WTO--trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights / edited by Peter-Tobias Stoll, Jan Busche, and Katrin Arend.

• Superior document: Max Planck commentaries on world trade law, v. 7
• Author: Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländisches Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht.
• TeilnehmendeR: Stoll, Peter-Tobias.; Busche, Jan, 1961-; Arend, Katrin.; Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländisches Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Max Planck commentaries on world trade law ; 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (944 p.)
• Notes: "Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law."; "German version, TRIPs--internationales und europäisches Recht des geistigen Eigentums"--T.p. verso.; Includes text of Agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS).

With the WTO TRIPS-Agreement, intellectual property issues have become an integral part of the world trading system. The Agreement probably represents the most significant and controversial development in world trade law. The Agreement is comprehensive in scope and contains standards for protection of a number of intellectual property rights as well as rules on the enforcement of such rights. Furthermore it closely links to the well-established traditional international system of the protection of intellectual property rights - the World Intellectual Property Rights Organization and related agreements, in particular the Paris and Berne Convention and the Madrid Agreement. This commentary covers the entire TRIPS-Agreement. It adopts a comparative perspective in highlighting related and similar provisions and developments in other international and regional instruments, such as the ones mentioned above and, for instance the European Patent Convention. The volume is based on a close cooperation between the Intellectual Property Law Center of the University of Düsseldorf and the Göttingen Institute for International Law and European Law, which aims at bringing together expertise in intellectual property law and general international law and trade law. It is designed to meet the needs both of the WTO and the intellectual property community.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Introduction I. The International Protection Of Intellectual Property And The World Trade Order / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Introduction II. The Concept Of The Trips Agreement / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Introduction III. The Trips Agreement In The Ec And Its Member States, Applicability And Enforcement / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Preamble / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 1. Nature And Scope Of Obligations / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 2. Intellectual Property Conventions / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 3. National Treatment / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 4. Most-Favoured Nation Treatment / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 5. Multilateral Agreements On Acquisition Or Maintenance Of Protection / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 6. Exhaustion / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 7. Objectives / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 8. Principles / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 9. Relation To The Berne Convention / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 10. Computer Programs And Compilations Of Data / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 11. Rental Rights / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 12. Term Of Protection / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 13. Limitations And Exceptions / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 14. Protection Of Performers, Producers Of Phonograms (Sound Recordings) And Broadcasting Organizations / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Before Articles 15-21 / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 15. Protectable Subject Matter / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 16. Rights Conferred / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 17. Exceptions / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 18. Term Of Protection / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 19. Requirement Of Use / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 20. Other Requirements / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 21. Licensing And Assignment / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Before Articles 22-24 / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 22.1. Protection Of Geographical Indications / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 22.2. Protection Of Geographical Indications / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 22.3. Protection Of Geographical Indications / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 22.4. Protection Of Geographical Indications / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 23. Additional Protection For Geographical Indications For Wines And Spirits / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 24. International Negotiations; Exceptions / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Before Article 25 / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 25. Requirements For Protection / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 26. Protection / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 27. Patentable Subject Matter / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend -- Article 27.2 / J. Busche , P.-T. Stoll and Arend.