Book
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property and Trade in the Pacific Rim
(2020)
Abstract
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a mega-regional trade deal, spanning the Pacific Rim. As well as dealing with traditional matters of trade and commerce, the agreement tackles such subjects as intellectual property, electronic commerce, and investor-state dispute settlement. This book considers the Intellectual Property chapter of the TPP. In particular, it focuses upon the debate over copyright term, copyright exceptions, intermediary liability, and technological protection measures. The book also examines the negotiations over trade mark law, cybersquatting, geographical indications, and the plain packaging of tobacco products. It also explores the debate over patent law and access to essential medicines, data protection and biologics, and the protection of trade secrets. The work also investigates the treatment of Indigenous intellectual property, access to genetic resources, and plant breeders’ rights. With the departure of the USA under President Donald Trump, a number of the most controversial parts of the TPP have been suspended. However, there remains concern that such provisions will be revived – if the USA rejoined the TPP at a later date under a future President.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
Globalization and its Discontents: Joseph Stiglitz and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
INTRODUCTION
The Resurrection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
PART ONE COPYRIGHT LAW AND RELATED RIGHTS
Chapter 1 Rock against the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Copyright Law, the Creative Industries, and Internet Freedom
Chapter 2 Fair Use and Fair Trade: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Copyright Exceptions in the Pacific Rim
Chapter 3 Back to the Future: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
PART TWO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND DIGITAL TRADE
Chapter 4 The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Big Data: Consumer Rights, Privacy, Electronic Commerce and Digital Trade
PART THREE TRADEMARK LAW AND RELATED RIGHTS
Chapter 5 No Logo: Nike, Labor Rights, Trade Mark Law, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Chapter 6 The Big Chill Investor-State Dispute Settlement, Tobacco Control, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Chapter 7 The Prosecco Wars: Intellectual Property and Geographical Indications in the Pacific Rim
PART FOUR PATENT LAW AND RELATED RIGHTS
Chapter 8 Farmers' Rights in the Pacific Rim: Plant Breeders' Rights, Agricultural Patents, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Chapter 9 The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Access to Essential Medicines: Patent Law, Public Health, and Pandemics
Chapter 10 The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Biotechnology: Intellectual Property, Gene Patents, and Biologics
PART FIVE TRADE SECRETS
Chapter 11 Secret Trade and Trade Secrets: The Trans-Pacific Partnership, Confidential Information, and Computer Crimes
PART SIX THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
Chapter 12 Greenwashing the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Trade and the Environment in the Pacific Rim
Chapter 13 Two Solitudes: Climate Change and Trade in the Context of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Chapter 14 The Imperialism of the Trans-Pacific Partnership: First Nations, Traditional Knowledge, and Indigenous Intellectual Property
CONCLUSION
A Progressive Vision for the Pacific Rim: Intellectual Property, Trade, and Sustainable Development
Photograph - President of Mexico 2015 - Creative Commons License Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC By 2.0)
Keywords
- Trans-Pacific Partnership,
- Intellectual Property,
- Trade,
- Pacific Rim,
- Electronic Commerce,
- Investor-state dispute settlement,
- copyright law,
- patent law,
- trademark law,
- geographical indications,
- plain packaging of tobacco products,
- biologics,
- Indigenous Intellectual property,
- Plant breeders' rights,
- International law,
- access to genetic resources
Disciplines
Publication Date
December, 2020
Publisher
Edward Elgar
Citation Information
Matthew Rimmer. The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property and Trade in the Pacific Rim. Cheltenham and Northampton (MA)(2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/324/