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Fish Or Fowl? The Nature Of Wto Dispute Resolution Under Trips, Anne Hiaring
Fish Or Fowl? The Nature Of Wto Dispute Resolution Under Trips, Anne Hiaring
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
This note discusses the procedure of dispute resolution in the World Trade Organization (WTO). The note goes on to discuss WTO disputes involving intellectual property to date and the possible impacts of the WTO dispute resolution procedures on the determination of substantive issues of intellectual property law, using dispute WS 160 involving the Fairness in Music Licensing Act, as an example. The note concludes that the same concerns about lack of due process and inability of amici to appear in the proceedings that cause concern in the environmental field are also causes of concern with respect to intellectual property rights …