A Handbook on the WTO TRIPS Agreement

Antony Taubman, Hannu Wager, Jayashree Watal (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

458 Seiten

2020 | 2nd Revised edition
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-79992-8 (ISBN)

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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,

This handbook describes the historical and legal background to the TRIPS Agreement, its role in the WTO and its institutional framework. It 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 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 and related non-WTO treaties. The new edition covers the public health revision of the Agreement that entered into force in 2017 and provides updates on other recent developments.

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.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.11.2020
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises; 10 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 227 mm
Gewicht	740 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-108-79992-2 / 1108799922
ISBN-13	978-1-108-79992-8 / 9781108799928
Zustand	Neuware