REVERSE CONSENSUS
reverse consensus.Intellectual property. In a dispute-settlement procedure under TRIPs, an
agreement between the parties that a dispute should not be submitted to a World Trade
Organization panel for adjudication. • Before TRIPs, any party could delay formation of a WTO
panel or adoption of its report by withholding consensus. Under TRIPs, each process is automatic
unless all parties agree not to go forward. [Blacks Law 8th]