What is the name of the WTO agreement on intellectual property?

The WTO agreement on intellectual property is the TRIPS Agreement.

TRIPS stands for the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. It was signed in Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 as Annex 1C to the agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, and it took effect with the WTO on 1 January 1995.

The agreement established minimum standards that WTO members must provide for areas such as copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, and trade secrets. It also includes rules on enforcement and dispute settlement, making intellectual property part of the multilateral trading system.

The Berne Convention and Paris Convention are important intellectual-property treaties, but they are not the WTO’s general intellectual-property agreement. TRIPS incorporates parts of both conventions while adding trade-related obligations and a WTO enforcement framework. The 2001 Doha Declaration later clarified that TRIPS should be interpreted consistently with public-health goals, including access to medicines.