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World Trade Organization

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A quick definition of World Trade Organization:

The World Trade Organization is a group of countries that work together to make sure that trade between them is fair and follows certain rules. They also make sure that people's ideas and inventions are protected, so that no one can steal them. The WTO was created after a big meeting in 1994, and now more than 130 countries are part of it. They have a special agreement called TRIPs that helps protect people's ideas and inventions. This agreement says that countries have to treat each other's citizens fairly when it comes to protecting their ideas and inventions. It also helps settle arguments between countries if they disagree about trade or intellectual property.

A more thorough explanation:

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization that enforces intellectual-property provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) treaty. It comprises the signatories of the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations.

The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) is a treaty that harmonizes and strengthens the intellectual-property laws of its signatories. It links the obligation to protect the intellectual-property rights of other members' citizens with a mechanism for settling international trade disputes. TRIPs was negotiated at the 1994 Uruguay Round of the GATT. More than 130 nations are parties to the agreement.

In the field of patents, TRIPs standardized patentable subject matter to include medicines, required testing for nonobviousness and utility, protected patentees from infringing imports, and all but eliminated compulsory licenses. For example, TRIPs requires countries to provide patent protection for pharmaceuticals for at least 20 years from the date of application.

In response to the agreement, Congress changed patent terms to 20 years from the date of application, widened the definition of infringement to cover offering for sale and importing, and permitted provisional applications to establish priority. These changes aimed to align US patent law with TRIPs requirements.

Articles 1–8 of TRIPs include the basic principles of national treatment and most-favoured-nation treatment. That is, each member must give to the nationals of other members treatment no less favourable than that given to its own nationals, and must give to the nationals of all members the same privileges as are given to the nationals of any member. Thus, subject to certain exemptions, bilateral agreements between members should no longer be permitted.

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Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
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[] baddestbunny
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every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
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Nice! @Macaque
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22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
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22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
[] baddestbunny
4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
Dkk
5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:46
Also has anyone's date disappeared for W&L? Mine did last night
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@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
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Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
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