EU Bilateral Trade Agreements and Intellectual Property: For Better or Worse?

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Drexl, Josef (Editor), Grosse Ruse - Khan, Henning (Editor), Nadde-Phlix, Souheir (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 20
• Subjects: Law.; International law.; Trade.; Intellectual property > Law and legislation.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; European Law.
• Physical Description: XIV, 303 p. 1 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642390975
• ISSN: 2191-5822 ;

This book focuses on a new generation of bilateral and regional agreements negotiated by the EU with developing countries and which include intellectual property (IP) provisions setting standards exceeding those of the TRIPS Agreement. The contributions critically analyse the IP standards found in these agreements; their potential for reforming the international IP system; the implications for the multilateral IP system and other areas of international law such as human rights; and the often neglected topic of implementing the IP obligations in these agreements.