Synopsis One of the bIntellectual Property Rights: General Issues and Implication is an edited volume based on papers presented at the Ministry of Human Resource Development sponsored Seminar organized by the Department of Economics, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata and invited papers from the distinguished scholars. Thematically these papers are arranged into two sections: (i) General Issues and (ii) Implications. The book contains also an editorial introduction. It is expected that the book will be useful to academicians, researchers, and the general reader interested in international economics in the context of WTO Regime of Intellectual Property Rights.