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    Competition law and intellectual property rights: controlling abuse or abusing control?

    CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (CIRC), 2008
    The relationship between competition law and intellectual property rights (IPRs) policy is sometimes mistakenly regarded as pure contradiction. This working paper examines the interface between competition law issues and the protection of IPRs both complementarities and conflicts. The paper notes that IPRs create a form of monopoly.
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    Integrating public health concerns into patent legislation in developing countries

    South Centre, 2008
    The implementation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) is emerging as a major concern for all developing countries (DCs). This paper intends to assist the DCs in their efforts to adapt their laws to the standards set by TRIPs in relation to pharmaceutical products and processes. Conforming with the agreement has posed a special challenge for DCs.
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    Institutions and intellectual property reform in developing countries

    Groupe d'Economie Mondiale, 2008
    This policy brief examines key dimensions of the institutional changes with respect to intellectual property rights (IPRs) in developing countries (DCs). Currently, conformity with the minimum global IPRs standards has become a prerequisite for DCs wishing to access global technologies.
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    TRIPS and indigenous medicines

    Trade and Development Studies Centre – Trust, Zimbabwe, 2007
    The paper discusses Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) and indigenous medicines. It attempts to bring out issues around these two subjects that are of serious concern between developing countries and the developed countries.
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    Intellectual property and access to clean energy technologies in developing countries: an analysis of solar photovoltaic, bio fuel and wind technologies

    Trade and Environment, 2007
    This paper explores whether developing countries will face barriers accessing technologies in reducing their emissions of greenhouse gases. Focusing on intellectual property rights (IP), it concentrates on the more scientifically advanced developing countries such as Brazil, China, and India.
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    Intellectual property provisions in European Union trade agreements: implications for developing countries

    IPRsonline.org, 2007
    The European Union (EU) is one of the major players in forging the international Intellectual Property (IP) scene. Shifts in its policy have global implications. This paper examines EU policy regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in bilateral and regional trade agreements.
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    Patents: taken for granted in plans for a global biofuels market

    WTO Watch Trade Observatory, IATP, 2007
    Understanding patent policy is crucial for predicting how the biofuels technologies can aid or hinder sustainable development. This article examines the influence that patents will have on the biofuel trade and stakeholders involved.
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    IPRs and development concerns in South Asia

    South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2007
    The recent strengthening of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime has important implications for South Asian countries and presents various challenges.
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    Patents, compulsory license and access to medicines: some recent experiences

    Third World Network, 2007
    Patents can affect the access of patients (especially the poor) to medicines. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) also affects the space available to developing country Members of WTO to formulate the drug patent policies of their choice.
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    A case study to show how TRIPS-plus intellectual property rules affect access to medicines

    Community Health Cell, Society for Community Health Awareness, Research and Action, 2007
    This document contains 3 separate papers dealing with the issue of “data exclusivity”, a term that refers to new “TRIPS-plus” measures that some governments, especially the US, are seeking to include in bilateral and regional trade agreements.

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