Intellectual Property & Free Trade Agreements (International Intellectual Property Law Series)

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Presents the papers of the sixth IP conference organised by the Macau Institute of European Studies (IEEM) on intellectual property law and the economic challenges for Asia. This book deals with the implications of free trade agreements for the international framework of intellectual property law. Half title page; Title page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; Detailed Table of Contents; On the Authors and Editors; Part I: General Issues; I. INTRODUCTION; II. PLAN; III. THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA; IV. ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL MEDICINE; V. COMPULSORY LICENSING AND THE FLEXIBILITY OFTHE TRIPS AGREEMENT; VI. DATA EXCLUSIVITY; VII. INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATION; VIII. THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND IPR POLICY; IX. IN CONCLUSION; X. POST SCRIPT; I. INTRODUCTION; II. GENERAL BACKGROUND OF FTAS; III. TRIPS-PLUS RULES AND THEIR IMPACTON ACCESS TO MEDICINES; IV. TRIPS-PLUS RULES AND THEIR IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE V. TRIPS-PLUS RULES AND THEIR IMPACTON ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGEVI. CONCLUSION; Part II: Law and Policy of Multilateral v Bilateral Agreements; Chapter 3: The Changing Landscape of International Intellectual Property; I. INTRODUCTION; II. TRIPS LESSONS; III. ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; IV. TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE STRATEGY; V. CONCLUSION; I. INTRODUCTION; II. GENERAL OVERVIEW: THE WTO AND FTAS; III. THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND FTAS; IV. OVERLAP OF NON-DISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS IN TRIPS,GATT AND GATS; V. THE PHENOMENON OF 'TRIPS PLUS' PROVISIONS; VI. THE ROLE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT OF INVESTMENT RULES VII. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDINGVIII. CONCLUSIONS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE PRINCIPLE OF NATIONAL TREATMENT; III. THE MFN PRINCIPLES IN GATT AND TRIPS; IV. INTERPRETING COMPLIANCE-IP AND POSSIBLEDISCRIMINATION SCENARIOS UNDER GATT AND TRIPS; V. CONCLUDING SUMMARY; Part III: FTAs and Patents; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST PARALLELIMPORTATION OF MEDICINES; III. MULTILATERAL CONSENSUS ON PARALLEL IMPORTATIONOF MEDICINE; IV. BILATERAL CONSENSUS ON PARALLEL IMPORTATIONOF MEDICINE; V. CONCLUSION; Chapter 7: Free Trade Agreements, UPOV and Plant Varieties I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKSII. FROM MYTH TO REALITY-THE EFFECT OF FTAS; III. THE CASE OF LATIN AMERICA- A COMPARISON BETWEEN TRIPS AND THE FTAA; IV. THE CASE OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY: UPOV IN FTAS AND THE STRENGTHENING OF INTELLECTUAL MONOPOLIES OVER AGRICULTURE; V. CONCLUDING REMARKS; Part IV: FTAs and Copyrights; I. INTRODUCTION; II. FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS AND THE DMCA; III. HOW THE US IS EXPORTING THE DMCA PROVISIONS VIA FTAS; IV. WHY THE US IS EXPORTING THE DMCA PROVISIONS VIA FTAS; V. THE IMPACT OF THE US EXPORTING DMCA PROVISIONS; VI. CONCLUSION APPENDIX 1-COMPARISON OF THE GENERAL IP AND THE COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS OF RECENT US FTASAPPENDIX 2-COMPARISON OF DMCA PROVISIONS IN SUSFTA AND AUSFTA; I. GLOBAL TREND TOWARDS FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS; II. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION AND FTA; III. THE US-KOREAN FTA AND KOREAN COPYRIGHT LAW; IV. CONCLUSION; Part V: FTAs and Antitrust; I. INTRODUCTION; II. ANTITRUST LAW IN THE TRIPS AGREEMENT; III. PARADIGM OF AN INTERFACE PROBLEM: THE MICROSOFT CASE; IV. IP ANTITRUST LAW IN CUSTOMS UNIONS AND FREE TRADE AREAS; V. CONCLUSION; Index