Foreword
Part I Intellectual Property, Its Functions and Components
Chapter 1 The Concept and Functions of Intellectual Property
Chapter 2 The History and Evolution of IP
Chapter 3 The Effect of IP Protection on Economic and Technological Development
Chapter 4 The Contribution of Industrial Property to the Transfer and Dissemination of Technology
Chapter 5 About WIPO, Its Work and Strategic Goals
Chapter 6 Copyright and Related Rights
Chapter 7 Patents
Chapter 8 Trademarks
Chapter 9 Industrial Designs
Chapter 10 Geographical Indications (“GIs”)
Chapter 11 Plant Varieties: The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (1991 Act)
Chapter 12 Traditional Knowledge(“TK”), Traditional Cultural Expressions (“TCEs”), and Genetic Resources (“GRs”)
Chapter 13 Protection Against Unfair Competition
Chapter 14 Enforcement of IPRs
Part II Global Protection
Chapter 15 The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Chapter 16 The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Chapter 17 The Patent Cooperation Treaty ("PCT")
Chapter 18 Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure
Chapter 19 The Patent Law Treaty ("PLT")
Chapter 20 The Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement
Chapter 21 The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs
Chapter 22 The Trademark Law Treaty (TLT)
Chapter 23 The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks
Chapter 24 The Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Their International Registration and the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications (The “Lisbon System”)
Chapter 25 Conventions on Classification
Chapter 26 The International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (The “Rome Convention”)
Chapter 27 Other Special Conventions in the Field of Related Rights
Chapter 28 The WIPO Internet Treaties: The WCT and WPPT
Chapter 29 The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances ("BTAP")
Chapter 30 Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled ("MVT" or "Marrakesh Treaty")
Chapter 31 The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS”)
Part III Reframing International IP? New Negotiating Processes at WIPO
Chapter 32 The WIPO Development Agenda
Chapter 33 The WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore ("IGC")
Chapter 34 Protection of New Technological Developments
Chapter 35 The Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations
Chapter 36 The Weak Link In International IP Protection: Patents and Global Value Chains
Additional Readings
Index