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on IPRs, Trade and Sustainable Development
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TRIPS
& Health | Geographical Indications | Biodiversity
& TK | WIPO | Bilateral
Agreements | Other
TRIPS
& Health
- European
Parliament TRIPS Amendment Vote Postponed Once Again
(BRIDGES Weekly, 19 September 2007)
- Revised
WHO Plan for Pharmaceutical R&D Called a "Reasonable
Place to Start" (BRIDGES Weekly,
5 September 2007)
- Rwanda
Becomes First Country to Try to Use WTO Procedure to Import
Patented HIV/AIDS Drugs (BRIDGES Weekly, 25 July 2007)
- European
Parliament Delays Vote on TRIPS Amendment, Pending New Support
for Affordable Drugs (BRIDGES Weekly,
18 July 2007)
- WHO to
Step Up Work on Access to Medicines [pdf] (BRIDGES Monthly,
June-July 2007)
- Ratification
of TRIPS Amendment Languishes (BRIDGES
Weekly, 27 June 2007)
- WHO
Members Adopt Resolution on Pharmaceutical Innovation
(BRIDGES Weekly, 23 May 2007)
- Brazil
Issues Compulsory License for AIDS Drug (BRIDGES Weekly,
9 May 2007)
- WHO
Members Divided Over Plan for Promoting Pharmaceutical Innovation
(BRIDGES Weekly, 25 April 2007)
- Thailand
Responds to Compulsory Licensing Critics [pdf]
(BRIDGES Monthly, April 2007)
- Thai
Government Explains Compulsory Licence Policy On Patented Drugs
(BRIDGES Weekly, 14 March 2007)
- Thailand
Continues the Battle for Cheaper Drugs [pdf]
(BRIDGES Monthly, February-March 2007)
- Thailand
Authorises Generic Production of Two More Patented Drugs
(BRIDGES Weekly, 31 January 2007)
- WHO
Group on Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Holds
First Meeting (BRIDGES Weekly, 13
December 2006)
- The
Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health, Five Years On
(BRIDGES Weekly, 15 November 2006)
- World
Health Assembly Adopts Resolution on R&D, Trade and Health
(BRIDGES Weekly, 31 May, 2006)
- Critics
Question Value of WHO Commission Report on Innovation, IP and
Public Health (BRIDGES Weekly, 5 April 2006)
- WHO
Addresses Trade, Health, IP and Innovation (BRIDGES Weekly,
1 February 2006)
- IP
Standards in US-Peru FTA to Affect Talks with Colombia and Ecuador?
(BRIDGES Weekly 25 January 2006)
- Members
Strike Deal On TRIPS And Public Health; Civil Society Unimpressed
(BRIDGES Weekly 7 December 2005)
- Taiwan
Issues Compulsory License for Tamiflu (BRIDGES Weekly, 30
November 2005)
- Brazil
Moves To Break AIDS Drugs Patents; Analysts Moot Patent-Breaking
As WTO Retaliation (BRIDGES Weekly, 8 June 2005)
- WHO
Meeting Discusses Relationship Between Trade and Public Health
(BRIDGES Weekly, 1 June 2005)
- Human
Rights Commission Calls on States to Use TRIPS Flexibilities
(BRIDGES Weekly, 20 April 2005)
- Indian
Parliament Approves Controversial Patent Bill (BRIDGES Weekly,
23 March 2005))
- European
Patent Office Upholds NEEM Patent Revocation in Biopiracy Case
(BRIDGES Weekly, 16 March)
- TRIPS
Council Meeting Suspended In Effort to Meet Public Health Deadline
(BRIDGES Weekly, 16 March)
- Southern
African Countries Reject 'Trips-Plus' Demands in FTA Negotiation
(BRIDGES Weekly, 9 March)
- US
Quietly Promotes Patent Harmonization at Developed Country Meeting
