Lecture 1 (5/9):  TRIPS and Its Origins

Readings: 

• Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Apr. 15, 1994, Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1C, Legal Instruments—Results of the Uruguay Round vol. 31, 33 I.L.M. 1197 (1994)

• TRIPS and Its Discontents, 10 Marq. Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 369 (2006) Read Parts I and II

• The Objectives and Principles of the TRIPS Agreement, 46 Hous. L. Rev. 979 (2009) Read Part III

Optional Readings:

• Frederick M. Abbott, The WTO TRIPS Agreement and Global Economic Development, in Public Policy and Global Technological Integration 39 (Frederick M. Abbott & David J. Gerber eds., 1997)

• A. Jane Bradley, Intellectual Property Rights, Investment and trade in Services in the Uruguay Round: Laying the Foundation, 23 Stan. J. Int’l L. 57 (1987)

• Vincent Chiappetta, The Desirability of Agreeing to Disagree: The WTO, TRIPs, International IPR Exhaustion and a Few Other Things, 21 Mich. J. Int’l L. 333 (2000)

• Carlos M. Correa, Intellectual Property Rights, the WTO, and Development Countries: The TRIPS Agreement and Policy (2001)

• Daniel Gervais, The TRIPs Agreement: Drafting History and Analysis (1998)

• Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology (Michael B. Wallerstein et al. eds., 1993)

• Tara Kalagher Giunta & Lily H. Shang, Ownership of Information in a Global Economy, 27 Geo. Wash. J. Int’l L. & Econ. 327 (1993)

• Marci A. Hamilton, The TRIPS Agreement: Imperialistic, Outdated, and Overprotective, 29 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 613 (1996)

• Intellectual Property Rights: Global Consensus, Global Conflict? (R. Michael Gadbaw & Timothy J. Richards eds., 1988)

• Intellectual Property Rights in Emerging Markets (Clarissa Long ed., 2000)

• John H. Jackson & Alan O. Sykes, Implementing the Uruguay Round (1997)

• Keith E. Maskus, Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy (2002)

• Charles R. McManis, Intellectual Property and International Mergers and Acquisitions, 66 U. Cin. L. Rev. 1283 (1998)

• Neil Weinstock Netanel, Asserting Copyright's Democratic Principles in the Global Arena, 51 Vand. L. Rev. 217 (1998)

• Ruth Okediji, Toward an International Fair Use Doctrine, 39 Colum. J. Transnat'l L. 75 (2000)

• J.H. Reichman, From Free Riders to Fair Followers: Global Competition Under the TRIPS Agreement, 29 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 11 (1997)

• J.H. Reichman, Beyond the Historical Lines of Demarcation: Competition Law, Intellectual Property Rights, and International Trade After the GATT’s Uruguay Round, 20 Brook. J. Int’l L. 75 (1993)

• J.H. Reichman, Universal Minimum Standards of Intellectual Property Protection Under the TRIPs Component of the WTO Agreement, 29 Int'l Law. 345 (1995)

• Michael P. Ryan, Knowledge Diplomacy: Global Competition and the Politics of Intellectual Property (1998)

• Symposium, The Inaugural Engelberg Conference on the Culture and Economic of Participation in an International Intellectual Property Regime, 29 N.Y.U. J. Int’l L. & Pol. 1 (1997)

• Symposium, Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property (pts. 1 & 2), 22 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 223, 689 (1989)

• The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Arthur Dunkel (Jagdish Bhagwati & Mathias Hirsch eds., 1998)

Class 2 (5/10):  TRIPS and the WTO Dispute Settlement Process

Readings:

• Understanding the WTO—Settling Disputes

• The Panel Process: A Flowchart

• Joost Pauwelyn, The Dog that Barked but Didn’t Bite: 15 Years of Intellectual Property Disputes at the WTO, 1 J. Int’l Disp. Settlement 389, 414 (2010)

• Fairness in Music Licensing Act, 17 U.S.C. § 110(5) (2000)

