A Handbook on the WTO TRIPS Agreement

Antony Taubman is Director of the Intellectual Property Division of the WTO Secretariat. Hannu Wager is a senior officer in the Intellectual Property Division of the WTO Secretariat. Jayashree Watal is a senior officer in the Intellectual Property Division of the WTO Secretariat.

1. Introduction to the TRIPS Agreement; 2. Copyright and related rights; 3. Trademarks; 4. Geographical indications; 5. Patents; 6. Industrial designs, layout-designs of integrated circuits, undisclosed information, anti-competitive practices; 7. Enforcement; 8. Dispute prevention and settlement; 9. TRIPS and public health; 10. Current TRIPS issues; Appendix 1. Guide to TRIPS notifications; Appendix 2. Guide to TRIPS documents; Annex 1. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) 1994; Annex 2. Provisions of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967) referred to in the TRIPS Agreement; Annex 3. Provisions of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1971) referred to in the TRIPS Agreement; Annex 4. Provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (The Rome Convention) (1961) referred to in the TRIPS Agreement; Annex 5. Provisions of the Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits (1989) referred to in the TRIPS Agreement; Annex 6. Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (2001); Annex 7. Decision on Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (2003); Annex 8. Decision on Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement (2005); Annex 9. Decision on Extension of the Transition Period under Article 66.1 of the TRIPS Agreement for Least-Developed Country Members for Certain Obligations with Respect to Pharmaceutical Products (2002); Annex 10. Decision on Extension of the Transition Period under Article 66.1 for Least-Developed Country Members (2005).