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Advanced Introduction to International Intellectual Property
Susy Frankel and Daniel J. Gervais
This authoritative introduction provides a detailed overview of the complexities of the international intellectual property regime and the ways in which it operates. The authors cover the key international institutions and agreements that regulate and inform intellectual property at an international level such as the TRIPS Agreement, WIPO, WTO, the Paris Convention and the Berne Convention.
Advanced Introductions
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- 29 Jan 2016
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The institutions and actors of international intellectual property
- 1.1 The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- 1.2 The World Trade Organization (WTO)
- 1.2.1 Establishment of the WTO
- 1.2.2 The WTO dispute settlement process
- 2 The major instruments of international intellectual property
- 2.1 International intellectual property before the TRIPS Agreement
- 2.1.1 The Paris Convention
- 2.1.2 The Berne Convention
- 2.2 The emergence of the TRIPS Agreement
- 2.2.1 The TRIPS Agreement negotiations
- 2.2.2 Post-TRIPS negotiations
- 2.3 The structure of the TRIPS Agreement
- 2.4 General objectives of the TRIPS Agreement
- 3 Key concepts of international intellectual property
- 3.1 The territorial nature of intellectual property
- 3.2 Principles of treaty interpretation
- 3.3 Minimum standards, implementing the treaty and more extensive protection
- 3.4 National treatment
- 3.5 Most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment
- 3.6 The three-step test
- 3.6.1 Emergence and dispersion of the three-step test
- 3.6.2 Interpretation of the three-step test
- 4 The current norms of international intellectual property
- 4.1 International copyright and design protection
- 4.1.1 The Berne Convention
- 4.1.2 The TRIPS Agreement and copyright
- 4.1.3 Other copyright instruments
- 4.2 (Industrial) designs
- 4.3 Copyright developments subsequent to the TRIPS Agreement
- 4.3.1 The WIPO Copyright Treaty 1996 (WCT)
- 4.3.2 WIPO Producers of Phonograms and Sound Recordings Treaty 1996 (WPPT)
- 4.3.3 The Beijing Treaty on Audio-visual Performances
- 4.3.4 The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
- 4.4 International patent protection
- 4.4.1 General
- 4.4.2 Patents and the TRIPS Agreement
- 4.4.3 The Paris Convention
- 4.4.4 The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- 4.4.5 The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
- 4.4.6 The Convention on Biological Diversity 1992 and the Nagoya Protocol
- 4.5 Trademarks, unfair competition and GIs protection
- 4.5.1 The TRIPS Agreement and trademarks
- 4.5.2 The Paris Convention
- 4.5.3 The Nice Agreement on the Classification of Goods and Services 1957
- 4.5.4 The Madrid Agreement and Protocol
- 4.5.5 The Lisbon system
- 5 Key issues in international intellectual property
- 5.1 International human rights and intellectual property
- 5.2 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
- 5.2.1 Enforcement under the TRIPS Agreement
- 5.2.2 Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
- 5.3 Importation rights
- 5.3.1 Scope of this section
- 5.3.2 Distinguishing between parallel importation and importation of pirated goods
- 5.3.3 Article 31bis of the TRIPS Agreement
- 5.4 International law at the national level: conflict of laws
- 5.4.1 Basic conflict of laws concepts
- 5.5 Traditional knowledge and indigenous resources
- 5.5.1 The scope of traditional knowledge
- 5.5.2 Who seeks the protection of traditional knowledge?
- 5.5.3 The problem with not protecting traditional knowledge
- 5.5.4 Possible ways of protecting traditional knowledge and international negotiations
- 5.5.5 WIPO and traditional knowledge
- 5.6 Bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements
- 5.7 Intellectual property as a cross-border investment asset
- Final thoughts
- Index
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or login to access all content.- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The institutions and actors of international intellectual property
- 1.1 The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- 1.2 The World Trade Organization (WTO)
- 1.2.1 Establishment of the WTO
- 1.2.2 The WTO dispute settlement process
- 2 The major instruments of international intellectual property
- 2.1 International intellectual property before the TRIPS Agreement
- 2.1.1 The Paris Convention
- 2.1.2 The Berne Convention
- 2.2 The emergence of the TRIPS Agreement
- 2.2.1 The TRIPS Agreement negotiations
- 2.2.2 Post-TRIPS negotiations
- 2.3 The structure of the TRIPS Agreement
- 2.4 General objectives of the TRIPS Agreement
- 3 Key concepts of international intellectual property
- 3.1 The territorial nature of intellectual property
- 3.2 Principles of treaty interpretation
- 3.3 Minimum standards, implementing the treaty and more extensive protection
- 3.4 National treatment
- 3.5 Most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment
- 3.6 The three-step test
- 3.6.1 Emergence and dispersion of the three-step test
- 3.6.2 Interpretation of the three-step test
- 4 The current norms of international intellectual property
- 4.1 International copyright and design protection
- 4.1.1 The Berne Convention
- 4.1.2 The TRIPS Agreement and copyright
- 4.1.3 Other copyright instruments
- 4.2 (Industrial) designs
- 4.3 Copyright developments subsequent to the TRIPS Agreement
- 4.3.1 The WIPO Copyright Treaty 1996 (WCT)
- 4.3.2 WIPO Producers of Phonograms and Sound Recordings Treaty 1996 (WPPT)
- 4.3.3 The Beijing Treaty on Audio-visual Performances
- 4.3.4 The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
- 4.4 International patent protection
- 4.4.1 General
- 4.4.2 Patents and the TRIPS Agreement
- 4.4.3 The Paris Convention
- 4.4.4 The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
- 4.4.5 The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
- 4.4.6 The Convention on Biological Diversity 1992 and the Nagoya Protocol
- 4.5 Trademarks, unfair competition and GIs protection
- 4.5.1 The TRIPS Agreement and trademarks
- 4.5.2 The Paris Convention
- 4.5.3 The Nice Agreement on the Classification of Goods and Services 1957
- 4.5.4 The Madrid Agreement and Protocol
- 4.5.5 The Lisbon system
- 5 Key issues in international intellectual property
- 5.1 International human rights and intellectual property
- 5.2 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
- 5.2.1 Enforcement under the TRIPS Agreement
- 5.2.2 Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
- 5.3 Importation rights
- 5.3.1 Scope of this section
- 5.3.2 Distinguishing between parallel importation and importation of pirated goods
- 5.3.3 Article 31bis of the TRIPS Agreement
- 5.4 International law at the national level: conflict of laws
- 5.4.1 Basic conflict of laws concepts
- 5.5 Traditional knowledge and indigenous resources
- 5.5.1 The scope of traditional knowledge
- 5.5.2 Who seeks the protection of traditional knowledge?
- 5.5.3 The problem with not protecting traditional knowledge
- 5.5.4 Possible ways of protecting traditional knowledge and international negotiations
- 5.5.5 WIPO and traditional knowledge
- 5.6 Bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements
- 5.7 Intellectual property as a cross-border investment asset
- Final thoughts
- Index