Designs, Topographies and Unfair Competition
摘要
Chapter 5 covers designs, topographies and unfair competition. Design protection receives much less international attention in the TRIPS-plus discussion than patent or trademark protection, because there are only few rules on this subject in TRIPS, but it plays a significant practical role in Central America, e.g., for traditional Guatemalan clothes. The chapter discusses in detail the relationship between IP protection and unfair competition, which is sometimes used as an alternative way to protect IP.