UNAIDS, UNDP, and the World Health Organization have released a policy brief describing the flexibilities in TRIPS available to increase access to medicines, including compulsory licenses, parallel imports and patentability criteria. It recommends that low and middle income countries “revise…
Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia The Future of Copyright I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in this Conference. I commend the Faculty of Law of the Queensland University…
WIPO has solicited input “from all relevant stakeholders regarding their experience and views on the impact, orientation, cost-efficiency, management and coordination of WIPO technical assistance over the past three years.” The request for public input is part of an external…
An international open letter to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in support of the work of the Brazilian society and government for the cultural commons is now online: It has been signed by international organizations, academics and activists. The letter…
IP owners, government enforcement agencies, and WIPO met in Paris last week for the Sixth Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. Three themes that were repeated throughout the meeting were 1) the need to convince the public to have a…
Bannerman, Sara. 2010. WIPO and the ACTA Threat. PIJIP Research Paper no. 4. American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC. Abstract: The new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been seen as a potentially existential threat to the existing World…
WIPO, Interpol, the World Customs Organization, the International Chamber of Commerce and the International Trademark Association are will co-host the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in Paris this coming February. The industry-funded congress first met in 2004,
Brazilian TRIPS Council Intervention, October 2010
Indian TRIPS Council Intervention, June 2010