"A Practitioner's Guide to GIS Terminology" The following terms are condensed and reproduced with permission from "A Practitioner's Guide to GIS Terminology" by Stearns J. Wood, which contains more ...

Forms and systems of protection of GIs worldwide Broadly, there are two systems of jurisprudence, that is, civil law and common law systems, practised by member countries. Under civil law ...

The TRIPS Agreement contains a section devoted to the protection of GIs. The Agreement requires WTO members to adopt these and other substantive provisions into their laws. Failure to enact ...