Intellectual Property and the WTO:

Not surprisingly, the TRIPS Agreement remains one of the most controversial agreements of the WTO.This short paper seeks to provide an introduction to the main instruments used to protect intellectual property in section second, the key economic trade-offs of stronger IPRs in section third, the basi...

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Main Author: Fink, Carsten (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2004
Series:Other papers
Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Not surprisingly, the TRIPS Agreement remains one of the most controversial agreements of the WTO.This short paper seeks to provide an introduction to the main instruments used to protect intellectual property in section second, the key economic trade-offs of stronger IPRs in section third, the basic provisions of the TRIPS Agreement in section four, and recent TRIPS developments affecting access to medicines in developing countries in section five
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
DOI:10.1596/25931