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Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 6 / 2006 (501)

TRIPs Agreement, Important Multilateral WTO Treaty

Oana-Maria Florescu
Academia de Studii Economice Bucuresti

Abstract. This article aims at presenting the content and the frame of the TRIPs. Agreement. It starts by introducing the reader to the terms that defined the world economical climate by the time of the Agreement negociation. Also, it explains the need of having an Agreement on intellectual property rights with impact on the business world. Moreover, the article reviews the main provisions of the Agreement and the most important intellectual property rights.

Keywords: intellectual property rights; globalisation; GATT; TRIPs.

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