A handbook on the WTO TRIPS Agreement / edited by Antony Taubman, Hannu Wager and Jayashree Watal.
Publisher's description: This handbook describes the historical and legal background to the TRIPS Agreement, its role in the WTO and its institutional framework and reviews the following areas: general provisions and basic principles; copyright and related rights; trademarks; geographical indic...
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| Other title: | Handbook on the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Summary: | Publisher's description: This handbook describes the historical and legal background to the TRIPS Agreement, its role in the WTO and its institutional framework and reviews the following areas: general provisions and basic principles; copyright and related rights; trademarks; geographical indications; patents; industrial designs, layout-designs, undisclosed information and anti-competitive practices; enforcement of IPRs; dispute settlement in the context of the TRIPS Agreement; TRIPS and public health; and current TRIPS issues. It contains a guide to TRIPS notifications by WTO members and describes how to access and make use of the official documentation relating to the TRIPS Agreement and related issues. Furthermore, it includes the legal texts of the TRIPS Agreement and the relevant provisions of the WIPO conventions referred to in it, as well as subsequent relevant WTO instruments. |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 385 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107625297 (paperback) 1107625297 (paperback) 9781107023161 (hardback) 1107023165 (hardback) 9781107663275 (paperback) 110766327X (paperback) |