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Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)

This training program is designed by Health Care International (HCI) team of experts to guide professionals involved in pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, and pharmaceutical trading companies to understand the basic provisions of the TRIPs Agreement with the intention of assisting them in their efforts to adapt the laws to the standards set by TRIPs in relation to pharmaceutical products and the relevant processes for implementation of the agreement in Egypt so that maximum advantage can be taken of these areas where the agreement leaves some scope for choice in determining national legislation, in order to ensure that this is formulated in a manner that helps countries to achieve their development objectives.

 

Topics of This Training Program:

  1. The Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs).

    • An introduction to Intellectual Property Rights.

    • Categories of Intellectual Property Rights.

  2. Main Provisions of the TRIPs Agreement.

    • General principles.

    • Specific provisions:

      • Copyright and related rights.

      • Trademarks.

      • Geographical indications.

      • Industrial designs.

      • Patents.

      • Layout-designs of integrated circuits.

      • Protection of undisclosed information.

      • Control of anti-competitive practices in contractual licenses.

  3. The freedom remains to determine national policy in IPRs.

  4. Implementation of the TRIPs agreement in developing countries.

  5. Implications of the TRIPs agreement for developing countries.