The TRIPS regime of patent rights / Nuno Pires de Carvalho

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introductory note : the legal structure and the economic nature of intellectual property -- Preamble : agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights -- Part I : General Provisions And Basic Principles. Article 1 : nature and scope of obligations ; Article 2 : intellectual property conventions ; Article 3 : national treatment ; Article 4 : most-favoured nation treatment ; Article 5 : multilateral agreements on acquisitions or maintenance of protection ; Article 6 : exhaustion ; Article 7 : objectives ; Article 8 : principles -- Part II : Standards Concerning The Availability, Scope, And Use Of Intellectual Property Rights. Article 27 : patentable subject matter ; Article 28 : rights conferred ; Article 29 : conditions on patent applicants ; Article 30 : exceptions to rights conferred ; Article 31 : other use without authorization of the rights holder ; Article 32 : revocation/forfeiture ; Article 33 : term of protection ; Article 34 : process patents: burden of proof ; Article 39 -- Part IV : Acquisition And Maintenance Of Intellectual Property Rights And Related Inter Partes Procedures -- Part V : Dispute Prevention And Settlement. Article 64 : dispute settlement -- Part VI : Transitional Arrangements. Article 65 : transitional arrangements ; Article 66 : least-developed country members ; Article 70 : protection of existing subject matter.

To varying degrees, nations worldwide are struggling to meet their obligations under the World Trade Organization agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Focusing on patents, it is with the intent of facilitating such compliance that this book has been written.