The leading commentary on the TRIPS Agreement. This authoritative work exhaustively charts the evolution of TRIPS and offers comprehensive analysis of every article, written by an expert who was actively involved in the original negotiations. It is an invaluable resource and fully updated with the latest cases and panel discussions.

Part One: A The emergence of the TRIPS Agreement during the Uruguay round of multilateral trade negotiations; B The evolution of TRIPS between Marrakesh and Doha; C The Doha ministerial conference, November 9-13 2001; D The Doha agenda and beyond: issue-by-issue analysis; Part Two: Analysis of the agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights; Part I: General provision and basic principles; Part II: Standards concerning the availability, scope and use of intellectual property rights; Part III: Enforcement of intellectual property rights; Part IV: Acquisition and maintenance of intellectual property rights and related inter partes procedures; Part V: Dispute prevention and settlement; Part VI: Transitional arrangements; Part VII: Institutional arrangements: final provisions; Part Three Annexes