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.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Saudi Arabia – IPRs (DS567)	1
Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567 contextually related crisis)	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WTO dispute ⓘ WTO dispute settlement case ⓘ international trade dispute ⓘ
abbreviation	Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	World Trade Organization ⓘ surface form: WTO
governingAgreement	Dispute Settlement Understanding ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ surface form: TRIPS Agreement Article 3 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ surface form: TRIPS Agreement Article 4 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ surface form: TRIPS Agreement Article 41 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ surface form: TRIPS Agreement Article 42 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ surface form: TRIPS Agreement Article 61
legalInstrumentAbbreviation	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: GATT 1994 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ surface form: TRIPS Agreement
legalInstrumentInvoked	Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ⓘ General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ surface form: 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	Dispute Settlement Body ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567) → abbreviation → Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saudi Arabia – IPRs (DS567)

Article XXI (Security Exceptions) → centralIssueIn → Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567) ⓘ

Qatar – Certain Measures Concerning Goods and Services from the United Arab Emirates (DS526) → relatedCase → Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (DS567 contextually related crisis)