Globally, we are moving towards stronger Intellectual Property Rights. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have become an integral part of the regulatory system and they are included in investment, regulations and trade policies. It is now important to understand the linkage between them. Recent...

This article attempts to show a jurisdictional conflict, while litigating intellectual property in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). At the global level, the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement body has jurisdiction to deal with any matters related to intellectual property....

The relationship between intellectual property rights (IPRs) and investment treaty arbitration is a relatively new phenomenon. One reason is that the intellectual property system has been designed, implemented and enforced on the national level. A state may use the World Trade Organization...