Agenda - The Global IP Enforcement Debate: New Economic Perspectives and Policy Challenges

General texts on intellectual property rights

IPRs, biodiversity loss, access & benefit sharing, prior informed consent

Intellectual property, trade and competition

Intellectual property and folklore, music and entertainment

Intellectual property and public education

Intellectual property and information and communication technologies

Intellectual property and the protection of biodiversity

Intellectual property and agriculture, food and nutrition

Intellectual property and access to medicines in developing countries

Intellectual property and foreign direct investment

Human rights aspects of intellectual property

Intellectual property and technology transfer: help or hindrance?

Intellectual property and the knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous peoples and local communities

TRIPS, implementation and Review

ICTSD dialogues on trade, IPRs and sustainable development

Selected new stories published in BRIDGES

Discussion papers and BRIDGES articles on IPRs, trade and sustainable development

Resource Book, Policy Paper, Case Studies and Research Tools

About the UNCTAD-ICTSD project on IPRs

Related UNCTAD and ICTSD activities in this area

Setting an agenda for IP negotiations in the next five years

WIPO: Institutional functioning and relevant developments

WTO Members' Submissions on IPRs

Advancing the reform agenda

Policy Options for Assuring Affordable Access to Essential Medicines

Preserving Public Goods in health, education and learning

Intellectual Property and Free Trade Agreements

Intellectual Property and Geographical Indications

The Global IP Enforcement Debate: New Economic Perspectives and Policy Challenges

Organized by ICTSD and UNCTAD

Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 17th July 2008

Description | Agenda | Participants | Documents

Agenda

Welcome and introduction

Ahmed Abdel Latif, Programme Manager, IP Programme, ICTSD

Kiyoshi Adachi, Legal Officer, IP-Team, Policy Implementation Section, UNCTAD

Pedro Roffe, Senior Fellow, IP Programme, ICTSD, moderator of the debate

Presentation of main findings of ongoing work on IP enforcement

Carsten Fink: Enforcing IPRs: an economic perspective

Carlos Correa: The new offensive for the enforcement of IPRs: implications for developing countries

Commentators

Carolyn Deere, Resident Scholar, ICTSD and Senior Researcher, Global Economic Governance Programme, University of Oxford

Yusong Chen, Permanent Mission of China to the WTO

Open discussion with participants