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  Doha derailed: a progress report on TRIPS and access to medicines

  Médecins Sans Frontières, 2003

  Since Doha, some Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have attacked both the spirit and intent of the Doha Declaration, putting the interests of their pharmaceutical industries ahead of the health of the world’s poor.
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  TRIPS, drug patents and access to medicines: balancing incentives for R&D with public health concerns

  Knowledge Economy Node, Development Gateway, 2003

  This interview with Professor Kieth Maskus looks into the impacts of the agreed deal on implementing the Doha declaration on TRIPs and public health.The questioning focuses on the likely impacts of the agreement on pharmaceutical companies, generic producers and developing countries but also looks into some of the likely interpretation of the wording of the agreement.Key points are:E
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  Fair Trade: a balance of intellectual property, competition and other rights

  Interamerican Association of Industrial Property, 2003

  This paper presents recommendations for the WTO 5th Ministerial Conference in Cancún on the following subjects:dispute settlement understandingantitrustcorporate governance: trade and investmenttrade and environmenttrade and transfer of technologybiological resources, folklore and traditional knowledgegeographical indicationsdeclaration on the TRIPs agreement an
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  World Trade Organization: Fifth Ministerial, Cancun, Mexico

  WTO Watch Trade Observatory, IATP, 2003

  This pamphlet introduces major issues on the agenda at the Cancún WTO ministerial conference.
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  IP and biotechnology in Southeast Asia

  Lerson Institute, 2003

  This article reviews the status and trends of intellectual property issues with respect to biotechnology in Southeast Asia. The paper reviews the general situation of biotech IP in the region, summarises strategies employed by Southeast Asian countries and identifies future opportunities.
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  Farmers' privilege under attack

  GRAIN, 2003

  This article from GRAIN looks at the impact of PVP (plant variety protection) legislation on farmers’ rights to save seeds, the so called ‘farmers’ privilege’.
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  Non-violation nullification or impairment causes of action under the TRIPS agreement and the Fifth Ministerial Conference: a warning and reminder

  Quaker United Nations Office, 2003

  This paper addresses the issue of the TRIPS five-year moratorium on the initiation of non-violation and situations complaints.
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  An agenda for research and development: meeting on the role of generics and local industry in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in pharmaceuticals and vaccines

  Consumer Project on Technology - Health Care and Intellectual Property, 2003

  This paper presents the beginning of a discussion on an agenda for Research and Development (R&D), as it relates to efforts to expand the use of generics in pharmaceuticals and vaccines in connection with the Millennium Development Goals.This paper seeks to create a policy framework to address this problem, and more generally, to think more rationally about how we should finance R&D when high p
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  Regional and bilateral agreements and a TRIPS-plus world: the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)

  International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2003

  This paper provides an overview, based on IPRs negotiations in the Americas, of some of the implications of regional and bilateral TRIPS-plus agreements for the current minimum standards under TRIPS.
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  Traditional Knowedge and Intellectual Property: A Handbook on Issues and Options for Traditional Knowledge Holders in Protecting their Intellectual Property and Maintaining Biological Diversity.

  American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003

  This handbook is designed to make intellectual property protection issues and options more understandable to traditional knowledge holders, human rights organizations and legal professionals working with local and indigenous communities.Its goal is to help local communities understand and identify potential protection mechanisms already present in current intellectual property rights (IPRs) reg

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