Intellectual Property Rights and the WTO: A Southern Perspective
1. Introduction1.1. Forms of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)The concept of intellectual property is far from being a recent one. Even in the times of the Middle Ages, merchants were often granted exclusive rights to inventions via « letters of patent ». In fact, the modern patent system may be t...
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| פורמט: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| שפה: | Anglais |
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Schweizerisches Jahrbuch für Entwicklungspolitik
2012
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| גישה מקוונת: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| סיכום: | 1. Introduction1.1. Forms of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)The concept of intellectual property is far from being a recent one. Even in the times of the Middle Ages, merchants were often granted exclusive rights to inventions via « letters of patent ». In fact, the modern patent system may be traced directly back to a statute passed in Venice in 1474.The most common forms of IPRs, currently in vogue, are the following:patents;copyrights;trademarks;trade secrets andplant breeders rights (... |
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