Trans pacific partership agreement

1. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
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Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
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Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
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TRANS-PACIFIC
PARTNERSHIP TREATY
S.PoNkAvITHA
TRAdEmARk dEPT.
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2. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
What is Free Trade Agreement ?
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between two or more
countries is entered by countries to create a free-
trade area is the region encompassing a trade bloc for
the member countries. Such agreements involve
cooperation between at least two countries to
reduce trade barriers – import quotas and tariffs – and to
increase trade of goods and services with each other..
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3. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
What is Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty ?
 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free-trade
agreement signed in Auckland, New Zealand, on Feb. 4,
2016 between 12 countries of the Pacific rim including
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia,
Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States of
America, Vietnam and Japan.
 The trade pact will enter into force after, it is ratified by at
least six participating governments over the next two years.
 The 12 member countries represent nearly 40% of the global
GDP and about one-third of all world trade, nearly twice as
much as the European Union (EU).
 It has been signed amidst protests due to it’s controversial
intellectual property provisions.3 Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty

4. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
PROVISIONS IN TPPA
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TRADEMARKS UNDER TPPA
Trademark protection is extended for sounds,
scents and collective marks.
A well known trademark, it neither needs to be a
registered trademark nor it has to be popular in
the relevant sector of public, thus deviating from
TRIPS which requires the trademark to be known
in the relevant sector of the public for it to be
considered a well-known trademark.

5. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
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PATENTS UNDER TPP
 Term Of Data Exclusivity is “at least
eight years” of protection “from the
date of first marketing approval of
that product in that Party” or for a period of
“at least five years from the date of first
marketing approval of that product
in that Party”,
 TPP is also the first U.S. trade agreement to
include an explicit reference to protection
for biologics.
PATENTS

6. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
REQUISITES FOR PATENTABILITY
Patents shall be available “for any new forms,
uses, or methods of using a known product...
even if such invention does not result in the
enhancement of the known efficacy of that
product.” This is the first time that ever-
greening of patent has been given approval
in a FTA.
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7. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
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 COPYRIGHT
 the term of copyright protection extended to 70 years after the death
of a natural person; and 95 years from the date of the first authorized
publication of the work, performance of phonogram for a non-natural
person. “Failing such authorized publication within 25 years from the
creation of the work, performance, or phonogram, not less than 120
years from the end of the calendar year of creation.”
 TPPA provides limitations on Internet Service Provider (ISP) liability
and expressly provides that eligibility for these liability limitations
“shall not be conditioned on the [ISP] monitoring its service or
affirmatively seeking facts” of infringement

8. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION
PROVISIONS
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Civil and criminal liability against any person who
“circumvents without authority any effective
technological measure that controls access to a
protected work,” or otherwise makes available
devices that are intended to circumvent for
commercial advantage or private financial gain. There
is no knowledge requirement in order to be held
civilly liable.
Rights holders may “authorize or prohibit all
reproductions of their works in any manner or form.”
rights holders may authorize or prohibit parallel
imports.

9. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
TPP provides the most robust trade secret protections to
require criminal penalties for trade secret theft, including
cyber-theft. However, the Agreement also allows
Parties to impose limitations on the availability of such
remedies. TPPA requires member countries to provide a
range of IP enforcement mechanisms, including civil and
administrative procedures and remedies, provisional
measures, border measures, and criminal procedures and
penalties. TPP permits seizure not only of infringing
products but also of “assets derived from, or obtained
through, the alleged infringing activity”.9 Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty
TRADE SECRETS

10. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Vietnam - whose low-wage economy relies on
exports - is estimated to be the biggest winner of
the deal that slashes an estimated 18,000 tariffs
among the dozen participating countries.
Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, &
U.S.A will have huge benefits from TPP
Malaysia, Chile, Peru, New Zealand, Canada &
Australia will have minimal or no benefits
EFFECT OF TPP ON
MEMBER COUNTRIES
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11. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
CONS OF TPP
Here are the major ways the agreement would
stunt the economic development of its developing-
country members:
Forces Member Countries To Alter Their Laws
Forces Equal Rules On Unequal Partners
Forbids Using Trade Policy To Protect Domestic
Industries
Bans Government Procurement To Assist
Domestic Firms
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12. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
 Drastically Limits Regulation Of Foreign
Investors
 Undermines The Sovereignty Of National
Courts And Scares Countries From Adopting
New Regulations
 Would Block Developing Countries From Using
Capital Controls
 Undermines Public Health
 Undermines State-owned Companies
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CONS OF TPP

13. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
CONCLUSION
 Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz called the
Trans-Pacific Partnership as the "the worst trade deal
ever." Protestors decried TPP, a mammoth free trade
agreement whose 12 members comprise nearly 40
percent of global GDP, as a “death sentence” for cancer
and HIV patients, among others. If T.P.P. falls apart, it
would be an advantage for China. Non-ratification would
signal that Beijing gets to dictate policy in the region, and
the attempt to integrate Vietnam comprehensively in a
rules-based international economy fails. Whether TPP
will with stand the test of time is for us to wait and
watch !!
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14. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 - 6552921
HYDERABAD
Suite 132 & 133,
Level 1, Midtown,
Road No 1, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500034.
Tel: +91 - 40 - 6050 6009
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
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