The RCEP and Intellectual Property Norm-setting in the Asia-Pacific Chapter

abstract

• Commissioned for the CEIPI-ICTSD Series on Global Perspectives and Challenges for the Intellectual Property System, this article examines the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) with a focus on the intellectual property norms it seeks to develop. It begins by briefly discussing the partnerships historical origins and ongoing negotiations. It then examines the latest leaked draft of the RCEP intellectual property chapter, highlighting the key provisions concerning copyright and related rights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets and undisclosed information, and intellectual property enforcement. This article concludes by exploring three scenarios concerning the future of this chapter--namely, the lack of an intellectual property chapter, the inclusion of a TPP-like chapter and the eventual compromise on a TPP-lite chapter.

authors

• Yu, Peter

author list (cited authors)

• Yu, P. K.

complete list of authors

• Yu, Peter K

editor list (cited editors)

• Roffe, P., & Seuba, X.

Book Title

• Current Alliances in International Intellectual Property Lawmaking: The Emergence and Impact of Mega-Regionals

publication date

• January 2017

published in

• n2414-343XISSN  Journal

keywords

• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Law

URI

• https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1003

start page

• 89

end page

• 107

volume

• September 2017