The TRIPS regime of patents and test data / Nuno Pires de Carvalho.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introductory note : the TRIPS agreement twenty years after -- Preamble : agreement on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights -- Part I : General Provisions And Basic Principles. Article 1 : nature and scope of obligations ; Article 2 : intellectual property conventions ; Article 3 : national treatment ; Article 4 : most-favoured nation treatment ; Article 5 : multilateral agreements on acquisitions or maintenance of protection ; Article 6 : exhaustion ; Article 7 : objectives ; Article 8 : principles -- Part II : Standards Concerning The Availability, Scope, And Use Of Intellectual Property Rights. Article 27 : patentable subject matter ; Article 28 : rights conferred ; Article 29 : conditions on patent applicants ; Article 30 : exceptions to rights conferred ; Article 31 : other use without authorization of the rights holder ; Article 32 : revocation/forfeiture ; Article 33 : term of protection ; Article 34 : process patents: burden of proof ; Article 39 -- Part IV : Acquisition And Maintenance Of Intellectual Property Rights And Related Inter Partes Procedures -- Part V : Dispute Prevention And Settlement. Article 64 : dispute settlement -- Part VI : Transitional Arrangements. Article 65 : transitional arrangements ; Article 66 : least-developed country members ; Article 70 : protection of existing subject matter.