World Trade Organization Knowledge Agreements

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Arup is Professor of Business Law at the Faculty of Business and Economics! Monash University. Klappentext An examination of the WTO intellectual property and services agreements (TRIPs and GATS). Zusammenfassung The WTO intellectual property and services agreements (TRIPs and GATS) form the global legal framework in which governments regulate trade in knowledge. In this book! Christopher Arup analyses the provisions of the agreements! examines closely their implementation and revision and assesses the future of the WTO as a global law-making institution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Globalization, Law and the WTO: 1. Trade law as a global mediator; 2. A global context; 3. The World Trade Organization; Part II. Services: 4. The general agreement on trade in services; 5. The case of legal services; Part III. Intellectual Property: 6. The agreement on trade-related intellectual property rights; 7. The case of genetic codes; Part IV. Convergence: 8. The case of communications media.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Arup, Christopher Jon Arup, Arup Christopher
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.04.2008
• EAN: 9780521881234
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88123-4
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 37 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Commercial / International Trade, International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade