TRIPSTrips Agreement • April 22nd, 2011
Contract Type FiledApril 22nd, 2011The TRIPS Agreement, which came into effect on 1 January 1995, is to date the most comprehensive multilateral agreement on intellectual property. The agreement is administered by the World Trade Organization. The areas of intellectual property that it covers are: copyright and related rights; trademarks including service marks; geographical indications including appellations of origin; industrial designs; patents including the protection of new varieties of plants; the layout-designs of integrated circuits; and undisclosed information including trade secrets and test data.