This comprehensive Handbook provides an in-depth analysis of the origin and main substantive provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, the most influential international treaty on intellectual property currently in force.

Contents: Preface Carlos M. Correa HISTORY, INTERPRETATION AND PRINCIPLES 1. Why IPR Issues Were Brought to GATT: A Historical Perspective on the Origins of TRIPS Charles Clift 2. Developing Countries in the Global IP System Before TRIPS: The Political Context for the TRIPS Negotiations Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck 3. Minimum Standards vs. Harmonization in the TRIPS Context: The Nature of Obligations under TRIPS and Modes of Implementation at the National Level in Monist and Dualist Systems Denis Borges Barbosa 4. Enhancing Global Innovation Policy: The Role of WIPO and its Conventions in Interpreting the TRIPS Agreement Graeme B. Dinwoodie and Rochelle C. Dreyfuss 5. The Objectives and Principles of the TRIPS Agreement Peter K. Yu 6. Mainstreaming the TRIPS and Human Rights Interactions Xavier Seuba 7. The TRIPS Agreement and Intellectual Property Rights Exhaustion Luis Mariano Genovesi 8. Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy Beatriz Conde Gallego 9. Intellectual Property Rights in Free Trade Agreements: Moving Beyond TRIPS Minimum Standards Pedro Roffe, Christoph Spennemann and Johanna von Braun SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS 10. Limits, Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright under the TRIPS Agreement P. Bernt Hugenholtz 11. Copyright in TRIPS and Beyond: The WIPO Internet Treaties Ruth L. Okediji 12. The Protection of ‘Related Rights’ in TRIPS and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty Owen Morgan 13. Marks for Goods or Services (Trademarks) Annette Kur 14. Unresolved Issues on Geographical Indications in the WTO Kasturi Das 15. No ‘Lemons’ No More: A Sketch on the ‘Economics’ of Geographical Indications Dwijen Rangnekar 16. Exploring the Flexibilities of TRIPS to Promote Biotechnology in Developing Countries Graham Dutfield, Lois Muraguri and Florian Leverve 17. Compulsory Licensing of Patented Pharmaceutical Inventions: Evaluating the Options Jerome H. Reichman 18. The Doha Declaration and Access to Medicines by Countries Without Manufacturing Capacity S.K. Verma 19. Disease-based Limitations on Compulsory Licenses Under Articles 31 and 31bis Kevin Outterson 20. The Protection of Semiconductor Chip Products in TRIPS Thomas Hoeren 21. Data Exclusivity for Pharmaceuticals: TRIPS Standards and Industry’s Demands in Free Trade Agreements Carlos M. Correa Index

‘Carlos Correa has in these two Research Handbooks on the TRIPS Agreement, done a magnificent job of bringing together a large number of scholars to analyse the many issues raised by the Agreement. The result is an integrated resource of high quality that helps readers to understand the many complex dimensions of TRIPS.’