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Introduction -- The concept of intellectual property -- The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) -- Fields of intellectual property protection -- Patents -- Copyright and neighboring rights -- Trademarks -- Industrial designs and integrated circuits -- Geographical indications -- Protection against unfair competition -- The role of intellectual property in development and WIPO's development cooperation program -- Objectives of developing countries -- Industrial property and development -- Licensing and the transfer of technology -- Copyright and development -- The development cooperation program of WIPO -- Enforcement of intellectual property rights -- Enforcement of industrial property rights, copyright and neighboring rights -- Intellectual property litigation -- Arbitration and mediation of intellectual property disputes -- International treaties and conventions on intellectual property -- The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property --The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works -- The WIPO Copyright Treaty -- The Patent Cooperation Treaty -- The Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating to that Agreement -- The Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs 285 -- The Trademark Law Treaty -- Conventions on classification -- Special conventions in the field of neighboring rights: the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (the "Rome Convention") -- related special conventions in the field of neighboring rights -- The WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty -- The International Convention for the Protection of

New Varieties of Plants --The Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) -- Administration and teaching of intellectual property -- Administration of industrial property -- Administration of copyright -- The patent and trademark attorney -- The teaching of intellectual property law -- Technological and legal developments in intellectual property -- Computer programs -- Biotechnology -- Reprography -- Communication technologies -- Digital distribution systems -- A complementary approach to the development of intellectual property law and practice