TRIPS Agreement and Intellectual Property Rights Regime in India

About the Book :

The present book is a humble endeavour made by the author to explore and bring to the fore various implications of Intellectual Property Rights which are in conformity with TRIPS Agreement in developing countries in general and India in particular. It has addressed various concerns of developing countries which must be taken into consideration taking into account their unique socio and economic paradigm. This book has coalesced heterogeneous elements of TRIPS, IPR, Sustainable Human Development and public interest into a perfect synthetic whole. This book also reviews some of the seminal impacts of the TRIPS Agreement on issues such as innovation, dissemination of technology, access to health care, development and use of biotechnology, and functionalism of multilateral environmental agreements, with special reference to Convention on Biological Diversity.

Comprehensive in its coverage, the book deals with a wide gamut of topics which include:

·        Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

·        Intellectual Property Rights & Technology Transfer

·        Public Health Issues and TRIPS

·        TRIPS’ Patent Regime

·        Copyright and Trade Marks provision of TRIPS

·        TRIPS and Indian Agriculture and Genetic Resources

·        Geographical Indications, Traditional Knowledge  and TRIPS Agreement

About Author :

Dr. Shaiwal Satyarthi is currently working as Assistant Professor of Law in Chanakya National Law University, Patna and has been recipient of many national awards for his superlative academic performance. Dr. Satyarthi has also done General Course on Intellectual Property from WIPO Academy, World Intellectual Property Organization. He has widely attended umpteen of national as well as international seminars along-with various workshops, conferences and symposiums. He has to his credit plethora of publications in reputed journals. His areas of interest include IPR, WTO, Family Law and Administrative Law.