Intellectual Property Rights, the WTO and Developing Countries: The TRIPS Agreement and Policy OptionsZed Books, 2000 - 254 pages This book cuts through the daunting technicalities of one of the most important of the WTO (World Trade Organization) agreements, that dealing with Intellectual Property Rights (hitherto primarily the preserve of national patent legislation) and their treatment as internationally tradeable commodities. Professor Correa makes comprehensible the TRIPS Agreement and explains its main provisions. |
Contents
The Context | 3 |
Transitional Arrangements | 9 |
Main Substantive Provisions | 16 |
CHAPTER II | 23 |
Transfer of Technology | 30 |
Impact on Domestic Markets | 36 |
Main Conclusions | 44 |
IMPLEMENTING THE TRIPS AGREEMENT IN | 49 |
CHAPTER IV | 101 |
Implementation Problems | 107 |
CHAPTER V | 123 |
Implications for Developing Countries | 149 |
Main Conclusions | 160 |
CHAPTER VI | 167 |
Access to PGRs under Patent Laws | 173 |
Access under Plant Breeders Rights | 195 |