The WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: A Commentary (Elgar Commentaries in Intellectual Property Law series) - Hardcover

Malbon, Justin; Lawson, Charles; Davison, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845424433 ISBN 13: 9781845424435

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

This Commentary on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) provides a detailed textual analysis of TRIPS - a pivotal international agreement on intellectual property rights.

TRIPS sets minimum standards for national laws on copyright, patents, trademarks and other forms of intellectual property rights. TRIPS profoundly impacts upon the regulation of access to medicines, compulsory licensing of copyright material, geographical indicators and other significant IP-related matters.

This reference book is a major authoritative work that is clearly organised and presented, allowing users to navigate quickly to commentary on any element of TRIPS. The book begins with a context-setting section, providing guidance on interpreting TRIPS. It considers the salient elements of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, the WTO Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, and the preamble to the Agreement Establishing the WTO. The book then follows the seven part structure of TRIPS, and provides an article-by-article analysis of each of its 73 provisions and specifically addresses the interpretation of key phrases in each article.

An essential resource for practitioners and scholars, this detailed and exhaustive volume will also prove invaluable to academics and students of intellectual property law, international law and trade law. It is a first point of reference for anyone needing to know more about TRIPS.

Contents: 1. General Provisions and Basic Principles 2. Standards Concerning the Availability, Scope and Use of Intellectual Property Rights 3. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 4. Acquisition and Maintenance of Intellectual Property Rights and Related Inter-Partes Procedures 5. Dispute Prevention and Settlement 6. Transitional Arrangements 7. Institutional Arrangements; Final Provisions

About this title

About the Author:

Justin Malbon, Monash University, Charles Lawson, Griffith University and Mark Davison, Monash University, Australia

Review:

`This excellent and extensive commentary on the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is a valuable addition to the field. . . this reviewer very much enjoyed the book and looks forward to consulting it further in the future, particularly as reliance on TRIPS continues to develop in European practice.' -- Christopher Stothers, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1845424433
• ISBN 13: 9781845424435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 936