISITED ........................................................................... 545 A. TRIPS Needs Strong Safeguards to Protect Poorer Populations and Provide for Long- Term G row th P rospects ................................................................................... 545 B. Increased Corporate Responsibility ......................................................... 549 C. The Doha Declaration 's Clarification of the Role of Compulsory Licensing .................................. 551 V . C O N CLU SION ..................................................................................................... 554 * J.D. candidate 2006, University of San Diego School of Law; M.S. 1996, University of California, Irvine; B.S. 1990, University of Toronto. The author would like to thank Professor Lisa Ramsey and Naveen Gurudevan for offering valuable guidance and encouragement. The comment is dedicated to his parents, Ben and Violet, and to his wife, Valerie, for their encouragement and love.