The TRIPS agreement which was adopted in 1994 is the most comprehensive and influential international treaty on intellectual property rights. This volume provides a detailed legal analysis of its provisions, as well as the jurisprudence already being developed in the context of the World Trade Organisation.
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Preamble -- Nature and scope of obligations -- International exhaustion of rights -- Objectives and principles -- Copyright and related rights -- Trademarks -- Geographical indications -- Industrial designs -- Patents -- Layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits -- Undisclosed information -- Control of restrictive practices in contractual licences -- Enforcement of intellectual property rights -- Acquisition and maintenance of intellectual property rights, dispute prevention and settlement, transitional and institutional arrangements and final provisions. The TRIPS agreement which was adopted in 1994 is the most comprehensive and influential international treaty on intellectual property rights. This volume provides a detailed legal analysis of its provisions, as well as the jurisprudence already being developed in the context of the World Trade Organisation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Preamble Nature and scope of obligations International exhaustion of rights Objectives and principles Copyright and related rights Trademarks Geographical indications Industrial designs Patents Layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits Undisclosed information Control of restrictive practices in contractual licences Enforcement of intellectual property rights Acquisition and maintenance of intellectual property rights, dispute prevention and settlement, transitional and institutional arrangements and final provisions.