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 Authors: Taubman, Antony, Wager, Hannu, Watal, Jayashree
Other title:Handbook on the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the TRIPS Agreement
  • Copyright and related rights
  • Trademarks
  • Geographical indications
  • Patents
  • Industrial designs, layout-designs of integrated circuits, undisclosed information, anti-competitive practices
  • Enforcement
  • Dispute prevention and settlement
  • TRIPS and public health
  • Current TRIPS issues
  • Appendix 1. Guide to TRIPS notifications
  • Appendix 2. Guide to TRIPS documents
  • Annex 1. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) 1994
  • Annex 2. Provisions of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967) referred to in the TRIPS Agreement
  • Annex 3. Provisions of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1971) referred to in the TRIPS Agreement
  • Annex 4. Provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (The Rome Convention) (1961) referred to in the TRIPS Agreement
  • Annex 5. Provisions of the Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits (1989) ('Washington Treaty') referred to in the TRIPS Agreement
  • Annex 6. Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (2001)
  • Annex 7. Decision on Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (2003)
  • Annex 8. Decision on Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement (2005)
  • Annex 9. Decision on Extension of the Transition Period under Article 66.1 of the TRIPS Agreement for Least-Developed Country Members for Certain Obligations with Respect to Pharmaceutical Products (2002)
  • Annex 10. Decision on Extension of the Transition Period under Article 66.1 for Least-Developed Country Members (2005)