Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
1-2017
ISSN
2414-343X
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 partnership’s 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.
First Page
89
Last Page
107
Num Pages
19
Volume Number
September 2017
Issue Number
4
Series
Global Perspectives and Challenges for the Intellectual Property System
Series Title
Current Alliances in International Intellectual Property Lawmaking: The Emergence and Impact of Mega-Regionals
Editor
Pedro Roffe & Xavier Seuba
Recommended Citation
Peter K. Yu,
The RCEP and Intellectual Property Normsetting in the Asia-Pacific,
September 2017
89
(Pedro Roffe & Xavier Seuba eds., 2017).
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https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1003