• Richard Owens, TRIPS and the Fairness in Music Arbitration: The Repercussions, 25 Eur. Intell. Prop. Rev. 49 (2003)

Optional Readings:

• Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, Dec. 15, 1993, 33 I.L.M. 112 (1994)

• United States - Section 110(5) of US Copyright Act - Report of the Panel, WT/DS160/R, June 15, 2000: Part 1 & Part 2

• Graeme B. Dinwoodie, The Development and Incorporation of International Norms in the Formation of Copyright Law, 62 Ohio St. L.J. 733 (2001)

• Rochelle Cooper Dreyfuss and Andreas F. Lowenfeld, Two Achievements of the Uruguay Round: Putting TRIPS and Dispute Settlement Together, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 275 (1997)

• Gail E. Evans, Lawmaking Under the Trade Constitution: A Study in Legislating by the World Trade Organization (2000)

• Paul Edward Geller, Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace: Impact of TRIPS Dispute Settlement, 29 Int'l Law. 99 (1995)

• Laurence R. Helfer, World Music on a U.S. Stage:  A Berne/Trips and Economic Analysis of the Fairness in Music Licensing Act, 80 B.U. L. Rev. 93 (2000)

• John H. Jackson, The Jurisprudence of GATT and the WTO: Insights on Treaty Law and Economic Relations (2000)

• John O. McGinnis & Mark L. Movesian, The World Trade Constitution, 114 Harv. L. Rev. 511 (2000)

• Neil W. Netanel, The Next Round: The Impact of the WIPO Copyright Treaty on TRIPS Dispute Settlement, 37 Va. J. Int'l L. 441 (1997)

• David Palmeter & Petros C. Mavroidis, Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization: Practice and Procedure (1999)

• Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, The GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement System : International Law, International Organizations, and Dispute (1997)

• Symposium, Compliance with the TRIPs Agreement, 29 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 363 (1996)

• Symposium, The Decline of Nations State and Its Effects on Constitutional and International Economic Law, 18 Cardozo L. Rev. 903 (1996)

• Friedl Weiss, Improving WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures: Issues and Lessons from the Practice of Other International Courts and Tribunals (2000)

Lecture 3 (5/11):  TRIPS and Intellectual Property Enforcement

Readings: 

• Peter K. Yu, TRIPS Enforcement and Developing Countries, 26 Am. U. Int'l L. Rev. (forthcoming 2011) Read Part I

• Peter K. Yu, TRIPS and Its Achilles' Heel, 18 J. Intell. Prop. L. (forthcoming 2011) Read Part I

• Peter K. Yu, Enforcement, Economics and Estimates, 2 WIPO J. 1 (2010) Read pp. 13-17

Optional Readings:

• Intellectual Property Enforcement: International Perspectives (Li Xuan & Carlos M. Correa eds., 2009)

• Global Debate on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Developing Countries (ICTSD Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development, Issue Paper No. 22, 2009)

• Ermias Tekeste Biadgleng & Viviana Muñoz Tellez, The Changing Structure and Governance of Intellectual Property Enforcement (South Center, Research Paper No. 15, 2008)

• Robin Gross, IP Justice, IP Justice White Paper on the Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (2008)

• IP Justice, IP Justice Comments to U.S.T.R. on the Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (Mar. 21, 2008)

Lecture 4 (5/12):  TRIPS and Access to Essential Medicines

Readings:

• World Trade Organization, Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, WT/MIN(01)/DEC/2, 41 I.L.M. 755 (2002)

• General Council, Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement, WT/L/641 (Dec. 8, 2005).

