《STUDIES IN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY AND COPURIGHT LAW VOLUME 11》

A.Report on the Second Ringberg-Symposiumby Ulrich Joos and Rainer Moufang1

Ⅰ.Introduction3

Ⅱ.The International Protection of Intellectual Property under the Berne,the Paris and the Universal Copyright Convention3

1.The International Protection of Authors' Rights4

2.Public Lending Right and the Berne Convention6

3.New Rights in International Copyright Law - Discussion8

4.Computer Programs and Semiconductor Chips13

5.The Application of the Conventions to New Subject Matter - Discussion16

6.The Improvement of International Protection - Discussion18

Ⅲ.The GATT-Initiative - Introductory Lectures and Statements21

1.GATT-Initiative and Paris Convention21

2.Positions of United States,European Community and Industry Circles vis-a-vis the GATT-Initiative24

3.Basic Structure and Principles of GATT28

Ⅳ.Discussion of the GATT-Initiative30

1.Problems of GATT-Competence30

2.Possible Disadvantages and Dangers of the GATT-Initiative32

3.Possible Advantages of the GATT-Initiative35

4.Substance of the Future GATT-Agreement35

Ⅴ.Final Remarks39

B.Lectures and Statements43

General Principles of the Berne and the Universal Copyright Conventionsby Paul Katzenberger43

Ⅰ.National Treatment,Minimum Protection,and Reciprocity in International Copyright Law45

Ⅱ.International Copyright Conventions and New Subject-Matter of Protection and Rights.Historical Experiences46

Ⅲ.Current Questions Regarding the Protection of New Subject-Matter and Rights by the Copyright Conventions49

National Treatment,Reciprocity and Retorsion - The Case of Public Lending Rightby Silke von Lewinski53

Ⅰ.Introduction55

Ⅱ.General Remarks55

Ⅲ.Special Features of PLR57

Ⅳ.The Practice of the States and Its Meaning60

Ⅴ.Concluding Remarks62

National Treatment,Reciprocity and Retorsion - The Case of Computer Programs and Integrated Circuitsby Thomas Dreier63

Ⅰ.Introduction65

Ⅱ.Computer Programs and Copyright Protection66

Ⅲ.Integrated Circuits and the sui generis Approach70

Ⅳ.Concluding Remarks73

The U.S.Proposal for a GATT-Agreement on Intellectual Property and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Propertyby Hans Peter Kunz-Hallstein75

Ⅰ.Introduction77

Ⅱ.The Competence of the Paris Union and the GATT in Relation to the International Protection of Industrial Property79

Ⅲ.Principles of the Paris Convention and the Proposed GATT Arrangement82

Ⅳ.Enforcement of Treaty Obligations under the Paris Convention87

Ⅴ. Conclusion91

The Present Position of the U.S.,Japanese and European Industryby Friedrich Kretschmer93

GATT Principles and Intellectual Property Protectionby Wolfgang Fikentscher99

Ⅰ.The Genesis of GATT101

Ⅱ.Legal Nature of GATT108

Ⅲ.The GATT Principles113

Ⅳ.The Appropriateness of GATT for Intellectual Property Provisions119

Ⅴ.Conclusions125

GATT:Industrial Property Protection,Fair Trade and Developmentby Hanns Ullrich127

Ⅰ.The GATT Approach to Intellectual Property129

Ⅱ.The GATT Approach:What Are the Causes and What Will Be the Effects?131

Ⅲ.The GATT Approach:To the Best Interest of Industrial Property?135

Ⅳ.The GATT Approach:Will the Sanctions Do Justice?142

Ⅴ.The GATT Approach:Fair to Whom?146

Ⅵ.Conclusion156

C.List of Participants161

Ⅰ.Guests163

Ⅱ.Participants from the Max Planck Institute163

Annex Ⅰ.Selected Bibliography165

Annex Ⅱ.Selected GATT Provisions169

Annex Ⅲ.Selected Documents179

A/1.Suggestion by the United States for Achieving the Negotiating Objective179

GATT-Doc.MTN.GNG/NG11/W/14 (20 October 1987)179

A/2.Suggestion by the United States for Achieving the Negotiating Objective - Revision187

GATT-Doc.MTN.GNG/NG11/W/14 Rev 1 (17 October 1988)187

B.Guidelines Proposed by the European Community for the Negotiations on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights203

GATT-Doc.MTN.GNG/NG11/W/16 (20 November 1987)203

C.Existence,Scope and Form of Generally Internationally Accepted and Applied Standards/Norms for the Protection of Intellectual Property,Document Prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO211

GATT-Doc.MTN.GNG/NG11/W/24 Rev.1=WIPO-Doc.WO/INF/29 (September 1988)211

D.Guidelines and Objectives Proposed by the European Community for the Negotiations on Trade Related Aspects of Substantive Standards of Intellectual Property Rights321

GATT-Doc.MTN.GNG/NG11/W/26 (7 July 1988)321

E.Notes on Informal Meeting on Intellectual Property Standards,March 7-11,1988333

F.Basic Framework of GATT Provisions on Intellectual Property - Statement of Views of the European,Japanese and United States Business Communities,June 1988353

G.Declaration of April 1989:Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights,including Trade in Counterfeit Goods403