The general exception clauses of the TRIPS agreement : promoting sustainable development / Edson Beas Rodrigues Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodrigues Jr., Edson Beas (Rodrigues Junior), author.

Series:

Cambridge intellectual property and information law ; 17.

Cambridge intellectual property and information law ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15).

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

Intellectual property (International law).

Foreign trade regulation.

Sustainable development--Law and legislation.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 365 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The general exception clauses of the TRIPS Agreement of the World Trade Organization permit exceptions to copyrights and to the rights conferred by trademarks, industrial designs and patents. These clauses are intended to facilitate access to diverse forms of proprietary knowledge and therefore foster the interdependent pillars of sustainable development: economic progress, realization of human rights and the conservation of the environment. In this book, Edson Beas Rodrigues, Jr argues that the TRIPS Agreement, in its current configuration, does not hinder the establishment of exceptions to intellectual property rights, devised to promote vital socioeconomic interests such as the freedom to carry out creative and inventive activities, freedom of expression, the strengthening of free competition, and increased access to educational materials by underprivileged students and to technical knowledge for humanitarian purposes.

Contents:

Introduction

The customary rules of treaty interpretation and the elements in light of which the general exception clauses of TRIPS should be interpreted

Determining the normative meaning of arts. 17, 26(2) and 30 of the TRIPS agreement

Determining the normative meaning of art. 13 of the TRIPS agreement and art. 9(2) of the Berne Convention

Patents and the R & D and genetic diagnostic test exceptions

Trademarks and the parody and criticism exception

Industrial designs and the repair exception

Copyright and the educational exception for underprivileged students and researchers.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-36620-3

1-107-23070-5

1-280-64764-7

1-139-37876-7

9786613633699

1-139-08422-4

1-139-37590-3

1-139-37733-7

1-139-37191-6

1-139-38019-2

OCLC:

794327658