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International IP Law: Crash Course Intellectual Property #6

2015-06-03

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This week, Stan Muller teaches you how intellectual property law functions internationally. Like, between countries. Well, guess what. There's kind of no such thing as international law. But we can talk about treaties. There is a bevy of international treaties that regulate how countries deal with each others' IP. The upside is that this cooperation tends to foster international trade. The downside is that these treaties tend to stifle creativity by making it harder to shorten copyright terms. You win some, you lose some.

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ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE BERNE CONVENTION IS THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE AN EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT COUNT
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BECAUSE THE PARIS CONVENTION DIDN'T REALLY SET MINIMUM STANDARDS, COUNTRIES HAD GREAT FREEDOM TO TAILOR THEIR PATENT LAWS
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TRIPS PREVENTS WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION MEMBERS FROM DENYING PATENTS TO PHARMA PRODUCTS OR PROCESSES.
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