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Co-published by WIPO and the Hague Conference on Private International Law, this guide is a pragmatic tool, written by judges, for judges, examining how private international law operates in intellectual property (IP) matters. Using illustrative references to selected international and regional instruments and national laws, the guide aims to help judges apply the laws of their own jurisdiction, supported by an awareness of key issues concerning jurisdiction of the courts, applicable law, the recognition and enforcement of judgments, and judicial cooperation in cross-border IP disputes.

In this timely and readable volume, law professor Aaron Schwabach explores the three traditional categories of intellectual property?copyright, patent, and trademark. He traces their historical development from medieval times to the present and observes how intellectual property law has responded to successive waves of technological change. Intellectual Property examines all sides of current controversies and crises in this fast-changing field, particularly those resulting from the digital information revolution. Because ideas are not constrained by national borders, the author focuses on intellectual property, including trade secrets, as an international phenomenon, emphasizing the experiences and contributions of a wide variety of countries and cultures. An essential resource for students and researchers?and anyone else who needs to know how to use and/or protect intellectual property.

Originally publ. as monograph in: International encyclopaedia of laws. Intellectual property law. - The Hague [etc.] : Kluwer Law International, 1997-

1 -- Introduction -- 2 -- Achievement of objectives -- 3 -- Procedural foundations -- 4 -- Interpretation of TRIPS -- 5 -- Relation of TRIPS to other WTO agreements -- 6 -- Remedies -- 7 -- Non-violation and situation complaints -- 8 -- Conclusions -- Appendix: case summaries -- Index.

What is intellectual property -- The origins of intellectual property -- The limits of intellectual property -- Intellectual property and cultural expression -- The politics behind intellectual property -- Intellectual property in the global area -- Copyright piracy -- Copyleft and copyfight -- The future of intellectual property.

TRIPS : background, principles and general provisions / Abdulqawi A. Yusuf -- Universal minimum standards of intellectual property protection under the TRIPS component of the WTO agreement / Jerome H. Reichman -- The application and interpretation of the agreement on trade-related / Andres Moncayo von Hase -- Copyright and related rights / Alberto Bercovitz -- The trademark provisions in the TRIPS agreement / Irene Calboli & Christine Haight Farley -- The evolving regime for geographical indications in WTO and in free trade agreements (1996-2015) / David Vivas-Eugui & Christoph Spennemann -- Industrial designs and TRIPS / Jeremy Phillips -- Patent rights / Carlos M. Correa -- Plant variety protection : options under the TRIPS agreement / Viola Prifti -- Layout designs of integrated circuits / Carlos m Correa -- Protection of undisclosed information / Francois Dessemontet -- Competition policy and the TRIPS agreement : the control of anti-competitive practices in contractual licences / Pedro Roffe & Christoph Spennemann -- TRIPS dispute settlement and developing country interests / Mohamed Omar Gad -- Human rights and intellectural property rights / Xavier Seuba -- The TRIPS agreement and public health / Sisule F. Musungu