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from C - New Agents and the Challenge of New Technologies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 December 2020
Quite fitting with one of the themes for this book, the first major project on which I had the privilege to work with Annette Kur was called ‘Intellectual Property Rights in Transition’ (IPR in Transition); its outcome was subsequently published as Intellectual Property Rights in a Fair World Trade System: Proposals for Reform of TRIPS (EE Publishing, 2011). Based on our earlier discussions about key shortcomings within the international IP system, Annette and I focused on the concept of ceilings: the idea was to challenge the commonly held view that international IP law is only about setting minimum standards and can be further expanded without limits (or ceilings).2 While I am not sure what role our work played in this, a range of subsequent developments in international IP law show a transition to a system where IP treaties are not only about guaranteeing exclusive rights and other protections,3 and where IP protection is conceptualized as an element within a broader set of international norms that can counter attempts for limitless expansions of IP protection and enforcement.4
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