Peter Drahos
Peter Drahos is an expert in the philosophy of intellectual property.
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Bio
"Peter Drahos is Director of the Centre for Governance of Knowledge and Development and the Head of Program of the Regulatory Institutions Network at the Australian National University.
His former positions include Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual Property at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London and officer of the Australian Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department. He holds degrees in law, politics and philosophy and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor. He has published widely in law and social science journals on a variety of topics including contract, legal philosophy, telecommunications, intellectual property, trade negotiations and international business regulation. He has worked as a consultant on international intellectual property issues for a number of organizations, including the European Commission, the UK Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Oxfam and the ASEAN Secretariat." (http://cgkd.anu.edu.au/menus/people.php#drahos)
More Information
Drahos, P [2004] 'Towards an International Framework for the Protection of Traditional Group Knowledge and Practice' Paper delivered at UNCTAD-Commonwealth Secretariat Workshop on Elements of National Sui Generis Systems for the Preservation, Protection and Promotion of Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices and Options for an International Framework, 4-6 February, Geneva
Accessible via http://cgkd.anu.edu.au/menus/PDFs/Drahos_tkframework.pdf
Drahos, P [2003] 'The Global Intellectual Property Ratchet: Why it Fails as Policy and What Should be Done About It' Paper for the Open Society Institute
Accessible via http://cgkd.anu.edu.au/menus/PDFs/IPRatchet_Drahos.pdf
Key Books to Read
Drahos, P (1996) A Philosophy of Intellectual Property, Dartmouth, Aldershot
Drahos, P with Braithwaite, J (2002) Information Feudalism, Earthscan, London
Uncorrected proof version available in pdf format at http://cgkd.anu.edu.au/menus/PDFs/Information%20Feudalism.pdf
Drahos, P with Ruth Mayne (ed) (2002) Global Intellectual Property Rights: Knowledge Access and Development, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire and New York
Drahos, P with Michael Blakeney (ed) (2001) IP in Biodiversity and Agriculture: Regulating the Biosphere, Sweet and Maxwell, London