Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567)

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Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567) is a World Trade Organization dispute case in which the scope and interpretation of the GATT security exceptions under Article XXI were a central focus in assessing Saudi Arabia’s treatment of intellectual property rights.


Statements (42)
Predicate Object
instanceOf WTO dispute
WTO dispute settlement case
international trade dispute
abbreviation Saudi Arabia – IPRs (DS567)
centralIssue consistency of Saudi Arabia’s IP measures with TRIPS obligations
interpretation of GATT Article XXI(b)(iii)
scope of GATT Article XXI security exceptions
complainant Qatar
complainantStatus WTO Member
concerns Saudi Arabia’s treatment of intellectual property rights of Qatari entities
disputeCategory GATT security exceptions dispute
TRIPS-related dispute
disputeNumber DS567
forum World Trade Organization
forumAbbreviation WTO
governingAgreement Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
governingAgreementAbbreviation DSU
involves interpretation of WTO Members’ discretion under Article XXI
keyProvisionDiscussed GATT 1994 Article XXI
TRIPS Agreement Article 3
TRIPS Agreement Article 4
TRIPS Agreement Article 41
TRIPS Agreement Article 42
TRIPS Agreement Article 61
legalInstrumentAbbreviation GATT 1994
TRIPS Agreement
legalInstrumentInvoked Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
legalTheme national security exceptions in WTO law
relationship between TRIPS and GATT security exceptions
measureTypeChallenged measures affecting enforcement of intellectual property rights
measures relating to civil and criminal enforcement of IP
panelEstablishedBy WTO Dispute Settlement Body
party Qatar
Saudi Arabia
relatedConcept WTO dispute settlement jurisprudence on Article XXI
enforcement of intellectual property rights
national security in international economic law
respondent Saudi Arabia
respondentStatus WTO Member
subjectMatter intellectual property rights
protection of intellectual property

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567) ("Saudi Arabia – IPRs (DS567)")
abbreviation
Article XXI (Security Exceptions)
centralIssueIn
Qatar – Certain Measures Concerning Goods and Services from the United Arab Emirates (DS526) ("Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567 contextually related crisis)")
relatedCase

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