An Anatomical Study of the United States versus China at the World Trade Organisation on Intellectual Property Enforcement

摘要

The dispute concerning intellectual property enforcement between the largest developed country and the largest developing countries raised a couple of critical issues. The Panel made the history-making rulings. The impact on the WTO TRIPS regime is significant. The rulings insightfully clarify, with respect to the pertinent obligations, the boundaries of TRIPS consistency. It confirms that the calibrations of various doctrinal devices of national law are still viable as against the sweeping one-set-fits-all approach.