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Analytical Index
Annex 1C: Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
The WTO Analytical Index: Guide to WTO Law and Practice is an article-by-article guide to the interpretation and application of the WTO agreements by WTO bodies. It covers the reports of the WTO Appellate Body and panels, the decisions or awards of arbitrators as well as related decisions and other significant actions taken by other relevant WTO bodies.
WTO Agreements ++
- Marrakesh Agreement establishing the WTO
- Annex 1A: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
- Agriculture
- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
- Textiles and Clothing (terminated)
- Technical Barriers to Trade
- Trade-Related Investment Measures
- Anti-Dumping Agreement (Implementation of Article VI of the GATT)
- Customs Valuation Agreement (Implementation of Article VII of the GATT)
- Preshipment Inspection
- Rules of Origin
- Import Licensing Procedures
- Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
- Safeguards
- Trade Facilitation
- Annex 1B: General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
- Annex 1C: Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- Annex 2: Dispute Settlement Understanding
- Annex 3: Trade Policy Review Mechanism
- Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements +
Other dispute settlement texts +
Article |
Name of Article |
DS reports |
Practice |
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General |
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Nature and Scope of Obligations |
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Intellectual Property Conventions |
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National Treatment |
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Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment |
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Multilateral Agreements on Acquisition or Maintenance of Protection |
- |
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Exhaustion |
- |
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Objectives |
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Principles |
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Relation to the Berne Convention |
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Computer Programs and Compilations of Data |
- |
- |
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Rental Rights |
- |
- |
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Term of Protection |
- |
- |
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Limitations and Exceptions |
- |
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Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms (Sound Recordings) and Broadcasting Organizations |
- |
- |
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Protectable Subject Matter |
- |
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Rights Conferred |
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Exceptions |
- |
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Term of Protection |
- |
- |
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Requirement of Use |
- |
- |
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Other Requirements |
- |
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Licensing and Assignment |
- |
- |
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Protection of Geographical Indications |
- |
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Additional Protection for Geographical Indications for Wines and Spirits |
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International Negotiations; Exceptions |
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Requirements for Protection |
- |
- |
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Protection |
- |
- |
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Patentable Subject Matter |
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Rights Conferred |
- |
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Conditions on Patent Applicants |
- |
- |
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Exceptions to Rights Conferred |
- |
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Other Use Without Authorization of the Right Holder |
- |
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[compulsory licences / pharmaceutical products] |
- |
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Revocation/Forfeiture |
- |
- |
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Term of Protection |
- |
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Process Patents: Burden of Proof |
- |
- |
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Relation to the IPIC Treaty |
- |
- |
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Scope of the Protection |
- |
- |
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Acts Not Requiring the Authorization of the Right Holder |
- |
- |
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Term of Protection |
- |
- |
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Protection of Undisclosed Information |
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Control of Anti-Competitive Practices in Contractual Licences |
- |
- |
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General Obligations |
- |
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Fair and Equitable Procedures |
- |
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Evidence |
- |
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Injunctions |
- |
- |
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Damages |
- |
- |
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Other Remedies |
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Right of Information |
- |
- |
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Indemnification of the Defendant |
- |
- |
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Administrative Procedures |
- |
- |
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Provisional Measures |
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Suspension of Release by Customs Authorities |
- |
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Application |
- |
- |
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Security or Equivalent Assurance |
- |
- |
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Notice of Suspension |
- |
- |
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Duration of Suspension |
- |
- |
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Indemnification of the Importer and of the Owner of the Goods |
- |
- |
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Right of Inspection and Information |
- |
- |
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Ex Officio Action |
- |
- |
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Remedies |
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De Minimis Imports |
- |
- |
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Criminal Procedures |
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Acquisition and Maintenance of Intellectual Property Rights and Related Inter-Partes Procedures |
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Transparency |
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Dispute Settlement |
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Transitional Arrangements |
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Least-Developed Country Members |
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Technical Cooperation |
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
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International Cooperation |
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Protection of Existing Subject Matter |
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Review and Amendment |
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Reservations |
- |
- |
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Security Exceptions |
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