What TRIPS is and what is is not

Jost, Dannie (2011). What TRIPS is and what is is not. Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, 7(3), pp. 220-222. Oxford University Press 10.1093/jiplp/jpr202

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For industry people, journalists, activists, lawyers, diplomats, national legislators, and students of the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) has awesome proportions. These are magnified by the fact that these groups lack detailed knowledge of either IP as such or international trade law. IP involves a broad spread of academic specialists and practitioners covering heterogeneous complex regimes of patents, copyright, trade marks, design, undisclosed information (trade secrets), and geographical indications. IP, and subsequently TRIPS, is the meeting point of many stakeholders and actors with conflicting interests spread between market aspirations and concepts of public good. In a globalized economy with deep interconnections across sectors, national borders challenged by inchoate technologies, dynamic social stakeholders, and converging technologies, it is fundamental to have a clear and uncluttered understanding of this Agreement. That is because TRIPS impinges on trade in many products of daily life, from pharmaceuticals to entertainment electronics, as well as mitigating and adaptive technologies for climate change and sustainable development. Given its saliency and ubiquity in economic life, TRIPS has often generated misunderstanding and controversy in the public debate. To complicate matters, technical and legal issues at the interface of technology, IP, and trade remain the province of an eclectic band of specialists and on the radar of interest groups with goals on opposite poles.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Review Article)
Division/Institute:	02 Faculty of Law > Department of Economic Law > World Trade Institute 10 Strategic Research Centers > World Trade Institute 02 Faculty of Law > Department of Economic Law > NCCR International Trade Regulation
UniBE Contributor:	Jost, Dannie
Subjects:	300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 340 Law
ISSN:	1747-1532
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Language:	English
Submitter:	Pablo Rahul Das
Date Deposited:	28 Jul 2016 17:31
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:56
Publisher DOI:	10.1093/jiplp/jpr202
Related URLs:	http://www.wti.org/research/publications...
Additional Information:	Review of: A Practical Guide to Working with TRIPS Antony Taubman Oxford University Press, 2011 ISBN: 9780199575206, Soft cover, 227 pp. Price: £39.95
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/83871