A Handbook on the WTO TRIPS Agreement

This second edition of the Handbook on the WTO TRIPS Agreement describes the historical and legal background to the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), its role in the WTO and its institutional framework.

The publication reviews the following areas: general provisions and basic principles; copyright and
related rights; trademarks; geographical indications; patents; industrial designs, layout-designs, undisclosed information and anti-competitive practices; enforcement of IPRs; dispute settlement in the context of the TRIPS Agreement; TRIPS and public health; and current TRIPS issues.

It contains a guide to TRIPS notifications by WTO members and describes how to access the official documentation relating to the TRIPS Agreement and related issues. Furthermore, it includes the legal texts of the TRIPS Agreement and the relevant provisions of the World Intellectual Property Organization conventions referred to in it as well as subsequent relevant WTO instruments and related non-WTO treaties.

The new edition covers the public health revision of the Agreement that entered into force in 2017 and provides updates on other recent developments.

Published November 2020 | 430 pages | 315 x 242 x 269 mm | Weight: 10.500 kg