Intellectual Property: Global and Indian Dimensions

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The evolution of the World Trade Organization after immense discussion over 8 years has generated great interest the world over. The first round proved to be marked different from the earlier rounds. The present book deals with "Intellectual Property" which was a critical area in the negotiations. As we all know before the WTO, this important area was dealt with by the Paris Agreement (1863), Berne Convention (1886, Madrid Agreement (1891), Universal Copyright Convention (1952), Rome Convention (1961), Geneva Convention (1961) & IPIC Treaty (1989). Even though these agreements & conventions had excellent ideas, they lacked the capabilities for implementation. The need was, therefore, felt for a much tougher & disciplined agreement. The TRIPS agreement, Dispute Settlement System also were a great attraction. There was a lot of misunderstanding between the developing and developed countries but it is a matter of great satisfaction that eventually there was clear understanding & TRIPS come into being. The author has taken great pain in collecting the judicial verdicts, not only from the WTO but from all over the world. Lot of work has been done on classification of the countries. Many other critical issues like linkage of regionalism with bilateralism and multilaterism have been examined in great depth. The other issues like investment, economic growth, small industries and nanotechnology etc. have all been carefully analysed.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.K. Bagchi

Jayanta Bagchi was a distinguished member of the Indian Administrative Services, held important and critical positions. He was also awarded Padma Shhree for his meritorious services in 1973. The author has served on important positions in the Government of India and retired as the Secretary, Ministry of Steel. He gas to his credit an experience of over 15 years in various Ministries like Commerce, Textiles and Steel. He has travelled widely and worked on important assignments in FAO, ESCAP, ITC and UNCTAD. Dr. Bagchi has special knowledge on Agriculture. While he was in the Ministry of Commerce, he supervised various commodities like Tea, Coffee etc. and took note of the overall functioning of the Agricultural Sector. As the Chairman of State Trading Corporation (STC), he had to deal with various issues on Agriculture intimately. He had also been the Designated Authority for Anti Dumping in its formative stages and this has enabled him to understand closely the intricacies of the WTO Agreement. Dr. Bagchi has thus the unique distinction of understanding the WTO and applying the same to the important sector of agriculture. At present he is the Member of Appellate Authority for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction, Ministry of Financial Government of India.