Difference between revisions of "TRIPS Agreement"

From Powerbase
Jump to: navigation, search
 
Line 1: Line 1:
As part of [[Globalisation: European Commission and the Pharmaceutical Industry]]
+
The TRIPS Agreement is the WTO’s  Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), negotiated in the 1986-94 Uruguay Round, which introduced intellectual property rules into the multilateral trading system for the first time.<ref> World Trade Organisation [http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel1_e.htm  TRIPS: what are intellectual property rights?] Accessed 19/03/08 </ref>
 
 
 
 
The 'Agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights'is an international agreement which the [[World Trade Organisation]] administrates.  Various global constituencies have agreed to the patenting or copyright laws covering intellectual properties, i.e. trademarks. <ref> World Trade Organisation [http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel1_e.htm  TRIPS: what are intellectual property rights?] Accessed 19/03/08 </ref>
 
  
 
=='''Notes'''==
 
=='''Notes'''==
  
 
<references/>
 
<references/>

Latest revision as of 10:30, 17 July 2009

The TRIPS Agreement is the WTO’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), negotiated in the 1986-94 Uruguay Round, which introduced intellectual property rules into the multilateral trading system for the first time.[1]

Notes

  1. World Trade Organisation TRIPS: what are intellectual property rights? Accessed 19/03/08