Resource Book on TRIPS and Development [Hardcover]

It is a guide to the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).The Resource Book, conceived as a practical guide to the TRIPS Agreement, provides detailed analysis of each of its provisions, aiming at a sound understanding of WTO Members' rights and obligations.The Resource Book, conceived as a practical guide to the TRIPS Agreement, provides detailed analysis of each of its provisions, aiming at a sound understanding of WTO Members' rights and obligations.The Resource Book, conceived as a practical guide to the TRIPS Agreement, provides detailed analysis of each of its provisions, aiming at a sound understanding of WTO Members' rights and obligations. The purpose is to clarify the implications of the Agreement especially highlighting the areas in which the treaty leaves leeway to Members for the pursuit of their own policy objectives, according to their respective levels of development. In doing so, the book does not produce tailor-made prescriptions but gives guidance on the implications of specific issues and on the options available. The book is not limited to the analysis of the TRIPS Agreement but to the consideration of related questions and developments at the national, regional, and international level.Part I. Nature of Obligations, Principles, and Objectives: 1. Preamble; 2. Nature and scope of obligations; 3. Categories of intellectual property embraced by TRIPS; 4. Basic principles; 5. Exhaustion; 6. Objectives and principles; Part II. Substantive Obligations: 7. Copyright works; 8. Copyright: computer programs; 9. Copyright: databases; 10. Copyright: the rental right; 11. Copyright: term of protection; 12. Copyright: limitations and exceptions; 13. Copyright: related rights; 14. Trademarks; 15. Geographical indications; 16. Industrial designs; 17. Patents: subject matter and patentability requirements; 18. Patents: non-discrimination; 19. Patents: ordre public and morality; 20. Patents: therapeutic, surgical and dilı