An Overview of Human Rights and Intellectual Property Protection
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https://doi.org/10.18533/journal.v5i12.1069Keywords:
Human Rights, Intellectual Property, International Protection, State Obligations.Abstract
The purpose of this article is to discuss the legal framework of human rights and intellectual property in terms of state obligations to afford a protection for both human rights and intellectual property. The relationship between intellectual property and human rights, under bilateral, regional and multilateral treaties, is a matter of concern. In focusing on the relationship between intellectual property and human rights, this article argues that there are many challenges on the wide use of Intellectual property rights that given possible conflict between intellectual property and human rights.
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