Contents:PART I Introduction1. Emerging Markets and the World Patent Order: The Forces of ChangeFrederick M. Abbott, Carlos M. Correa and Peter DrahosPART II Context2. Intellectual Property Activity Worldwide - Key Trends, Facts, and FiguresCarsten Fink3. The Geo-politics of the World Patent OrderSusan K. Sell4. Rethinking the Patent System from the Perspective of EconomicsHaiyang Zhang5.

Rethinking the Role of the Patent Office from the Perspective of Responsive RegulationPeter Drahos6. The Technology Transfer Debates and the Role of Emerging Economies Padmashree Gehl Sampath and Pedro Roffe7. Development Strategies of Emerging Economies in the Era of Climate Change: Do Patent Statistics Tell us Anything?Konstantinos KarachaliosPART III The BRICSBrazil8. Patents and the Emerging Markets of Latin America - BrazilDenis Borges BarbosaChina9. Evolution of the Patent System in ChinaWei ZhuangIndia10. India in the World Patent OrderRajeev KherRussia11. Russian Trip to the TRIPS: Patent Protection, Innovation Promotion and Public HealthTetyana PayosovaSouth Africa12. Harmonizing the National Policies for Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Industry and Intellectual Property: The South African ExperienceAndre Kudlinski13.

Patent Law in Emerging Economies: South AfricaYousuf A. VawdaPART IV ASEAN14. Patents and the Emerging Markets of Asia: ASEAN and ThailandJakkrit KuanpothPART V The Middle East15. IP Policy and Regulation in the Arab World: Changes, Challenges and Opportunities Mohammed El SaidPART VI The OECD ResponseEurope16. The Impact of Emerging Market Patent Systems on Europe: Awaiting "The Rape of Europa"?Geetrui Van OverwalleJapan17. IP-Based Nation: Strategy of JapanYoshiyuki TamuraUSA18. The United States Response to Emerging Technological PowersFrederick M. Abbott.