Overcoming Transatlantic differences on intellectual property
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10-07-2014
Recent studies demonstrate the important contribution of intellectual property rights (IPR) to the American and EU economies. The differences between the respective IPR systems are comparatively small, yet seen as hard to overcome. The negotiation of the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) may present the opportunity for a step change in EU-US relations in respect of IPR.
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- America
- commercial arbitration
- common commercial policy
- designation of origin
- economic geography
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- FINANCE
- financing and investment
- free-trade agreement
- GEOGRAPHY
- industrial secret
- intellectual property
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- international trade
- investment protection
- marketing
- negotiation of an agreement (EU)
- political geography
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- research and intellectual property
- technology and technical regulations
- TRADE
- trade agreement (EU)
- trade policy
- TRIPS
- United Nations
- United States
- World Intellectual Property Organisation