Category Archives: VII. Switzerland and the Protection of IPRs in GATT, the WTO and Preferential Trade Agreements

The TRIPS Negotiations

Thomas Cottier, ‘Working together towards TRIPS’, in: Watal, Jayashree / Taubman, Antony (eds.), The Making of the TRIPS Agreement – Personal insights from the Uruguay Round negotiations 79-94 (Geneva: WTO 2015).

  Thomas Cottier – Working together towards TRIPS

Thu-Lang Tran Wasescha, ‘Negotiating for Switzerland’, in: Watal, Jayashree / Taubman, Antony (eds.), The Making of the TRIPS Agreement – Personal insights from the Uruguay Round negotiations 159-186 (Geneva: WTO 2015).

  Thu-Lang Tran Wasescha – Negotiating for Switzerland

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The Quest for the Protection of Geographical Indications

Felix Addor and Alexandra Grazioli, ‘Geographical Indications beyond Wines and Spirits: A Roadmap for a Better Protection for Geographical Indications’, in: WTO/TRIPS Agreement, 5 Journal of World Intellectual Property 865-897 (2005).

  Addor/Grazioli – Geographical Indications beyond Wines and Spirits

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Negotiating IPRs with China

Message relatif à l’Accord de libre-échange entre la Suisse et la Chine et l’Accord sur la coopération en matière de travail et d’emploi entre la Suisse et la Chine, Feuille Fédérale 2013 p. 8165-8216 (excerpts).

(DE) Bundesblatt 2013 p. 8165 – 8216

(FR) Feuille Fédérale 2013 p. 8165 – 8216

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