Multilateral Agreements

WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement)

Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

IP Provisions of US Bilateral FTAs

US trade officials have indicated in the past that its negotiating position for ACTA is similar to the intellectual property provisions found in its bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), especially the Korea-US FTA. The text of all of American FTAs from 2000 to present are online at the USTR’s page on Trade Agreements. The intellectual property chapters and related side letters for FTAs with developed countries are listed below:

Singapore-US FTA

Oman-US FTA

Chile-US FTA

Australia-US FTA

TIFAs

“A Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (or TIFA) is a trade pact which establishes a framework for expanding trade and resolving outstanding disputes between countries. TIFAs are often seen as an important step towards establishing Free Trade Agreements.”

Africa

Americas

Europe and the Middle East

South and Central Asia

Southeast Asia and the Pacific