[Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights]

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Abstract

Due to lack of an international agreement on IPRs it was very difficult to trade innovative products and equally protects the interest of their creators. The WTO TRIPs agreement came as an answer and an attempt to solve problems related to protection of IPRs. TRIPs agreement was meant to narrow the gaps in the way these rights are protected around the world and to bring them under common international rules and regulations. TRIPs ensure and make it mandatory that each government has to give minimum levels of protection to the intellectual property of its fellow WTO members. Thus the main objective of WTO TRIPs agreement is to promote effective and adequate protection of IPRs. The purpose of this study is to investigate the Trademarks (Functions and Protection) and conduct a comparative study in Kuwaiti, Egyptian and British Legislations and TRIPS Agreement Provisions (Adcock, 2001).

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Problem Statement1

Research Aims and Objectives1

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW2

Objective of TRIPs Agreement2

Features of TRIPs Agreement2

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and TRIPs3

TRIPs Agreement and Egyptian Legislation3

TRIPs Agreement and Kuwaiti Legislation3

TRIPs Agreement and British Legislation4

Negative Impacts of TRIPs Agreement4

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY6

Search Technique7

Reliability/Dependability7

Validity8

Ethical Concerns9

CHAPTER 4: ANTICIPATED RESULTS11

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION12

REFERENCES13

Chapter 1: Introduction

The significance of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in worldwide business is rising day-after-day. The contract on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) sets up criteria for the security of intellectual property privileges which include copyrights, manufacturing designs, trademarks and exclusive rights. The “TRIPs” contract is a significant part of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Problem Statement

To investigate the Trademarks (Functions and Protection) and conduct a comparative study in Kuwaiti, Egyptian and British Legislations and TRIPS Agreement Provisions.

Research Aims and Objectives

The reason for conducting this research is to investigate the TRIPS Agreement Provisions. The main research aims and objective shall be:

To investigate the Trademarks, its functions and protection.

To conduct a comparative study in Kuwaiti, Egyptian and British Legislations.

To analyse the overall TRIPS Agreement Provisions.



Chapter 2: Literature Review

Objective of TRIPs Agreement

The main objective of WTO TRIPs agreement is to promote effective and adequate protection of the Intellectual Property Rights on a global scale (Evans ...