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The World Trade Organization knowledge agreements /

An examination of the WTO intellectual property and services agreements (TRIPs and GATS).

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arup, Christopher, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Cambridge studies in law and society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Series-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • List of WTO Dispute Rulings
  • List of International Instruments
  • WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION AGREEMENTS
  • OTHER AGREEMENTS, CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES
  • Part I Globalisation, law and the WTO
  • CHAPTER 1 Trade Law as a Global Mediator
  • Globalisation and law
  • Legal pluralism and inter-legality
  • The WTO interface between legalities
  • Non-Discrimination
  • Market access and intellectual property protection
  • Competition policy
  • WTO law
  • Global carriers
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 2 A global context
  • Research
  • Outlooks
  • Convergence and divergence
  • Legal pluralism
  • International law making
  • Interfaces
  • Conclusions
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 3 The World Trade Organization
  • The ethos of the WTO
  • Agreement making
  • The dispute settlement system
  • The content of the norms
  • Bilateral free trade agreements
  • Scope for national regulation
  • International regulation
  • Competition regulation
  • Conclusions
  • NOTES
  • Part II Services
  • CHAPTER 4 The General Agreement on Trade in Services
  • Emergence of the GATS
  • Status and format of the agreement
  • Uruguay Round listings
  • The MFN norm
  • The national treatment norm
  • The market access norm
  • The modes of supply
  • Domestic regulation
  • Financial services negotiations
  • GATS and FTAs
  • New round negotiations 20002007
  • Conclusions
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 5 The case of legal services
  • Styles of services supply
  • Locations for legal work
  • National regulation
  • Impact of the GATS
  • Country practices
  • New negotiations
  • Professional standards
  • Conclusions
  • NOTES
  • Part II Intellectual Property
  • CHAPTER 6 The agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
  • The Uruguay Round
  • General provisions and basic principles
  • Copyright and related rights
  • Patents
  • Other categories
  • Enforcement provisions
  • Special and differential treatment
  • Dispute settlement
  • National access regulation
  • TRIPs and FTAs
  • Conclusions
  • NOTES
  • CHAPTER 7 The case of genetic codes
  • Coding food and medicines
  • Intellectual property regulation
  • The concept of invention
  • Exceptions to patentability
  • Exceptions to infringement
  • Plant variety rights
  • Protection for traditional knowledge
  • Access to medicines
  • Conclusions
  • NOTES
  • Part IV Convergence
  • CHAPTER 8 The case of communications media
  • Media freedom and control
  • Industry-specific regulation
  • Impact of the GATS
  • Intellectual property regulation
  • Impact of TRIPs
  • The WIPO internet treaties
  • Competition regulation
  • WTO competition re-regulation
  • WTO competition and investment agenda
  • Conclusions
  • NOTES
  • Index.