Research Handbook on the World Intellectual Property Organization: The First 50 Years and Beyond(Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property series)

2020 marks the 50th year of the coming into force of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Convention 1967 and the formal establishment of WIPO. This unique and wide-ranging Research Handbook brings together eminent scholars and experts who assess WIPO's role and programmes during its first half-century, as well as discussing the challenges facing the organization as it enters its second. This comprehensive Research Handbook explores the history and development of WIPO from its conception, through the changing of its mission over time, to its current position as a largely self-financing specialized UN agency. Chapters examine WIPO's education and technical assistance programmes, its relationship with the WTO, its interaction with emerging economies and WIPO's role in treaty interpretation and substantive and procedural harmonization. The Research Handbook on the World Intellectual Property Organization will be a key resource for scholars of trade and development, and intellectual property. It will also be of value to intellectual property practitioners, government officials and non-governmental organizations concerned with intellectual property, trade, development, and human rights issues and advocacy. Contributors include: T. Aplin, M. Blakeney, A.F. Christie, G. Davies, G. Dinwoodie, R. Dreyfus, A. Duxbury, M. Ficsor, S. Frankel, D. Gangjee, D. Gervais, R. Giblin, J. Ginsburg, I. Heath, A. Kur, J. Liedes, D. Lindsay, A. Quaedvlieg, J. Reichman, S. Ricketson, A. Taubman, S. von Lewinski, K. Weatherall, R. Xalabarder, P.K. Yu

Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction: 50 years of the World Intellectual Property Organization Sam Ricketson 1. The foundation of the World Intellectual Property Organization: what came before Gillian Davies and Sam Ricketson 2. The Role of WIPO as an International Organization Alison Duxbury 3. WIPO: a brief institutional history and overview Gillian Davies and Sam Ricketson 4. WIPO: a view from inside and outside the tent Dr. Mihály Ficsor 5. Copyright and related rights: WIPO’s role in formulating international norms in this area Sam Ricketson and Tanya Aplin 6. WIPO’s Role in Procedural and Substantive Patent Law Harmonization Rochelle Dreyfuss and Jerome Reichman 7. Non-Conventional Marks and the Obstacle of Functionality – WIPO’s Role in Fleshing Out the Telle Quelle Rule Graeme Dinwoodie and Annette Kur 8. Making a Place for Place-Based IP: WIPO and Geographical Indications Dev Gangjee 9. Protection of Industrial Designs: a Twenty first Century Challenge for WIPO Antoon Quaedvlieg 10. WIPO, Development Cooperation and the Development Agenda Michael Blakeney 11. Education and Training, Technical Assistance Programs Raquel Xalabarder 12. The Relationship between WIPO and the WTODaniel Gervais 13. Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Silke von Lewinski 14. WIPO and IP Dispute Resolution Andrew F. Christie 15. WIPO’s Role in Collating and Publishing Data and Statistics, and in Economic Analysis David Lindsay 16. Muddling Through Successfully: financing and governing WIP OIan Heath 17. WIPO and Treaty Interpretation Susy Frankel 18. Caught in the Middle: WIPO and Emerging Economies Peter K Yu 19. ‘Nothing for us, without us’: growth and diversity in observers' participation in WIPO. Antony Taubman 20. Modernizing Copyright and Saving the Planet? Speculations on WIPO’s Future Role Rebecca Giblin, Kimberlee Weatherall, Jane C Ginsburg and Jukka Liedes 21. WIPO – appraising the first 50 years Sam Ricketson Index

About the Author :
Edited by Sam Ricketson, Emeritus Professor of Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Australia