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Intellectual Property Rights and the TRIPS Agreement

Source: World Trade Organisation

5 May 2003 | EN

As well as providing the full text of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement, the WTO website also offers:

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