Intellectual Property Law   Tags: copyright_law, intellectual_property_law, international_intellectual_property_law, international_law, patent_law, trademark_law  

TRIPS Agreement is Annex 1C of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, signed in Marrakesh, Morocco on 15 April 1994.

Text of Berne Convention from WIPO.

From EISIL, links to text of international conventions, websites, and research guides.

Original text and amended text from UNESCO.

Link to text of WIPO Copyright Treaty, includes summaries, parties, and link to WIPO Copyright Handbook.

U.S. Copyright Office, current through Oct. 2009. Amendments included but not incorporated.

Summary from the Copyright Office. Public Law 105-304 (DMCA) available at http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/pl105-304.pdf.

Effect on U.S. law of Uruguay Round, which implemented the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

From the USPTO

From the USPTO.

"The Congress shall have power . . . To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"