The TRIPS Agreement: Drafting History and Analysis 3rd ed

This acclaimed work provides practitioners and academics with a complete set of tools for understanding the trade rules and intellectual property concepts that make up the TRIPS Agreement. This new edition is up to date with the latest information from the Doha Round.

The text is split into three parts discussing and analysing the TRIPS Agreement. Part 1 describes the development of the TRIPS Agreement, Part 2 is an exhaustive commentary on all 79 Articles of the Agreement, and Part 3 reproduces legislation, agreements and decisions that a practitioner might need to understand it.

• Provides a complete overview of the TRIPS Agreement in one comprehensive volume
• Traces the development of the TRIPS Agreement, explaining the political, commercial and legal forces that have shaped its evolution
• Sets out an annotated version of the Agreement, providing a detailed explanation of each of its 79 Articles
• Reports on relevant dispute settlement cases
• Reproduces all related treaties and legislation
• Analyses the likely future impact of TRIPS on the IP framework
• Includes a new section on bilateral agreements based on TRIPS but between particular countries