(BRIDGES Weekly, 9 February)
- US
Pressures Guatemala to Strengthen Data Protection Rules
(BRIDGES Weekly, 2 February)
- Indian
TRIPS-Compliance Legislation Under Fire (BRIDGES Weekly,
19 January)
- TRIPS
Council Considers Public Health, Biodiversity (BRIDGES Weekly,
4 December)
- Indian
Patent Law Changes Face Resistance (BRIDGES Weekly, 24 November)
- EU
Proposes Rules on Generic Drugs for Developing Countries
(BRIDGES Weekly, 10 November)
- Canadian
Drugs Patent Law for Poor Countries Released for Comment (BRIDGES
Weekly, 13 October 2004)
- Zambia
to Manufacture Generic HIV/AIDS Medicines
(BRIDGES Weekly, 8 September 2004)
- DOHA
Round: Last Ditch Effort to Find Agreement on Package Deal Underway
(BRIDGES Weekly, 21 July 2004)
- Concerns
Raised Over Access To Medicines Under Trade Treaties (BRIDGES
Weekly, 14 July 2004)
-
Quiet
TRIPS Council Focuses On Health, Biodiversity-Related Issues
(BRIDGES Weekly, 23 June 2004)
- TRIPS
Council Discusses Biodiversity, Health In Informal Mode
(BRIDGES Weekly, 10 March 2004)
- TRIPs
Council Shows Little Progress On Health And Biodiversity
(BRIDGES Weekly, 26 November 2003)
- Canada
To Amend Patent Act, Allow Generic Medicine Exports (BRIDGES
Weekly, 15 October 2003)
- Intellectual
Property Rights @ Cancun
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 5 September 2003)
- WTO
Members Reach Last-Minute Deal On TRIPs & Health (BRIDGES
Weekly, 4 September 2003)
- WTO
Members Expected To Agree On TRIPs & Health Pre-Cancun
(BRIDGES Weekly, 28 August 2003)
- US
Rumoured To Consider Change in Tactic on TRIPs & Health
(BRIDGES Weekly, 3 July 2003)
- Busy
TRIPs Council Session Focuses On Health, Biodiversity, GIs And
S&D (BRIDGES Weekly, 12 June 2003)
- EU
Agrees Tiered Medicine Pricing For Poor Countries (BRIDGES
Weekly, 4 June 2003)
- No
Compromise In Sight On TRIPs & Health (BRIDGES Weekly,
19 February 2003)
- Last-Minute
Attempt To Save TRIPs & Health Discussions
(BRIDGES Weekly, 12 February 2003)
- TRIPs
Council Back At 'Square One' On Medicines Issue (BRIDGES
Weekly, 6 February 2003)
- Informal
TRIPs Council Reconvenes On Drugs Issue (BRIDGES Weekly,
29 January 2003)
- EU
Initiative Seeks To Break Deadlock In TRIPs & Health Negotiations
(BRIDGES Weekly, 15 January 2003)
- WTO
Fails To Meet TRIPs & Health Deadline Due To US Opposition
(BRIDGES Update, 2 January 2003)
- WTO
Members Still Battling Over TRIPs And Health (BRIDGES Weekly,
20 December 2002)
- TRIPs
And Health Still Blocked As Deadlines Near (BRIDGES Weekly,
12 December 2002)
- TRIPs
Council: Still No Solution On Medicines In Sight (BRIDGES
Weekly, 28 November 2002)
- TRIPS
Council Shows Little Progress on Health and Biodiversity
(BRIDGES Weekly, 26 November 2003)
- Inching
Towards Compromise On Medicines After Sydney Mini-Ministerial
(BRIDGES Weekly, 20 November 2002)
- WTO
Stalemate Persists Over Developing Country Imports Of Generics
(BRIDGES Weekly, 24 October 2002)
- Still
No Movement In Trips Council On Health Or GIs (BRIDGES Weekly,
25 September 2002)
- 'Businesslike'
TRIPs Council Considers Options For Improving Access To Medicines
