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    Can 'the spirit of Doha' be kept alive?

    SciDev.Net, 2003
    Background and commentary from SciDev.Net on the circumstances leading up to the failure of the TRIPS Council to reach agreement on access to generic drugs for developing countries by the deadline set in the "Doha Declaration".Dickson places the blame for this failure firmly in the hands of the pharmaceutical industry who sought sharp restrictions based on the scope of diseases covered and the
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    Protecting traditional knowledge and folklore: a review of progress in diplomacy and policy formulation

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2002
    In the various international fora developing country governments have increasingly taken the view that traditional knowledge (TK) and folklore need to be protected legally, and have criticised the formal IPR system for legitimising its misappropriation.After surveying the relevant inter-governmental forums and negotiations, and clarifying the terminology, this paper presents a range of proposed
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    Geographical indications: a review of proposals at the TRIPS Council

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2002
    The TRIPs Agreement offers a hierarchy in the protection of geographical indications (GIs), providing 'additional protection' to wines and spirits (Article 23). While this hierarchy is hotly contested, many countries (developing and developed) have demanded expanding the coverage of Article 23 to other products.
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    Draft Substantive Patent Law Treaty

    World Intellectual Property Organization, 2002
    Documents prepared for the 8th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (Geneva, November 25 - 29, 2002) outlining draft proposals for the Substantive Patent Law Treaty aimed at harmonising th basic rules governing patents internationally.Draft papers include the text of the treaty itself along with regualtions under the treaty and proposed practice guidelines.
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    Why we oppose UPOV and why it is urgent that developing countries enact their own plant variety protection laws

    ActionAid International, 2002
    This media briefing from Action Aid sets out their position on International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) model for sui generis plant variety protection.
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    Governing biodiversity: access to genetic resources and approaches to obtaining benefits from their use: the case of the Philippines

    Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2002
    This study explores both bilateral and multilateral approaches to access and benefit sharing (ABS) in the governance of biological resources.
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    UK working group on increasing access to essential medicines in the developing world: Policy recommendations and strategy

    Department for International Development, UK, 2002
    This report of the UK Working Group on Increasing Access to Essential Medicines in the Developing World proposes that pharmaceutical companies provide drugs at near to cost price for HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria to the poorest countries.
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    Protect knowledge to feed the world?: the application of intellectual property rights in international agriculture today and tomorrow

    Agricultural Information and Documentation Service for Development Cooperation, 2002
    After a brief conceptual definition of property and intellectual property (IP), this paper argues that IP neither helps nor harms the interests of the poor. IP rights systems (IPRs) have only an indirect effect on the poor that is determined through policy decisions, particularly as related to access.
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    Benefits and shortcomings of intellectual property rights for small scale farmers in developing countries

    Agricultural Information and Documentation Service for Development Cooperation, 2002
    Rafael Mariano from the Peasant Movement of the Philippines presents his case arguing that intellectual property rights, and more broadly science, have been co-opted by business interests (supported by the US) to strengthen their control over agricultural production and to open up new markets at the expense of small farmers and developing countries.In particular he argues: The 1991 Act
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    The FTAA, access to HIV/AIDS treatment, and human rights

    Human Rights Watch, 2002
    This briefing paper begins by giving an outline of the WTO’s Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Agreement (TRIPS) and of the Doha declaration by WTO members, which states that countries can bypass patents in medical emergencies.The paper argues that countries in the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) should resist pressure from the Office of the United States Trade Representativ

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