Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- I Introduction to the TRIPS Agreement
- II Copyright and related rights
- III Trademarks
- IV Geographical indications
- V Patents
- VI Industrial designs and layout-designs of integrated circuits
- VII Undisclosed information, unfair competition and anti-competitive practices
- VIII Enforcement
- IX Dispute prevention and settlement
- X TRIPS and public health
- XI Current TRIPS issues
- Appendix 1 Guide to transparency under TRIPS
- Appendix 2 Guide to TRIPS documents
- Annexes
- Index
VI - Industrial designs and layout-designs of integrated circuits
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 November 2020
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- I Introduction to the TRIPS Agreement
- II Copyright and related rights
- III Trademarks
- IV Geographical indications
- V Patents
- VI Industrial designs and layout-designs of integrated circuits
- VII Undisclosed information, unfair competition and anti-competitive practices
- VIII Enforcement
- IX Dispute prevention and settlement
- X TRIPS and public health
- XI Current TRIPS issues
- Appendix 1 Guide to transparency under TRIPS
- Appendix 2 Guide to TRIPS documents
- Annexes
- Index
Summary
This chapter deals with the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement that set out standards for protection of industrial designs (Articles 25 and 26 in Section 4 of Part II of the Agreement) and protection of layout-designs or topographies of integrated circuits (Articles 35 to 38 in Section 6 of Part II). As for all sections of Part II, these sections have to be read together with the relevant provisions of pre-existing treaties in the area of international IP law, which are incorporated by reference into the TRIPS Agreement. Reference will be made to these treaties in the sections below. This chapter will also have to be read in conjunction with other relevant provisions of the TRIPS Agreement that are explained in other chapters (such as those concerning non-discrimination, enforcement of IP rights, and the administration of IP).
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- A Handbook on the WTO TRIPS Agreement , pp. 126 - 135Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020