Title EU bilateral trade agreements and intellectual property : for better or worse? / Josef Drexl, Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Souheir Nadde-Phlix, editors

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 303 pages) : 1 illustration Series MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 2191-5822 ; volume 20 MPI studies on intellectual property and competition law ; v. 20. Contents Part I. Intellectual Property Protection in Economic Partnership- and Free Trade Agreements. Current Issues in International Intellectual Property Norm-Making / Daniel Gervais -- Intellectual Property Chapters in Free Trade Agreements: Their Significance and Systemic Implications / Pedro Roffe -- Is TRIPS a Balanced Agreement from the Perspective of Recent Free Trade Agreements? / Jayashree Watal -- Part II. Going Beyond Trips: Impact on International Law and Policy. Impact of TRIPS-Plus Obligations in Economic Partnership- and Free Trade Agreements on International IP Law / Marco M. Aleman -- The Impact of the Economic Partnership Agreements on WTO Law / Carlos Correa -- EU Economic Partnership Agreements and International Human Rights / Peter K. Yu -- IP Protection in EU Free Trade Agreements vis-à-vis IP Negotiations in the WTO / Souheir Nadde-Phlix -- Part III. Emerging Elements for Reforming the International IP System? Trade Costs and Shadow Benefits: EU Economic Partnership Agreements as Models for Progressive Development of International IP Law / Frederick M. Abbott -- Assessing the Development Promise of IP Provisions in EU Economic Partnership Agreements / Keith E. Maskus -- IP Enforcement Provisions in EU Economic Partnership Agreements / Thomas Jaeger -- Part IV. Implementation of IP Provisions in EU Trade Agreements. Economic Partnership Agreements and EU Trade Policy: Objectives, Competences, and Implementation / Christian Pitschas -- Constitutional Functions of the EU's Intellectual Property Treaties / Tuomas Mylly -- Intellectual Property and Implementation of Recent Bilateral Trade Agreements in the EU / Josef Drexl -- Implementation Issues Arising from Intellectual Property Chapters Contained in Trade Agreements Between the EU and Developing Countries / Xavier Seuba Summary This book focuses on a new generation of bilateral and regional agreements negotiated by the EU with developing countries and which include intellectual property (IP) provisions setting standards exceeding those of the TRIPS Agreement. The contributions critically analyse the IP standards found in these agreements; their potential for reforming the international IP system; the implications for the multilateral IP system and other areas of international law such as human rights; and the often neglected topic of implementing the IP obligations in these agreements Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2013) Subject Intellectual property -- European Union countries Free trade -- European Union countries LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Accords commerciaux. Propriété intellectuelle. ADPIC = Accord général sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle liés au commerce. UE/CE Union européenne. UE/CE Droit. Relations bilatérales. Droit international. Droit commercial international. Economic policy Free trade Intellectual property Intellectual property -- European Union countries. Free trade -- European Union countries. European Union. Developing countries. TRIPS Agreement (Marrakesh, 15 April 1994) Bilateral investment treaties. Intellectual property. Free trade. International trade. SUBJECT European Union countries -- Economic policy European Economic Community countries -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89006824 Subject European Union countries European Union countries -- Economic policy. Form Electronic book Author Drexl, Josef, editor Grosse Ruse-Khan, Henning, 1974- editor. Nadde-Phlix, Souheir, editor ISBN 9783642390975 3642390978 1306542510 9781306542517 364239096X 9783642390968

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