Author : Hans Morten Haugen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 44,36 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9004161848
This volume analyses relationships between patent rights and human rights, focusing on the right to food. Whether the TRIPS Agreement and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights actually conflict, is analyzed through different techniques of assessing treaty conflict.
Author : Tilahun Hindeya
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,62 MB
Release : 2014
Category :
ISBN :
The incorporation of a strong intellectual property regime under the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS Agreement) and the consequences of its implementations mostly for developing countries has become an issue of much concern. The implementations of the agreement can have serious repercussions on the realization of some human rights. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the TRIPS Agreement on the human right to food. The obligation of states under international human rights law concerning the right to food is discussed in the first section of this paper. This is followed by comprehensive analysis of the TRIPS Agreement as affecting the right to food. In this paper it is argued that the policy space necessary for many developing countries to undertake obligations related to the right to food in international human rights law is limited by intellectual property rights embodied under the TRIPS Agreement. Finally, the paper proposes bringing the TRIPS Agreement in conformity with the obligations of countries in international human rights law concerning the right to food.
Author : Carlos Correa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 40,18 MB
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 0191017019
The TRIPS Agreement is the most comprehensive and influential international treaty on intellectual property rights. It brings intellectual property rules into the framework of the World Trade Organization, obliging all WTO Member States to meet minimum standards of intellectual property protection and enforcement. This has required massive changes in some national laws, particularly in developing countries. This volume provides a detailed legal analysis of the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, as well as elements to consider their economic implications in different legal and socio-economic contexts. This book provides an in depth analysis of the principles and of the substantive and enforcement provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, the most influential international treaty on intellectual property currently in force. It discusses the legal context in which the Agreement was negotiated, the objectives of their proponents and the nature of the obligations it created for the members of the World Trade Organization. In particular, it examines the minimum standards that must be implemented with regard to patents, trademarks, industrial designs, geographical indications, copyright and related rights, integrated circuits, trade-secrets and test data for pharmaceutical and agrochemical products. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: A Commentary on the TRIPS Agreement elaborates on the interpretation of provisions contained in said Agreement, in the light of the customary principles for the interpretation of international law. The analysis -which is supported by a review of the relevant GATT and WTO jurisprudence- identifies the policy space left to such members to implement their obligations in accordance with their own legal systems and public policy objectives, including in respect of complex issues such as patentability criteria, compulsory licenses, exceptions and limitations to copyright, border measures, injunctive relief and the protection of test data under the discipline of unfair competition.
Author : Darinka Tomic
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 14,84 MB
Release : 2017
Category :
ISBN :
"Intellectual property (IP) is omnipresent in both the context of the United Nations (UN) system (including international human rights law and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)), and international trade law, while the right to food has a much lower international profile. IP moved into international trade in 1994 through the TRIPS Agreement. The right to food has no presence in international trade. These two rights are the focus of this study - but are contrasted with several other rights: the right to health and the rights of persons with disabilities. The right to health was not present in international trade until 2001when in the Doha Declaration, it first appeared paired with IP. The rights of persons with disabilities still do not appear in the international trade context but the 2013 Marrakesh Treaty nonetheless connects them with IP. This thesis traces the definition of the right to food and the right to IP using doctrinal and historical analysis. The author concludes that (a) that lack of clarity in the definition of the right to food, and (b) lack of strength in international institutions, both make the right to food ill-prepared for the challenges presented by the increasingly powerful position of IP in international arenas." --Abstract.
Author : Jayashree Watal
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,34 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
ISBN : 9789287042330
A comprehensive account of the establishment of the World Trade Organization, focusing on those who shaped its creation as well as those who have influenced its evolution. The book examines trade negotiations, the WTO's dispute settlement role, the presence of coalitions and groupings within the WTO, the process of joining the organization and many other topics, including what lies ahead for the organization.
Author : Simon Walker
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 33,20 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
ISBN : 2831706041
This work addresses the environmental and developmental impacts of patent protection by focusing on the global agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). While the TRIPS agreement serves as an important step in harmonizing international intellectual property systems, the author contends that it currently fails to properly balance public and private interests, especially in the gap between rich and poor.
Author : Michael Blakeney
Publisher : CABI
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 32,32 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1845935608
This book examines the contribution which intellectual property rights can make in the struggle for food security in developing countries. The book consists of 11 chapters. Chapter 1 locates intellectual property rights within the armoury of food security policies. Chapter 2 deals with definitional issues and examines the role of intellectual property rights in incentivizing agricultural research and development. Chapter 3 examines the international landscape of intellectual property and the approaches taken to the relationship between intellectual property rights, agricultural biotechnology, access to biological resources, food security and globalization which are taken by the WTO, FAO, CBD and WIPO among the various international and development agencies. Plant variety rights (PVRs) are a specially created form of intellectual property right originally minted to encourage agricultural innovation and Chapter 4 examines the effectiveness of PVRs in a food security context. Agricultural innovation is in part dependent upon access of researchers to the genetic resources of the biodiverse countries of the South. Chapter 5 considers the attempts to construct an international regime to secure this access. The important role of traditional farmers in preserving landraces and cultivars from which improvements can be derived has generated for a call for the recognition of farmers' rights, and this is examined in Chapter 6 together with agitation for the protection of the traditional knowledge which often informs access to the useful genetic resources. Chapter 7 examines the intellectual property implications of the use of genetically modified (GM) crops as a technological solution to food insecurity. The protection of GM crops is achieved through patent protection and Chapter 9 looks at the competition law implications of patent licensing, patent pools and patent thickets. An old intellectual property device that underpinned the commercial development of European agricultural marketing is the geographical indication, and Chapter 8 examines the contribution it might make to achieving food security. Returning to the theme of the role of intellectual property law in incentivizing innovation, Chapter 10 examines its role in promoting agricultural research. The concluding chapter proposes a number of recommendations for action in deploying intellectual property law in the struggle for food security.
Author : Hans Morten Haugen
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,21 MB
Release : 2014
Category :
ISBN :
The chapter explores the relationships between three fields of law: intellectual property rights, the right to food and farmers' rights. While acknowledging that the World Trade Organization's 1994 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) sets high standards or protection, the chapter nevertheless argues that there are several provisions of the TRIPS Agreement that states should make use of in order to expand their policy space, and thereby better ensure the rights of food producers. The Indian Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act of 2001 provides the most interesting example, but there are also other examples. Farmers' rights are still an emerging issue within international law, and states are not subject to detailed requirements in order to realize farmers' rights in the 2001 International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). Other provisions of the ITPGRFA are, however, also instrumental in order to promote farmers' rights. The right to food was recognized in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, but this human right has been much ignored in policies and decision-making. It is only recently that tools have been developed in order to advise states on how to best promote the realization of the right to food, including when states are negotiating trade and investment agreement, most of which have separate chapters on intellectual property protection.
Author : Geoff Tansey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 38,41 MB
Release : 2012-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136553924
This practical book highlights the key issues of intellectual property and ownership, genetics, biodiversity and food security. Additionally it covers negotiations in the World Trade Organization, Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Food and Agriculture Organization and various other international bodies.
Author : Antony Taubman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 32,90 MB
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107023165
This handbook provides a comprehensive and non-technical explanation of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), later legal instruments, current policy issues and the relationship between TRIPS and public health. It is aimed at an audience including government officials and policy-makers, non-governmental organizations, academics and students.
