The TRIPS regime of patent rights / by Nuno Pires de Carvalho.

Introduction
The primary function of patents: to meter inventions in a relatively accurate manner (as compared to trade secrets and public subsidies)
Pt. I. General Provisions and Basic Principles. Article 1. Nature and Scope of Obligations. Article 2. Intellectual Property Conventions. Article 3. National Treatment. Article 4. Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment. Article 5. Multilateral Agreements on Acquisition or Maintenance of Protection. Article 6. Exhaustion. Article 7. Objectives. Article 8. Principles
Pt. II. Standards Concerning the Availability, Scope and Use of Intellectual Property Rights. Article 27. Patentable Subject Matter. Article 28. Rights Conferred. Article 29. Conditions on Patent Applicants. Article 30. Exceptions to Rights Conferred. Article 31. Other Use Without Authorization of the Right Holder. Article 32. Revocation/Forfeiture. Article 33. Term of Protection. Article 34. Process Patents: Burden of Proof. Article 39. Paragraph 3.