EBC Learning Course on IPR: Mod 2 - International IP Regime

About this Course

Intellectual Property Rights provide legal recognition and protection to innovation and artistic work in its many forms—patents, copyrights, trademarks, designs, geographical indications, so on and so forth. Intellectual Property has both national and international dimensions. While the national dimension provides legal recognition and protection to IP, the international dimension lays down some minimum rights and provides for enforcement of IP in contracting States. The significance of the international conventions lies in recognising and giving national treatment to foreign IP. Without international conventions and cooperation between countries, inventors and IP holders would be apprehensive to showcase their work on international platforms. This module brings you the salient features of the international conventions that have significantly contributed to the development of Intellectual Property in the global trade environment. It helps you understand the influence of each Convention on particular forms of IP, like the Berne Convention for copyrights, the Madrid Convention relating to trademarks, etc. You will also appreciate the role of TRIPS Agreement, that came as an international attempt to lay standards for all forms of IP simultaneously.

1. International IP Regime

• 1.1 The Paris Convention, 1883
• 1.2 The Berne Convention, 1886
• 1.3 The Universal Copyright Convention, 1952
• 1.4 International Convention for Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisation, 1961 (The Rome Convention)
• 1.5 The WIPO Convention, 1967
• 1.6 The Patent Cooperation Treaty, 1970
• 1.7 The TRIPS Agreement, 1994
• 1.8 Madrid System Concerning International Registration of Marks, 1989
• 1.9 Convention on Biological Diversity

I. Exercises

• Exercise Set I
• Exercise Set II

II. Examination Pointers

• Exam Pointers