The Protection Against Unfair Competition in the WTO TRIPS Agreement : The Scope and Prospects of Article 10bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property.

Intro -- Protection Against Unfair Competition in the WTO TRIPS Agreement: The Scope and Prospects of Article 10bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Source Guide -- Table of Documents -- 1 Introduction -- I Description of the Problem -- II Interpretation of WTO Provisions -- III Course of the Legal Analysis -- 2 Article 10bis and the WTO -- I Article 2.1 of the TRIPS Agreement -- A Incorporation of Article 10bis of the Paris Convention (1967) -- B Static Reference -- II Article 10bis(1) and (2) of the Paris Convention (1967) -- A General Issues -- B Act of Competition -- C Practices in Industrial or Commercial Matters -- D Honesty Standard -- 3 Article 10bis and Core Labour Standards -- I Breach of Law as an Act of Unfair Competition -- A Qualification of the Breached Law -- B Conclusion: Juridical-Economic Standard -- II Enforcement of Core Labour Standards by Article 10bis of the Paris Convention -- A Mandatory Nature of Core Labour Standards -- B Competition and Trade Relatedness of Core Labour Standards -- C Enforcement of Core Labour Standards -- III Conclusions -- 4 Article 10bis and Traditional Knowledge -- I Introduction -- A Description of the Problem -- B The Traditional Knowledge Debate -- II Contract-Based Protection -- III Protection by Article 39 of the TRIPS Agreement -- A Elements of Article 39.2(a) through (c) of the TRIPS Agreement -- B Conclusions -- IV Protection by Article 10bis of the Paris Convention -- A General Matters -- B Misappropriation as an Act of Unfair Competition -- C Defensive Protection -- V Conclusions -- 5: Article 10bis and the European Union -- I Introduction -- II Requirements Relating to the Norm -- III Constitutional Requirements.

IV Requirements Relating to the Treaty -- A Stance of the European Court of Justice -- B Critique -- V Conclusions -- 6 Final Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

In The Protection Against Unfair Competition in the WTO TRIPS Agreement, Christian Riffel offers an account of the potential which Article 10bis of the Paris Convention has for the world trading system. In particular, the author explores what hard law obligations emerge from it.

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