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  TRIPS versus biodiversity: what to do with the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b)

  GRAIN, 1999

  This paper summarises GRAIN’s view of what should be done with TRIPS Article 27.3(b) during its 1999 Review.
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  People, plants, and patents: the impact of intellectual property on trade, plant biodiversity, and rural society

  International Development Research Centre, 1994

  The purpose of this book is to identify key IPR issues and choices and to describe the broader context within which decisions are being made.
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  The sustainable development effects of the WTO TRIPS Agreement: a focus on developing countries

  Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development Programme, IISD, 1996

  Examines the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and tries to analyse those areas in which the Agreement will impact, either positively or negatively, on sustainable development in developing countries such as Pakistan.
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  Trade, intellectual property, food and biodiversity: key issues and options for the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b)of the TRIPS Agreement

  Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project, MSU, 1999

  This discussion paper reviews the complexities and uncertainties surrounding the impact of the current multilateral Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) regime, on plants and animals, on plant variety protection systems, and on food security and agricultural biodiversity.
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  Options for the implementation of farmers' rights at the national level

  South Centre, 2000

  One of the main objectives of Farmers' Rights is to allow farmers, their communities, and countries in all regions, fully to participate in the benefits derived, at present and in the future, from the improved use of Plant Genetic Resources, through plant breeding and other scientific methods.
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  Farmers and seed

  Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 2001

  The theme of this Monitor issue is the involvement of farmers in seed production and development. Chapters are written by various experts.While Joshi examines the weakness of formal seed systems, he also highlights how formal systems can complement breeding efforts of farmers. However, Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) is still relatively new and many things remain to be explored.
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  Proprietary biotechnology inputs and international agricultural research

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1998

  This Briefing Paper presents the most important findings and lessons of a study into the magnitude of, and procedures for, the use of inputs protected by IPR at selected international agricultural research centers (IARCs). It highlights the challenging environment in which agricultural research organisations are working with regard to biotechnology.
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  Report of the workshop on differential pricing and financing of essential drugs

  World Trade Organization, 2001

  Differential pricing could, and should, play an important role in ensuring access to existing essential drugs at affordable prices, especially in poor countries, while allowing the patent system to continue to play its role of providing incentives for research and development into new drugs.
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  Formula for fairness: patient rights before patent rights

  Oxfam, 2001

  Paper offers a brief profile of Pfizer, and describes the depth of the divide between poor and rich countries in the incidence of disease and premature death and in levels of access to affordable life-saving medicines. It then outlines the TRIPS regime, which, they state, greatly strengthens drug companies 'patent protection in developing countries.
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  Intellectual property rights and international R&D competition

  International Monetary Fund, 2001

  Uses a model of repeated patent races to examine the incentives for intellectual property protection, and the effects of such protection both locally and on a country's trading partners. A partial equilibrium analysis is conducted in the context of international R&D competition between two countries both sufficiently technologically advanced to engage in innovative activities.

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