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Intellectual Property and International Trade: The TRIPS Agreement, 3rd Edition

Intellectual Property and International Trade: The TRIPS Agreement, 3rd Edition

Author: Abdulqawi A. Yusuf; Carlos M. Correa
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
ISBN: 9789041166340

Previous Edition ISBN: 9789041124296
Published In: August 2016
Format: Hardback , 528 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is the most far-reaching and comprehensive legal regime ever concluded at the multilateral level in the area of intellectual property rights (IPR). Compared to prior IPR conventions, TRIPS constitutes a major qualitative leap which radically modifies not only the context in which IPR are considered internationally, but also their substantive content and the methods for their enforcement and dispute settlement. This much-welcomed treatise, now in its third edition, thoroughly updates its comprehensive analysis of the substantive provisions of the Agreement and their actual interpretation and application in different jurisdictions, with new material on the burgeoning case law and on major changes in plant variety protection.

As in previous editions, the book may be relied upon for in-depth clarification of such matters as the following:

standards established under the agreement;
enforcement measures;
social and legal issues;
legal and policy possibilities offered;
legislative latitude allowed to WTO Member States;
incorporation of TRIPS into domestic law;
protection of integrated circuit design;
protection of innovation and R&D for diseases that disproportionately affect developing countries;
challenges raised by ongoing technological changes;
access to medicines;
protection of confidential (undisclosed) information; and
interface between competition law and intellectual property protection.

With fifteen chapters contributed by a distinguished panel of experts representing diverse parties – international organisations, legal practice, government policy, and academia – the third edition offers an incomparable framework for understanding the background, principles, and complex provisions of the TRIPS Agreement.

Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition will be of great value to all professionals and business people concerned with international trade. It stimulates further discussion and analysis in this area of growing importance to international law and international economic relations, particularly regarding the possibilities offered by the Agreement and the loose ends that may need consideration in the future at the national or international level.

Editors

Contributors

Introduction to the Third Edition

Part I Understanding TRIPS

Chapter 1 TRIPS: Background, Principles and General Provisions Abdulqawi A. Yusuf

Chapter 2 Universal Minimum Standards of Intellectual Property Protection under the TRIPS Component of the WTO Agreement Jerome H. Reichman

Chapter 3 The Application and Interpretation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Andres Moncayo von Hase

Part II New Standards for IPR Protection

Chapter 4 Copyright and Related Rights Alberto Bercovitz

Chapter 5 The Trademark Provisions in the TRIPS AgreementIrene Calboli & Christine Haight Farley

Chapter 6 The Evolving Regime for Geographical Indications in WTO and in Free Trade Agreements (1996–2015) David Vivas-Eugui & Christoph Spennemann

Chapter 7 Industrial Designs and TRIPS Jeremy Phillips

Chapter 8 Patent Rights Carlos M. Correa

Chapter 9 Plant Variety Protection: Options under the TRIPS Agreement Viola Prifti

Chapter 10 Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits Carlos M. Correa

Chapter 11 Protection of Undisclosed Information François Dessemontet

Chapter 12 Competition Policy and the TRIPS Agreement: The Control of Anti-competitive Practices in Contractual Licenses Pedro Roffe & Christoph Spennemann

Chapter 13 TRIPS Dispute Settlement and Developing Country Interests Mohamed Omar Gad

Part III: TRIPS, Human Rights and Public Health

Chapter 14 Human Rights and Intellectual Property RightsXavier Seuba

Chapter 15 The TRIPS Agreement and Public Health Sisule F. Musungu

Index