Recently, scholars and commentators around the world have reexamined the role intellectual property rights (IPRs) play … has played in the United States and its contrasting role in the world community, as evidenced by the international … intellectual property treaty (TRIPS). Though the traditional role of U.S. intellectual property policy was to advance the public …

required by the TRIPS Agreement which establishes minimum substantive standards of protection and enforcement for all WTO … the country adopting such protection. The TRIPS Agreement provides some flexibility to WTO Members with respect to the … for raising standards of IPRs protection above that mandated by TRIPS, the United States has shifted its attention to …

The TRIPs plus phenomenon (additional steps to strengthen the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual … such a perception is mistaken. The EU certainly seeks to secure TRIPs plus provisions with its negotiating partners …