Full Description
This volume includes a range of topics addressing aspects of the current status of intellectual property (IP) protection regimes in the Gulf Cooperation Council and its individual member states, and aspiring GCC members Jordan and Yemen. It examines the opportunities and challenges facing the GCC in becoming a real union with common, or at least harmonized, IP laws and regulations, while still allowing flexibility for domestic imperatives and interests. IP is a crucial part of commercial and trade activity which the GCC needs to address as a union to maximize outcomes and benefits for the GCC members collectively and individually.
Contributions represent a broad-based and truly international interest in Gulf IP, with authors from Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
The volume provides a catalyst for further deliberation and debate on these above issues and other Gulf-related IP issues, as well as a worthy contribution to the expansion of Gulf studies in the broader context.
Contents
Introduction
1 Intellectual Property Rights in the GCC Member States: On the 20th Anniversary of the WTO and the TRIPs Agreement
David Price
2 Intellectual Property Regimes in the GCC: Recommendations to Develop an Integrated Approach to Intellectual Property Rights
Nadia Naim
3 The Term of Protection of Economic Rights under the Copyright Laws of the GCC
Riyadh Al Balushi, Noora Al Lawati and Muluk Mohsin
4 An Analysis of the Application of the Private Use Exception to Computer-Based Copying in the GCC
Riyadh Al Balushi
5 Parallel Imports, Trademarks Law, and Agency Regulations: Legal Uncertainty in UAE Jurisprudence
Bashar Malkawi
6 Shariah Law and Trademark Protection in the GCC Member States
Lolwa Alfadhel
7 The Protection of Geographical Indications in the Gulf Countries
Alhanoof AlDebasi
8 The GCC Unified Patent System: An Analytical Study
Rawan Al-Louzi and Mohamed Salem Abou El Farag Elsaid Mohamed
9 The Protection of Trade Secrets in Qatar
Mohamed Salem Abou El Farag Elsaid Mohamed
10 Intellectual Property Protection in the Arabian Gulf: The Enforcement Challenge
David Price and Alhanoof AlDebasi
11 Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Heritage Protection in the Arabian Gulf and Indonesia: A Comparative Study
Dina W. Kariodimejo
12 Do Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Provisions Belong in a Gulf Trade or Investment Agreement?
Amelia Hallam and David Price
13 IP Issues in the Proposed China-GCC Free Trade Agreement
Lina Zhang and David Price
About the Contributors
