The general exception clauses of the World Trade Organization`s TRIPS Agreement allow exceptions to copyright and rights through trademarks, industrial designs and patents. These clauses aim to facilitate access to various forms of proprietary knowledge and thus promote the interrelated pillars of sustainable development: economic progress, the realization of human rights and the preservation of the environment. In this book, Edson Beas Rodrigues, Jr., argues that the TRIPS Agreement, in its current configuration, does not impede the introduction of exceptions to intellectual property rights designed to meet vital socio-economic interests such as the freedom to engage in creative and inventive activities, freedom of expression, the strengthening of free competition, and the improvement of access to educational materials for disadvantaged students and educational materials. promote technical knowledge for humanitarian purposes. We are really sorry for the inconvenience this causes, but we came across an error while trying to load this page. Part I. Determination of the Normative Meaning of the General Exception Clauses of the TRIPS Agreement1. The usual rules governing the interpretation of the contract and the factors against which the general travel opt-out clauses must be interpreted 2. Determination of the normative meaning of Articles 17, 26, paragraph 2, and 30 of the TRIPS Agreement 3. Determination of the normative meaning of Article 13 of the TRIPS Agreement and Article II, paragraph 2, of the Berne Convention, Part II.
Examination of the capacity of the general derogation clauses of the TRIPS Agreement; Promoting the pillars of sustainable development:4. Patents and R&D and genetic diagnostic tests Exceptions 5. Trademarks and Parody and Review Exception 6. Industrial designs and repair exception 7. Copyright and education exception for disadvantaged students and researchers. Edson Beas Rodrigues, Jr., Institute of International Trade and Development Law, São PauloEdson Beas Rodrigues, Jr. is a lawyer based in Brazil. Between 2004 and 2010, he was a researcher at the Instituto de Direito do Comércio Internacional e Desenvolvimento in São Paulo, Brazil. The World Trade Review was launched at the initiative of the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Please try to update this page and if it doesn`t work, feel free to send an email ([email protected]) or phone (+44 (0)1803 865913) Cambridge Core customer service gives access to academic eBooks from our world-renowned publishing program.. .
