There is no global patent that will secure protection for an invention globally, and as the title of the book Global … limited ability to enforce their patents across national borders. While national patent systems have undergone significant … internationalization in the past 140 years, and international treaties and agreements among national patent offices have been designed to …

The paper critically analyses the various TRIPS provisions relevant to patent law. Topics covered include the … relationship between the TRIPs agreement and other intellectual property treaties, patentable subject matter, patentability … requirements, scope of protection, transfer and (voluntary and compulsory) licensing, exemptions, and patent term …

The major bone of contention between the developed and developing countries in the TRIPS negotiations was patents for … TRIPS Agreement ordained patents for inventions "in all fields of technology". While the genie was out of the bottle in the … health. However, there was uncertainty with respect to the interpretation of TRIPS agreement, scope of the flexibilities and …

We study the incentives that governments have to protect intellectual property in a trading world economy. We consider … a world economy with ongoing innovation in two countries that differ in market size and in their capacities for … treatment. After describing the determination of national policies in a non-cooperative regime of patent protection, we ask, Why …