TRIPS Regime of Trademarks and Designs Book

Foreword I. INTRODUCTIONA BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, ITS CONCEPT, ORIGINS, SCOPE AND ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS 1. Definition and scope of industrial property 2. Industrial property: a legal mechanism embedded in the fabric of every free, market-oriented economy 3. Industrial property, an integral element of competition policy 4. The global harmonization of industrial property 5. A final note on TRIPS “flexibilities” II.PREAMBLEAGREEMENT ON TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 1. The scope, the nature and the function of the TRIPS Agreement 2. TRIPS – intellectual property and trade 3. Intellectual property and economic development III. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND BASIC PRINCIPLES Article 1 Nature and Scope of Obligations, Article 2 Intellectual Property Conventions, Article 3 National Treatment, Article 4 Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment, Article 5 Multilateral Agreements on Acquisition or Maintenance of Protection, Article 6 Exhaustion, Article 7 Objectives, Article 8 Principles IV. STANDARDS CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, SCOPE AND USE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS Section 2: Trademarks Article 15 Protectable Subject Matter, Article 16 Rights Conferred Article 17 Exceptions, Article 18 Term of Protection, Article 19 Requirement of Use, Article 20 Other Requirements, Article 21 Licensing and Assignment, Section 3: Geographical Indications Article 22 Protection of Geographical Indications, Article 23 Additional Protection for Geographical Indications for Wines and Spirits, Article 24 International Negotiations; Exceptions Section 4: Industrial Designs Article 25 Requirements for Protection, Article 26 Protection V. DISPUTEPREVENTION AND SETTLEMENT Article 64 Dispute settlement, VI. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS Article 65 Transitional Arrangements, Article 66 Least-Developed Country Members, Article 70 Protection of Existing Subject Matter, Annex, Index