• Peter K. Yu, The International Enclosure Movement, 82 Ind. L.J. 827 (2007) Read Parts II and III

• Frederick M. Abbott, Seizure of Generic Pharmaceuticals in Transit Based on Allegations of Patent Infringement: A Threat to International Trade, Development and Public Welfare, 1 WIPO J. 43 (2009)

Optional Readings:

• Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy: Report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights ch. 2 (2002)

• Frederick M. Abbott, The Doha Declaration on the TRIPs Agreement and Public Health: Lighting a Dark Corner at the WTO, 5 J. Int’l Econ. L. 469 (2002)

• Thomas F. Cotter, Market Fundamentalism and the TRIPs Agreement, 22 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. (forthcoming 2003)

• James Thuo Gathii, Construing Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Policy Consistently with Facilitating Access to Affordable Aids Drugs to Low-End Consumers, 53 Fla. L. Rev. 727 (2001)

• Debora Halbert, Moralized Discourses: South Africa’s Intellectual Property Fight for Access to AIDS Drugs, 1 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 257 (2002)

• Ellen ’t Hoen, TRIPs, Pharmaceutical Patents, and Access to Essential Medicines: A Long Way from Seattle to Doha, 3 Chi. J. Int’l L. 27 (2002)

• Jean O. Lanjouw, A New Global Patent Regime for Diseases: U.S. and International Legal Issues, 16 Harv. J.L. & Tech. 85 (2002)

• Susan K. Sell, TRIPs and the Access to Medicines Campaign, 20 Wis. J. Int’l L. 480 (2002)

• José Marcos Nogueira Viana, Intellectual Property Rights, the World Trade Organization and Public Health: The Brazilian Perspective, 17 Conn. J. Int’l L. 311 (2002)

• Alan O. Sykes, TRIPS, Pharmaceuticals, Developing Countries, and the Doha “Solution,” 3 Chi. J. Int’l L. 47 (2002)

Lecture 5 (5/13):  TRIPS and Its Future

Readings:

• Peter K. Yu, International Enclosure, the Regime Complex, and Intellectual Property Schizophrenia, 2007 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1 Read Part II

• USTR, ACTA Fact Sheet (2010)

• Peter K. Yu, Six Secret (and Now Open) Fears of ACTA, 64 SMU L. Rev. (forthcoming 2011) Read Part VI

• Peter K. Yu, A Tale of Two Development Agendas, 35 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 465 (2009) Read Parts II and III

Optional Readings:

• Frederick M. Abbott, TRIPS in Seattle: The Not-So-Surprising Failure and the Future of the TRIPS Agenda, 18 Berkeley J. Int’l Law 165 (2000)

• Gail E. Evans, Lawmaking Under the Trade Constitution: A Study in Legislating by the World Trade Organization 194 (2000)

• Robert E. Hudec, Enforcing International Trade Law: The Evolution of the Modern GATT Legal System 364 (1993)

• John H. Jackson, The World Trading System: Law and Policy of International Economic Relations 111 (2d ed. 1997)

• David A. Gantz, Failed Efforts to Initiate the “Millennium Round” in Seattle: Lessons for Future Global Trade Negotiations, 17 Ariz. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 349 (2000)

• Jane C. Ginsburg, International Copyright: From a "Bundle" of National Copyright Laws to a Supranational Code?, 47 J. Copyright Soc'y U.S.A. 265 (2000)

• Robert F. Housman, Democratizing International Trade Decision-making, 27 Cornell Int’l L.J. 699 (1994)

• J.H. Reichman, The TRIPS Agreement Comes of Age: Conflict or Cooperation with the Developing Countries, 32 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 441 (2000)

• Michael H. Shuman, GATTzilla v. Communities, 27 Cornell Int’l L.J. 527 (1994)

• John Jackson, The Institutional and Jurisdictional Architecture: Reflections on Constitutional Changes to the Global Trading System, 72 Chi.-Kent. L. Rev. 511 (1996)

• John O. McGinnis & Mark L. Movsesian, The World Trade Constitution, 114 Harv. L. Rev. 511 (2000)

• Clyde Summers, The Battle in Seattle: Free Trade, Labor Rights, and Societal Values, 22 U. Pa. J. Int’l Econ. L. 61 (2001)

• Susan Tiefenbrun, Free Trade and Protectionism: The Semiotics of Seattle, 17 Ariz. J. Int’l & Comp. L. 257 (2000)

• Peter K. Yu, World Trade, Intellectual Property, and the Global Elites: An Introduction, 10 Cardozo J. Int’l & Comp. L. (2002)