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Patents, Industrial Designs, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

David O. Taylor, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Aaron Pirouznia, Fish & Richardson

Abstract

This essay summarizes the articles of the Trans-Pacific Partnership dealing with patents and industrial designs, and compares and contrasts those articles with U.S. law and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).