The TRIPS Agreement, which came into effect in 1995, establishes international standards for many forms of intellectual property regulation including copyright, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, patents, integrated circuits, and trade secrets. It requires countries in the World Trade Organization to enforce intellectual property rights and settle disputes between members. The agreement sets minimum standards for protection including copyright terms of life of the author plus 50 years, 20 year patent terms, and 10 years of protection for integrated circuit layout designs.

1. TRIPS
Trade Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights

2. • It was negotiated at the end of the Uruguay
Round of the GATT
• The TRIPS Agreement, which came into effect
on 1 January 1995

4. Issues Covered under TRIPS
Agreement
• How to give adequate protection to
intellectual property rights
• How countries should enforce those rights
adequately in their own territories.
• How to settle disputes on intellectual property
between members of the WTO.

5. Area covered under trips
• (i) Copyright
• (ii) Trade marks
• (iii) Geographical indications
• (iv) Industrial designs
• (v) Patents including protection of new
varieties of plants;
• (vi) Integrated circuits;
• (vii) Trade secretes

6. Copyright
Copyright is a legal right created by the law that
grants the creator of an original work exclusive
rights for its use and distribution

7. Areas covered under copyright
• Literacy
• Dramatic
• musical and artistic work
• sound recordings
• firms
• Publications
• Computer program
TRIPS Agreement, the term of protection shall be
the life of the author and 50 years after his death.

8. Trade marks
Sign, or any combination of signs, capable of
distinguishing the goods and services of one
undertaking from those of other undertakings,
sign includes
• personal names
• letters, numerals
• combinations of colours etc

10. Geographical indications
A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on
products that have a specific geographical origin
Place names are sometimes used to identify a
product
ex:
• 'Basmati' rice
• 'Darjeeling' Tea

11. Industrial design
• Protection to the design of the product

12. Patents
the exclusive right granted to an inventor to
manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a
certain number of years
Period of protection:20 years counted from filing date

13. Integrated Circuits
• Protection is provided to layout-designs of
integrated circuits
Protection is given for the period of 10 years

14. Trade secretes
Any confidential business information which
provides an enterprise a competitive edge may
be considered a trade secret.

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