Intellectual property rights, the WTO, and developing countries : the TRIPS agreement and policy options / Carlos M. Correa.

Intellectual property rights, the WTO, and developing countries : the TRIPS agreement and policy options / Carlos M. Correa.

xii, 254 pages ; 22 cm

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An analysis of the World Trade Organisation's Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement - TRIPS. The book clarifies TRIPS, explains its main provisions, and shows the significance of the treatment of these rights as internationally tradeable commodities.

Copy 4 donated to the library by the author. Copy 5 purchased from amazon.de; November 2004; 15 euros.
What is TRIPS?.
The Context.
The North-South Asymmetries.
Introduction.
Innovation.
Main Conclusions.
Definition of invention.
Requirements of protection.
Exceptions to patentability.
Scope of Claims.
Claim Interpretation.
Experimental exception.
"Bolar" exception.
Conclusions.
Normative dimension.
Administrative dimension.
Integrated circuits.
Undisclosed information.
Breeders' rights.
Protecting computer programs.
Digital information.
Impact of IPRs.
Information.
Scope of protection,.
Deposited materials.
Identifying National Interests.
Transitional Periods.
Negotiating strategies.
Policy-oriented approaches.
Purpose and scope.
Criteria ofpatentability.
Interpretation of claims.
Bibl. ref. ; Also avail. in cloth.

London : Zed Books, 2000.

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