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A. THE PARIS CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY (1883)

WIPO, The Paris Convention from 1883 to 1983 (Geneva: WIPO 1983, excerpts).

B. THE BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS (1886)

WIPO, The Berne Convention from 1886 to 1986 (Geneva: WIPO 1986; excerpted).

Alois Troller, ‘The Hundredth Anniversary of the Berne Convention: the Development of Law in the Copyright Field Through the Interaction of the Convention and Swiss Legislation’, 6 Copyright Monthly Review of the World Intellectual Property Organization 28-213 (1986).

C. SWITZERLAND AND THE WIPO TODAY

Switzerland and the WIPO today

IV. SWITZERLAND AND INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS

Switzerland and International Registration and Classification Systems

V. THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES (UPOV)

The International Union for the Protection of Plant Varieties (UPOV)

VI. THE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE POUR LA PROTECTION DE LA PROPRIÉTÉ INTERNATIONAL (AIPPI)

Geoffrey Gaultier, The History of AIPPI, in: AIPPI – 1897-1997 Centennial Edition: AIPPI and the Development of Industrial Property Protection 1897-1997 11–126 (Chur/Disentis: Condrau SA 1997).

VII. SWITZERLAND AND THE PROTECTION OF IPRs IN GATT, THE WTO AND PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

A. 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).

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).

B. 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).

C. 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).

VIII. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

A. SWITZERLAND AND THE EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANIZATION

Sigrid Sterckx and Julian Cockbain,’Exclusions from Patentability: How Far Has the European Patent Office Eroded Boundaries?’ 17-65 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2012).

B. SWITZERLAND AND THE EU: THE IMPACT ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Bosshard Partners Intertrading AG c. Sunlight AG, Federal Court Reporter BGE 105 II 49 (1979).

IX. INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW IN DOMESTIC COURTS AND BEFORE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS

A. SWISS COURTS AND INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Suisa (Swiss Society of Authors and Publishers) v. Redifusion AG, Bundesgericht (Swiss Federal Supreme Court), January 20,  1981 [1982] EEC 481, Federal Court Reporter BGE 107 II 57 (1981), excerpts reprinted and translated in Frederick M. Abbott, Thomas Cottier, Francis Gurry, International Intellectual Property in an Integrated World Economy 4^th edition 627-630 (New York: Wolter Kluwer 2019).

B. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INVESTMENT PROTECTION

Philip Morris Brands Sàrl, Philip Morris Products S.A. and Abal Hermanos S.A (the Claimants) and Oriental Republic of Uruguay (The Respondent), ICSID Case No. ARB/107.

C. PATENT LITIGATION BY SWISS COMPANIES ABROAD

Madras High Court, Novartis AG vs Union of India, Judgment of 6 August 2007.

X. SWISS ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Introduction

A. HARMONIZING RULES ON LICENSING

Jacques de Werra, ‘Can exclusive licensees sue for the infringement of licensed IP rights: A case study confirming the need to create global IP licensing rules’, 30 Harvard Journal of Law & Technology, Special Symposium 189-290 (2017).

B. BIODIVERSITY AND THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE

Philippe Cullet, Christophe Germann, Andrea Nascimento Müller, and Gloria Pasadilla: ‘Intellectual Property Rights, Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge’, in: Susette Biber-Klemm, Thomas Cottier (eds.), Rights to Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Basic Issues and Perspectives, 112- 154, Swiss Development Agency, World Trade Institute (Walingford and Cambridge Mass: Cabi Publishers 2006).

Susette Biber-Klemm, ‘Origin and Allocation of Traditional Knowledge and Traditional PGRA: Basic Questions’, in: Susette Biber-Klemm, Thomas Cottier (eds.), Rights to Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Basic Issues and Perspectives, 157-172 Swiss Development Agency, World Trade Institute (Walingford and Cambridge Mass: Cabi Publishers 2006).

Thomas Cottier and Marion Panizzon, ‘A New Generation of IPR for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge in PGR for Food, Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Uses’, in: Susette Biber-Klemm, Thomas Cottier (eds.), Rights to Plant Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge: Basic Issues and Perspectives, 203-238, Swiss Development Agency, World Trade Institute (Walingford and Cambridge Mass: Cabi Publishers 2006).

C. DIGITAL TRADE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Mira Burri,’The Regulatory Framework for Digital Trade in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement’, in: Peter Roffe, Xavier Seuba (eds.), Current Alliances in International Intellectual Property Law-Making, 66-87 (ICTSD/CEIPI Geneva 2017).

D. EMBEDDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

Thomas Cottier, ‘Embedding Intellectual Property in International Law’, in: Peter Roffe, Xavier Seuba (eds.), Current Alliances in International Intellectual Property Law-Making, 15-44 (ICTSD/CEIPI Geneva 2017).