Handbook on the Wto Trips Agreement

This handbook describes the historical and legal background to the TRIPS Agreement, its role in the WTO and its institutional framework. piles for the first time all GATT dispute settlement procedures, as well as a selection of other key documents of historical interest.

List of contents

1. Introduction to the Trips Agreement; 2. Copyright and Related Rights; 3. Trademarks; 4. Geographical Indications; 5. Patents; 6. Industrial Designs and Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits; 7. Undisclosed Information, Unfair Competition and Anti-Competitive Practices; 8. Enforcement; 9. Dispute Prevention and Settlement; 10. Trips and Public Health; 11. Current Trips Issues.

About the author

Antony Taubman is Director of the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division of the WTO Secretariat.Hannu Wager is a senior officer in the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division of the WTO Secretariat.Jayashree Watal is a former senior officer in the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division of the WTO Secretariat.

Summary

This is a comprehensive, non-technical explanation of the WTO Agreement on Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), later legal instruments, current policy issues and the relationship between TRIPS and public health. It is aimed at government officials and policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, academics and students,

Product details

• Authors: Antony Wager Taubman
• Assisted by: Antony Taubman (Editor), Taubman Antony (Editor), Hannu Wager (Editor), Wager Hannu (Editor), Jayashree Watal (Editor), Watal Jayashree (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781108835282
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83528-2
• No. of pages: 458
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; LAW / International, trade agreements, International economic & trade law, International trade and commerce, International Organisations & Institutions, Public international law: economic and trade, International law: intellectual property