Resource Book on TRIPS and Development

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) have come together to implement the Capacity Building Project on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development. The project aims to improve understanding of the development implications of the TRIPS Agreement.

Part I. Nature of Obligations, Principles, and Objectives: 1. Preamble; 2. Nature and scope of obligations; 3. Categories of intellectual property embraced by TRIPS; 4. Basic principles; 5. Exhaustion; 6. Objectives and principles; Part II. Substantive Obligations: 7. Copyright works; 8. Copyright: computer programs; 9. Copyright: databases; 10. Copyright: the rental right; 11. Copyright: term of protection; 12. Copyright: limitations and exceptions; 13. Copyright: related rights; 14. Trademarks; 15. Geographical indications; 16. Industrial designs; 17. Patents: subject matter and patentability requirements; 18. Patents: non-discrimination; 19. Patents: ordre public and morality; 20. Patents: therapeutic, surgical and diagnostic methods; 21. Patents: biotechnological inventions: genetic resources, plant variety protection, traditional knowledge; 22. Patents: rights conferred; 23. Patents: exceptions to rights conferred; 24. Patents: disclosure obligations; 25. Patents: non-voluntary uses (compulsory licenses); 26. Patents: process patents: burden of proof; 27. Integrated circuits; 28. Undisclosed information; Part III. Intellectual Property Rights and Competition: 29. Competition; Part IV. Enforcement, Maintenance, and Acquisition of Rights: 30. Enforcement; Part V. Interpretation and Dispute Settlement and Prevention: 31. Transparency; 32. Dispute settlement; Part VI. Transitional and Institutional Arrangements: 33. Transitional periods; 34. International and technological cooperation and transfer of technology; 35. Council for TRIPS; 36. Transitional provisions; 37. Review and amendment; 38. Reservations; 39. Security exceptions.