A Handbook on the WTO TRIPS Agreement

2. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-79992-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 661 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taubman, Antony

Wager, Hannu

Watal, Jayashree

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz allg., Marken- und Kennzeichenrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Handelsabkommen, Wirtschaftsorganisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Taubman, Antony
Antony Taubman is Director of the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division of the WTO Secretariat.

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

Wager, Hannu
Hannu Wager is a senior officer in the Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division of the WTO Secretariat.