Civil Society Comments on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
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Civil Society Platform on IP in the Trans Pacific Partnership
Eight civil society groups have released a platform on the intellectual property and health content of the Trans Pacific Partnership. The platform calls ex-officio border measures “inappropriate,” rejects a “one size fits all” regime for patent validity, and warns against…
Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations – Intellectual Property Stakeholder Update
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Letter: Senators want tough IP standards in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal
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USTR to Table Full IP Chapter of the Trans Pacific Partnership in June – Drug Industry Lobbies to Repeal 2007 Policy Deal on Access to Medicines
Inside U.S. Trade reports that USTR intends to table a full intellectual property chapter for the TPP by mid June, and that the pharmaceutical industry has been lobbying to reverse the policy deal struck by the Bush Administration and Congressional…
Ron Kirk’s Responses to Written Questions from the Senate Finance Committee
Knowledge Ecology International has posted the written answers submitted to the Senate Finance Committee by US Trade Representative Ron Kirk after his March 9 testimony. In his responses to questions from Sen. Wyden, Kirk asserts that “ACTA can be implemented…
Trans Pacific Partnership – Negotiators Compile Working IP Draft; Thailand Invited to Join Negotiations
Last week Inside US Trade reported that Trans Pacific Partnership negotiators meeting in Singapore combined all of the existing proposals for an intellectual property Chapter into one working, and highly bracketed, text. The combined text has not been released, but…
TPP Section-by-Section Analysis
PIJIP fellow Jimmy Koo has written a section-by-section analysis of the US-proposed intellectual property chapter of the the Trans Pacific Partnership. The document lists each article and compares it to US law, TRIPS, and/or other trade agreements where appropriate. Please…
Letter from Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson – Releasing TPP Text Would Be “Problematic”
EXCERPT: “…Your suggestion that draft negotiating text and position papers should be made public is understandable but problematic. First, this would only be possible if all parties agreed. Many negotiating parties would consider releasing the text as a breach of…
Health NGOs ask UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health to Intervene in TPP Negotiations
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Health NGOs ask UN Special Rapportuer on the Right to Health to Intervene in TPP Negotiations
Eleven nonprofit organizations and three professors have requested that the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, “issue an urgent appeal” to the governments negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership. The request alleges that the proposed intellectual property provisions “threaten…
Leaked US Proposal for TPP Chapter on Intellectual Property
Knowledge Ecology International received a leaked copy of the intellectual property chapter proposed by the U.S. at the February round of negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership. It is available here: