WTO Dispute Settlement Practice Relating to the Trips Agreement

Posted: 15 Sep 1999

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Matthijs Geuze

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Hannu Wager

World Trade Organization (WTO)

Abstract

This paper provides some statistical information on the 16 TRIPS disputes initiated to date and discusses the Panel and Appellate Body Reports issued and adopted to date. Some of the procedural issues that have arisen are addressed, but the main focus is on the interpretation of the TRIPS provisions in question and the interpretative issues that the Panels and the Appellate Body were faced with, and how the Panels and the Appellate Body approached the questions raised. Information is also provided about a pending panel procedure, the mutually agreed solutions reached to date and the pending consultations. Finally, dispute prevention under the TRIPS Agreement and the role of the review of implementing legislation in the Council for TRIPS in this connection is addressed.

Suggested Citation

Geuze, Matthijs and Wager, Hannu, WTO Dispute Settlement Practice Relating to the Trips Agreement. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=165470

Matthijs Geuze (Contact Author)

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Hannu Wager

World Trade Organization (WTO) ( email )

154 Rue de Lausanne
Intellectual Property Division
CH-1211 Geneva 21
Switzerland

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