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[Sean Flynn] This note provides analysis of the Limitations and Exceptions agenda item of the WIPO SCCR 41 Agenda, currently slated to be discussed on June 29-30. The Agenda calls for Members, IGOs and NGOs “to make general comments, with a focus on the Report on Regional Seminars and International Conference (SCCR/40/2), especially the sections on The Way Forward and
[Olga Gurgula and John Hull] Abstract: This paper considers how vaccine technology to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic can be made available to increase the production of the vaccines. Its primary focus is on trade secrets which are one of the main intellectual property rights protecting the complex manufacturing processes for vaccine production.
[Sean Flynn] This note provides analysis of the Limitations and Exceptions agenda item of the WIPO SCCR 41 Agenda, currently slated to be discussed on June 29-30. The Agenda calls for Members, IGOs and NGOs “to make general comments, with a focus on the Report on Regional Seminars and International Conference (SCCR/40/2), especially the sections on The Way Forward and
[Sean Flynn] The WIPO SCCR 41 Agenda asks for comments on possible next steps on the discussion of the Broadcast Treaty proposed Chair’s text. One needed next step is to address the Limitations and Exceptions provision. This provision currently is more limited than the exceptions provided under the Rome Convention and fails to incorporate any of the priorities of the
[Vitor Henrique Pinto Ido] This paper provides a broad overview of the RCEP agreement and discusses the details of the intellectual property (IP) Chapter. Significantly, it does not contain substantive TRIPS-plus provisions that undermine public health in developing countries—although it does contain such provisions in other areas such as copyrights, trademarks, and IP enforcement.
[Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Fight for the Future, IP Justice, Library Copyright Alliance, Library Futures, Public Knowledge, and the Software Preservation Network] We urge the United States to support the request of Least Developed Countries (“LDCs”) to the TRIPS Council of the World Trade Organization (IP/C/W/668) for a transition period from implementing the TRIPS Agreement for as
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