Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- I Introduction to the TRIPS Agreement
- II Copyright and related rights
- III Trademarks
- IV Geographical indications
- V Patents
- VI Industrial designs and layout-designs of integrated circuits
- VII Undisclosed information, unfair competition and anti-competitive practices
- VIII Enforcement
- IX Dispute prevention and settlement
- X TRIPS and public health
- XI Current TRIPS issues
- Appendix 1 Guide to transparency under TRIPS
- Appendix 2 Guide to TRIPS documents
- Annexes
- Index
I - Introduction to the TRIPS Agreement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 November 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- I Introduction to the TRIPS Agreement
- II Copyright and related rights
- III Trademarks
- IV Geographical indications
- V Patents
- VI Industrial designs and layout-designs of integrated circuits
- VII Undisclosed information, unfair competition and anti-competitive practices
- VIII Enforcement
- IX Dispute prevention and settlement
- X TRIPS and public health
- XI Current TRIPS issues
- Appendix 1 Guide to transparency under TRIPS
- Appendix 2 Guide to TRIPS documents
- Annexes
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides an overview of the TRIPS Agreement. It first explains the historical and legal background of the Agreement and its place in the World Trade Organization (WTO). It then turns to the general provisions and basic principles, as well as other provisions and institutional arrangements, that apply to all the categories of intellectual property rights (IPRs) covered by TRIPS. Chapters II to VIII then discuss each of these categories, their essential principles, and their administration and enforcement, in more detail.
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- A Handbook on the WTO TRIPS Agreement , pp. 1 - 38Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020