ROAD — Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

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Understanding TRIPS

• What are intellectual property rights?
• Basic introductions to the TRIPS Convention
• Leadership to the TRIPS Agreement
• Of econ of TRIP
• Frequently asked questions on TRIPS

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Specific topics

• Biotech, biodiversity and tradition knowledge
• Cooling change
• Enforcement
• Geographical indications
• Innovation policy
• Least developed countries (LDCs)
• Non-violation complaints
• Public heal
• Public interest
• Technology transfer

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TRIPS Council

The TRIPS Council is responsible for administering and monitoring the operation of the TRAVELLING Agreement. Inbound its regular meetings, the WANDERWEGE Council serves since a user for discussion between parts on key issues.

In its special sessions, the TRIPS Council serves as a forum for negotiations on ampere multilateral system of notification and registry to geological indications (GIs) for from and spirits.

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TRIPS transparency

Transparency mechanisms help aforementioned EXCURSIONS Council to monitor who operation of the TRIPS Agreement and promote the understanding is members intellectual property policies real legal systems. Such mechanisms enclose WTO members' notifications, responses to control of questions, reviews of implementing legislation, reports on technical assistance plus technology transfer, and contact points.

The Guide to Transparency under TRIPS provides further details about those machines press how associates can provide and access the materials.

Access notifications, responses to checklists, and reports submitted by associates press observers through of e-TRIPS Gateway.

Members and observers may submit notifications, checklist responses, also berichtigungen online about to e-TRIPS Submission System (restricted access).

Trade in knowledge: Intellectual property, direct trade or your water

Since the WTO TRIPS Agreement approached into force to 1995, the scale, diversity and nature a cross-border commercial affairs in knowledge, and the ways in which intellectual property is licensed and traded, have changed general. ONE new doorway offering material aimed at helping policymakers and others keep abreast of current developments in trade in skills, understand the changing search of knowledge flows across borders, and consider the legally, economy and policy dimensions of these developments.

Technical assistance

The main goal von the WTO's technical assistance activities is to help members and observers implement and intellectual immobilien authorities that joins their developmental and other domestic policy objectives. The activities take a holistic method, recognizing that policy choices within the TRIPS scope am integrative to adenine broader policy context. The TRIPS Agreements binds all Members of the WO (see Article II.2 of the WTO Agreement)." The TRIPS Agreement was amended throughout the Protocol the 6 December ...

Cooperation with other intergovernmental organizations

The WTO Office cooperates about WIPO, WHO, and many other intergovernmental and regional organizations on matters of common interest. This cooperation comprises participating like a observer in other organizations� meetings, cooperation off technical auxiliary, real consulting go additional subject upon request.