PPT-Protection of Trade

Secrets current issues WIPOUKRAINE SUMMER SCHOOL ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JULY 2011 Outline What are trade secrets Trade secret protection Benefits Risks Some issues What are trade secrets. u.S. . sugar industry from foreign outsourcing: a bittersweet idea. TCEE and SFASU Present: . To protect or not to protect…. what is the answer?. What are arguments for protection?. What are arguments against protection?. 02. The Dynamic Environment of International Trade. Modular:. Afjal. . Hossain. Assistant Professor, . Department of Marketing. PSTU. McGraw-Hill/Irwin International Marketing, 13/e. Balance of Payments. A . Brand Protection Review. . can enable you to review the brand protection your business needs. Your business operations may have changed considerably and the level of trade mark protection you require may need to be reviewed.. International Political Economy. Prof. Tyson Roberts. 1. Lecture goals. Factor model. Sector model. Collective action problem . Economic & political predictions. 2. Puzzle. Comparative advantage: free trade good for all nations, in aggregate. Trade Secret. Oldest form of protection for information: to keep it secret. Trade secret protection used in all industries. Keeping information secret. Prevents competitors from profiting from the information/exploiting the information . Brexit. and Parallel Importation. China. . 2017. Jasem Tarawneh@manchester.ac.uk. . What is a Trade Mark. ‘any . sign capable of being represented graphically which is capable of distinguishing goods and services of one undertaking from those of another undertaking’ . Section 1(1) of the TMA 1994. 2013 . Namibia . Consumer Protection and Competition Highlights. Livingstone. , Zambia. 10-12 September 2013. By: Maria Pogisho. MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY:. CONSUMER PROTECTION AND COMPETITION. . . The general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT), the predecessor of WTO, was born in 1948 as result of the international desire to liberalise the trade.. The growing acceptance of GATT ,despite its shortcomings, is evinced by the increase in the number of the signatories. When the GATT was signed in 1947 , only 23 nations were party to it .It increased to 99 by the time of the seventh round and 117 countries participated in the next, i.e., the Uruguay round . In April 2008, there were 151 members with several more countries formally seeking accession to the WTO. The signatory countries account for 90 per cent of the international trade indicating the potential of the WTO in bringing about an orderly development of the international trade.. SEPTEMBER 10- 12 2013. LIVINGSTONE , ZAMBIA. Consumer Protection Act (CPA) has been in existence for fifteen . (15) . years. The . CPA is being administered by Department of Trade and Consumer Affairs under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. “Protecting your brand”. Trade Mark (TM) . – (Brand) a sign that is graphically represented and . i. dentifies and distinguishes the goods and services of one business from those of another.. . - ii -The opinions expressed in this do views of UNCTAD The designations and terminology employed are also those of the authorUNCTADby least one referee whose commentsare taken into account before pu Chris Milner. GEP and School of Economics. University of Nottingham. The World Economy Asia Annual Lecture. University of Nottingham . M. alaysia. February, 2012 . Context. There has been substantial ‘unilateral’ trade policy reform across developing countries over the last two or three decades. 2012. 1. The Bretton Woods family (1944). International Monetary Fund (IMF). World Bank (WB). World Trade Organisation (from 1995). replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). 2. International Monetary Fund. Becoming a Trade Mark Attorney. Patricia Collis. Wednesday 17 February 2016. Outline. A bit about me – why trade marks?. What is a TM attorney?. What does a TM attorney do?. Case study. How to qualify as a TM attorney.