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This page intentionally left blank THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION KNOWLEDGE AGREEMENTS The WTO intellectual property and services agreements (TRIPs and GATS)formthegloballegalframeworkwithinwhichgovernmentsnow regulatetradeinknowledge.Thissecondeditionanalysestheprovisions oftheagreementsandexaminescloselythethirteenyearsofimplemen- tation and revision. Gathering together the interpretations placed on theagreementsbytheWTOdisputesettlementbodies,itreportsonthe initiativestakenbythemembersbothtoliberalisetradeinknowledge andtoshapeinternationalbusinessregulation.Drawingonthisexperi- ence,ChristopherArupassessesthefutureoftheWTOasagloballaw- makinginstitution.Threeexpandedcasestudies(legalservices,genetic codes/essentialmedicines,andonlinemedia)illustratetheimpactofthe agreementsandhighlightthechallengesfacedbytheWTOinreconcil- ingfreetradewithsocialregulation. CHRISTOPHER ARUP is Professor of Business Law at the Faculty of BusinessandEconomics,MonashUniversity. CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN LAW AND SOCIETY CambridgeStudiesinLawandSocietyaimstopublishthebestscholarlyworkonlegal discourseandpracticeinitssocialandinstitutionalcontexts,combiningtheoretical insightsandempiricalresearch. The fields that it covers are: studies of law in action; the sociology of law; the anthropology oflaw;cultural studiesoflaw, includingtheroleoflegal discoursesin socialformations;lawandeconomics;lawandpolitics;andstudiesofgovernance.The booksconsiderallformsoflegaldiscourseacrosssocieties,ratherthanbeinglimitedto lawyers’discoursesalone. The series editors come from a range of disciplines: academic law; socio-legal studies;sociologyandanthropology.Allhavebeenactivelyinvolvedinteachingand writingaboutlawincontext. Serieseditors ChrisArup MonashUniversity,Victoria MartinChanock LaTrobeUniversity,Melbourne PatO’Malley UniversityofSydney SallyEngleMerry NewYorkUniversity SusanSilbey MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology BooksintheSeries ThePoliticsofTruthandReconciliationinSouthAfrica LegitimizingthePost-ApartheidState RichardA.Wilson ModernismandtheGroundsofLaw PeterFitzpatrick UnemploymentandGovernment GenealogiesoftheSocial WilliamWalters AutonomyandEthnicity NegotiatingCompetingClaimsinMulti-EthnicStates YashGhai ConstitutingDemocracy Law,GlobalismandSouthAfrica’sPoliticalReconstruction HeinzKlug TheRitualofRightsinJapan Law,Society,andHealthPolicy EricA.Feldman TheInventionofthePassport Surveillance,CitizenshipandtheState JohnTorpey GoverningMorals ASocialHistoryofMoralRegulation AlanHunt TheColoniesofLaw Colonialism,ZionismandLawinEarlyMandatePalestine RonenShamir LawandNature DavidDelaney SocialCitizenshipandWorkfareintheUnitedStatesandWesternEurope TheParadoxofInclusion JoelF.Handler Law,AnthropologyandtheConstitutionoftheSocial MakingPersonsandThings EditedbyAlainPottageandMarthaMundy JudicialReviewandBureaucraticImpact InternationalandInterdisciplinaryPerspectives EditedbyMarcHertoghandSimonHalliday ImmigrantsattheMargins Law,Race,andExclusioninSouthernEurope KittyCalavita LawyersandRegulation ThePoliticsoftheAdministrativeProcess PatrickSchmidt LawandGlobalizationfromBelow TowardaCosmopolitanLegality EditedbyBoaventuradeSousaSantosandCesarA.Rodriguez-Garavito PublicAccountability Designs,DilemmasandExperiences EditedbyMichaelW.Dowdle Law,ViolenceandSovereigntyamongWestBankPalestinians TobiasKelly LegalReformandAdministrativeDetentionPowersinChina SarahBiddulph ThePracticeofHumanRights TrackingLawBetweentheGlobalandtheLocal EditedbyMarkGoodaleandSallyEngleMerry PathstoInternationalJustice SocialandLegalPerspectives EditedbyMarie-Be´ne´dicteDembourandTobiasKelly LawandSocietyinVietnam TheTransitionfromSocialisminComparativePerspective MarkSidel ConstitutionalizingEconomicGlobalization InvestmentRulesandDemocracy’sPromise DavidSchneiderman TheWorldTradeOrganizationKnowledgeAgreements ChristopherArup THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION KNOWLEDGE AGREEMENTS Christopher Arup MonashUniversity CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo, Delhi, Dubai, Tokyo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521881234 © Christopher Arup 2008 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2008 ISBN-13 978-0-511-67519-5 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-13 978-0-521-88123-4 Hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. CONTENTS PrefaceandAcknowledgements pagexi ListofWTOdisputerulings xiii Listofinternationalinstruments xvii PART I GLOBALISATION, LAW AND THE WTO 1 1 Tradelawasaglobalmediator 3 2 Aglobalcontext 22 Resea rch 24 Outlooks 25 Convergenceanddivergence 28 Legalpluralism 35 Internationallawmaking 42 Interfaces 55 Conclusions 58 3 TheWorldTradeOrganization 65 TheethosoftheWTO 67 Agreementmaking 71 Thedisputesettlementsystem 85 Thecontentofthenorms 105 Bilateralfreetradeagreements 129 Scopefornationalregulation 131 Internationalregulation 135 Competitionregulation 143 Conclusions 151 PART II SERVICES 163 4 TheGeneralAgreementonTradeinServices 165 EmergenceoftheGATS 167 Statusandformatoftheagreement 171 UruguayRoundlistings 180 TheMFNnorm 185 vii CONTENTS Thenationaltreatmentnorm 188 Themarketaccessnorm 193 Themodesofsupply 198 Domesticregulation 206 Financialservicesnegotiations 212 GATSandFTAs 216 NewRoundnegotiations2000–2007 219 Conclusions 226 5 Thecaseoflegalservices 232 Stylesofservicessupply 234 Locationsforlegalwork 242 Nationalregulation 247 ImpactoftheGATS 251 Countrypractices 254 Newnegotiations 264 Professionalstandards 268 Conclusions 276 PART III INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 283 6 TheAgreementonTrade-RelatedIntellectual PropertyRights 285 TheUruguayRound 286 Generalprovisionsandbasicprinciples 292 Copyrightandrelatedrights 299 Patents 304 Othercategories 307 Enforcementprovisions 315 Specialanddifferentialtreatment 317 Disputesettlement 319 Nationalaccessregulation 323 TRIPsandFTAs 336 Conclusions 342 7 Thecaseofgeneticcodes 348 Codingfoodandmedicines 350 Intellectualpropertyregulation 356 Theconceptofinvention 363 Exceptionstopatentability 371 Exceptionstoinfringement 376 Plantvarietyrights 378 Protectionfortraditionalknowledge 383 viii
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