Prior to the 19869 Uruguay Round negotiations, there was no specific agreement on intellectual property rights within the framework of the GATT multilateral trading system. … all categories of intellectual property that are the subject of Sections 1 to 7 of Part II of the Agreement (Article 1: 2). These include copyright and neighbouring rights, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, patents, integrated circuit designs and the protection of undisclosed information. In addition, Article 65.5 of the ON TRIPS agreement provides that countries that use the transition period cannot return members who use a transitional period (according to Article 65, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 or 4), to ensure that changes to their laws, rules and practices during the transition period do not result in a lesser degree of compliance with the provisions of the agreement. In accordance with Article 4, (d) a member may exempt from the duty of the most favoured nation any advantage, privilege, privilege or immunity of that member under international intellectual property protection agreements that came into force before the WTO agreement came into force, provided that these agreements are not notified to the TRIPS Council and do not constitute arbitrary or unjustified discrimination against other members. The TRIPS Council will submit the agreement to a general review after five years; however, it also has the power to review it at any time in light of new relevant developments that may warrant an amendment and amendment (Article 71). This agreement provides for a revision of the provisions of Article 27.3 (b) four years after the agreement came into force (i.e. 1999). This review is under way in the Adhesive Council. A cooperation agreement between WIPO and the WTO came into force on 1 January 1996.

The agreement offers cooperation in three main areas: all WTO members are members of the TRIPS Council. It is responsible for monitoring the functioning of the agreement and, in particular, how members fulfil their obligations under this agreement. In addition, the agreement gives members the freedom to define the appropriate method for implementing the provisions of the agreement in their own legal and practical order. The agreement therefore takes into account the diversity of members` legal frameworks (for example. B between common law and civil traditions). In addition to the notification obligations expressly provided for by the agreement, a number of notification provisions of the Berne Convention and the Rome Conventions are incorporated into the TRIPS agreement by reference, but without express reference. Article 69 of the agreement requires members to establish and inform points of contact in their administrations in order to cooperate in order to eliminate trade in goods that were enforcement.