Future of Asian Trade Deals and IP

Kung-Chung Liu is the Lee Kong Chian Professor of Law (Practice) and the Director of the Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA) at Singapore Management University. Julien Chaisse is Professor of Law at the City University of Hong Kong and Advisory Board Member of the Asian Academy of International Law (AAIL).

• 1. Introduction: The Intersection between Intellectual Property Rights and Free Trade Agreements Kung-Chung Liu and Julien ChaissePART IFROM TPP/CPTPP TO RCEP2. Selecting the Right Representatives to Participate in Trade Negotiations: A New Model of Multi-Stakeholder Involvement for Future Plurilateral Free Trade Agreement Negotiations Benjamin Tham3. Trade Strategies and Power Games between China, the US and India Liyu Han and Jiaxun Sun4. The Future of China’s Trade Pact and Intellectual Property Rights Han-Wei Liu and Si-Wei Lu5. The RCEP Negotiations and Asian Intellectual Property Norm Setters Peter K. YuPART IIINVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY6. Recalibrating the Balance in International Investment Agreements Tomoko Ishikawa7. Issuance of Compulsory Patent Licences and Expropriation in Asian BITs and FTA Investment Chapters: A Study of India, China, Malaysia and Thailand Prabhash RanjanPART IIIIMPROVING THE IP PROVISIONS OF CPTPP/RCEP AND REDEFINING GLOBAL IP NORMS8. Will RCEP Redefine Norms Related to Pre-grant Opposition and Experimental Use Exceptions in International Patent Law? Prashant Reddy Thikkavarapu9. Patent Term Extension in the Pharmaceutical Sector: An Asian Comparative Perspective Yaojin Peng10. Mitigating the Impacts of Patent Linkage on Access to Medicine: Some Asian Experiences and Suggestions Su-Hua Lee11. Intellectual Property in Plant Material and Free Trade Agreements in Asia Christoph Antons12. Pre-established Damages for Copyright Infringement and Trademark Counterfeiting: Suggestions for CPTPP/RCEP Based on Some Asian Experiences Kung-Chung Liu and Haoran Zhang13. Liberalizing Use of the Three-Step Test and Copyright Limitations in the Public Interest Haochen Sun

This book is a welcome addition to the rather limited literature that looks at the CPTPP and RCEP from Asian perspectives, and it will be a useful resource for deciphering the interrelation between FTAs and IP, for IP scholars and practitioners alike.