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  Public health at risk: a US free trade agreement could threaten access to medicines in Thailand

  Oxfam, 2006

  This briefing paper from Oxfam aims to draw attention to the implications of United States Free Trade Agreements (US FTAs) on IPR regimes in developing countries such as Thailand. It argues that the FTAs change the rules of intellectual property protection in ways that will undermine public health by limiting access to affordable medicines.
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  WTO TRIPS Agreement

  International Labour Organization, 2003

  This briefing paper discusses the WTO TRIPS (Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights) agreement, an overarching framework for a multilateral approach to intellectual property rights (IPR).
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  Resource book on TRIPS and development: an authoritative and practical guide to the TRIPS agreement

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005

  This book, structured as a series of downloadable sections, presents a comprehensive yet practical guide to the Trade Related International Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement.
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  Disclosure requirements: ensuring mutual supportiveness between the WTO TRIPS agreement and the CBD

  World Conservation Union, 2005

  The misappropriation of genetic resources and traditional knowledge continues to elicit serious misgivings among the biodiversity community and indigenous peoples. High-profile cases – such as the neem tree, basmati rice and maca – fuelled calls for a more effective system to prevent such illegal access and ensure fair and equitable benefit-sharing.
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  TRIPS agreement and access to drugs in developing countries

  Sur - International Journal on Human Rights, 2005

  This article examines the progress made in the process to lend more flexibility to the TRIPS Agreement for medical drugs, and shows how the Doha Declaration and the 2003 Decision of the TRIPS Board on the implementation of its paragraph 6 are insufficient to ensure a reduction in prices and the negotiation of voluntary licenses.The paper argues that:the implementation of the Decision on
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  Doha Round Briefing Series

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2005

  This set of 13 briefing papers provide an update on events leading up to and beyond the Kong Hong Ministerial Meeting in December 2005, written in an accessible way. They provide necessary contextual information on the complex agreements and policies encompassed by Doha; a diary of events in the months running up to Hong Kong, and reflections on the Ministerial itself.
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  The international copyright system: limitations, exceptions and public interest considerations for developing countries in the digital environment

  IPRsonline.org, 2005

  This paper discusses the limitations and exceptions that exist within the international copyright system as they relate to developing countries' access to creative works.
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  Protection of India’s ‘Geographical Indications’: an overview of the Indian legislation and the TRIPS scenario

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This paper gives an overview of Indian legislation and the TRIPS scenario in relation to the protection of Geographical Indications (GIs). The paper discusses the TRIPS provisions on GIs and undertakes a comparative assessment of these provisions with the corresponding provisions of the Indian GI Act.
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  Understanding global trade and human rights

  International Federation for Human Rights, 2005

  This report is based on an FIDH training seminar on trade and human rights aimed to increase advocates’ understanding of the dynamics of global trade and the WTO, and to equip them with practical strategies for making human rights arguments in the trade arena, specifically with respect to the “ecosoc” rights codified in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
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  Developing country coordination in international intellectual property standard-setting

  South Centre, 2005

  This paper focuses on developing country co-ordination in international intellectual property (IP) standard-setting. While international rule-making on IP is becoming more complex and diversified, developing countries, with their limited resources and expertise in the field of IP, are not well prepared to face the challenges and suffer from a lack of coordination amongst each other.

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