Research Handbook on the Protection of Intellectual Property under WTO Rules: Intellectual Property in the WTO Volume I (Research Handbooks on the WTO series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849809526 ISBN 13: 9781849809528

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

This comprehensive Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the origin and main substantive provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, the most influential international treaty on intellectual property currently in force.

A uniquely qualified set of academics and experts from around the world discuss the historical context in which the Agreement was negotiated, its basic principles and the nature of the obligations it creates for WTO members. Together with the second volume - Research Handbook on the Interpretation and Enforcement of Intellectual Property under WTO Rules - it examines the minimum standards that must be implemented with regard to patents, trademarks, geographical indications, copyright and related rights, integrated circuits and test data.

This Handbook is an essential tool for scholars, researchers and advanced students in the field of intellectual property. It also provides materials of direct relevance for policy makers and legal practitioners.

About this title

About the Author

Edited by Carlos M. Correa, Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Industrial Property and Economics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Review

Carlos Correa has in these two Research Handbooks on the TRIPS Agreement, done a magnificent job of bringing together a large number of scholars to analyse the many issues raised by the Agreement. The result is an integrated resource of high quality that helps readers to understand the many complex dimensions of TRIPS.
- Peter Drahos, RegNet, The Australian National University, Canberra

TRIPs is the only positive integration type of agreement in the WTO. Scholars have legitimately in my view, questioned its inclusion in the WTO since the protection of IP rights is no more a trade issue than many other similar issues. This is the first time that a set of well-known experts has dealt in a comprehensive manner with the vast array of issues regarding the coming-into-being, the functioning and the perspectives of the TRIPs regime under the aegis of the WTO. These two volumes will provide very useful guidance to students and policymakers alike dealing with protection of IP rights and international trade.
--- Petros C. Mavroidis, Columbia Law School, US and University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1849809526
• ISBN 13: 9781849809528
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 768
• Editor: Correa Carlos M.