The role of intellectual property law in regional commercial unions in Europe and Asia

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-350

  Blakeney, Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASEAN; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NAFTA; REGIONAL TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT;

ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0031726989     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109029808629287     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. General Assembly Resolution 3201 (S-VI), 12 December 1974.
2. WIPO, Model Law for Developing Countries on Inventions, vol. 1, WIPO, Geneva, 1979.
3. WIPO, Licensing Guide for Developing Countries, WIPO, Geneva, 1977, p. 17.
4. E.g. see the authorities referred to in B. Sodipo, Piracy and Counterfeiting, GATT TRIPS and Developing Countries, Kluwer, London, 1997, pp. 67-68,
5. Mukubwa, 'Patents and technology transfer to developing countries' [1975-7] Zambian Law Journal, 1.
6. E.g. see Cheong & Miranda, 'Success in Singapore - can IP take credit' (1994) 24 Managing IP, 7.
7. E.g. see Sodipo, Ref. 4 at pp. 68-69.
8. East Asia Analytical Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), ASEAN Free Trade Area. Trading Bloc or Building Bloc?, AGPS, Canberra, 1994, p. 7.
9. Alhadeff, 'Introductory note' (to the Protocol of Ouro Preto) (1995) 34 ILM 1245.
10. See V. L. Korah, Patent Competition and EEC Competition Rules: Regulation 2349/84, ESC, Oxford, 1985.
11. See W. R. Cornish, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks and Allied Rights, 3rd edn, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1996, p. 103.
12. Switzerland, the last of the EFTA states, remained outside the EU.
13. See Kur, 'Harmonisation of the trademark laws in Europe - an overview' (1997) 28 IIC 1.
14. See M. Blakeney, Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. A Concise Guide, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1996.
15. See Heath, 'EC-ASEAN patents and trademarks programme' (1996) 27 IIC 76.
16. Reproduced in 34 ILM3 (1995).
17. (1995) 34 ILM 19.
18. ASEAN then comprised Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
19. (1996) 35 ILM 1072.
20. Ibid., Article 1.4 (ASEAN Patents Office), Article 1.5 (ASEAN Trademarks Office).
21. Ibid., Article 3.1.
22. See Blakeney, 'The impact of the TRIPs Agreement in the Asia Pacific Region' (1996) 10 EIPR 544.
23. Article 3.3.1
24. Article 3.3.4.
25. Sirat, 'Intellectual property cooperation among association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) present and future plans', WIPO Sub-regional Round Table on the Implications of the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) on the Intellectual Property System, Jakarta, 9-10 May 1997.
26. Bangkok Summit Declaration of 1995, Article 8, (1996) 35 ILM 1067.
27. Vietnam became a member of ASEAN at the Bangkok Summit, December 1995.
28. Weeraworawit, 'The rising tide of regional cooperation on intellectual property: Thailand's role and initiatives', Department of Intellectual Property, Annual Report 1996, pp. 45-49 at p. 48.
29. Ibid.
30. Participating countries included: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and the USA.
31. See Castan, 'APEC: international institution? A Pacific solution' (1996) 15 U. Tas. L. Rev. p. 136 at p. 139.
32. Address by M. J. Costello, Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 'Intellectual property rights: the missing link in APEC', APEC seminar Implementation of World Trade Organisation Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights', Sydney, 17-19 May, 1995 (henceforth 'Sydney APEC Seminar').
33. Background papers and programme, Sydney APEC Seminar, op. cit., Ref. 26.
34. Ref. 26.
35. htlp://www.apecsec.org.sg/ctiipr.html
36. Joint Statement APEC Industrial Property Rights Symposium, 28-29 August, Tokyo, clause 2, http:// www.jpomiti.go.jp/joints.htm
37. Ibid., clause 8.
38. See Blakeney, op. cit., Ref. 22.
39. See Blakeney, 'Intellectual Property in World Trade' International Trade Law & Regulation, 1995, p. 76.