(BRIDGES Weekly, 6 August 2002)
- TRIPs
Council Agrees On Extensions For LDCs On Pharmaceutical Patents
(BRIDGES Weekly, 3 July 2002)
- TRIPs
Council Sets Agenda For June Meeting (BRIDGES Weekly, 22
May 2002)
- Divisive
Debate Over Trips And Public Health Continues In Trips Council
(BRIDGES Weekly, 12 March 2002)
- Draft
Declaration On TRIPs And Health Highlights Divisions In The
WTO (BRIDGES Weekly, 30 October 2001)
- Anthrax
Scare Draws New Focus On IPRs & Access To Medicines
(BRIDGES Weekly, 23 October 2001)
- WTO
Pursues Discussion On IPRs And Access To Medicines (BRIDGES
Weekly, 25 September 2001)
- TRIPs
Continues Discussions On Medicines (BRIDGES Weekly, 31 July
2001)
- NGOs
Air Concerns On Trading System At WTO Symposium (BRIDGES
Weekly, 10 July 2001)
- WTO
Looks At IPR Flexibility
In Access To Medicines (BRIDGES Weekly, 26 June 2001)
- Brazil-US
Reach Agreement in IPR Dispute (BRIDGES Weekly, 26 June
2001)
- IPRs
For Development Take Centre Stage At WTO (BRIDGES Weekly,
19 June)
- US-Brazil
War Of Words Over Pharmaceuticals and Intellectual Property
(BRIDGES Weekly, 8 May 2001)
- Drug
Companies Drop Case Against S. African Government (BRIDGES
Weekly, 24 April 2001)
- WTO/WHO
Drugs Workshop Focuses On Differential Pricing And Financing
(BRIDGES Weekly, 18 April 2001)
- TRIPs
Council To Hold Discussion On Essential Medicines (BRIDGES
Weekly, 10 April 2001)
- EU
Parliament, WHO Express Support For S. African AIDS Medicine
Law (BRIDGES Weekly, 20 March 2001)
- Judge's
Remarks Cast Doubt On Outcomes Of S. African Drugs Patent Case
(BRIDGES Weekly, 6 March 2001)
- TRIPs,
AIDS Drugs And Developing Countries (BRIDGES Weekly, 20
February 2001)
- TRIPs
Council Discusses Relationship With CBD (BRIDGES Weekly,
5 December 2000)
- AIDS
Conference Calls for Access to Generic AIDS Drugs (BRIDGES
Weekly, 18 July 2000)
- Drug
Firms To Drop Prices of HIV/AIDS Medicines For Poor Countries
(BRIDGES Weekly, 16 May 2000)
- Thailand
Weighs Options For Essential HIV Medicine (BRIDGES Weekly,
29 February 2000)
- DSB
Rules On Generic Drugs (BRIDGES Weekly, 8 February 2000)
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Geographical
Indications
top
- Members
Pick Up Where They Left Off On GIs, TRIPS-CBD - Still Stuck
(BRIDGES Weekly, 14 February 2007)
- Members
still Split on Relationship with CBD: GI Talks going nowhere
(BRIDGES Weekly, 22 March, 2006)
- GI
Talks Going In Circles; EU Makes GI Extension Hong Kong Priority
(BRIDGES Weekly, 2 November 2005)
- No
Headway Made On GI Register For Wines And Spirits Future of
WIPO Discussed at Geneva Meeting (BRIDGES Weekly, 29 September
2004)
- TRIPS
Council Scrutinises GI Negotiating Mandate (BRIDGES Weekly,
22 April 2004)
- TRIPs
Council Shows Little Progress On Health And Biodiversity
(BRIDGES Weekly, 26 November 2003)
- Indian
Trademarks and Geographical Indications Laws enter into Force
(BRIDGES Weekly, 25 September 2003)
- Intellectual
Property Rights @ Cancun (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 5 September
2003)
- GI
Discussion At A Standstill As EU Presents Its Product List (BRIDGES
Weekly, 28 August 2003)
- TRIPS
Council Makes No Progress On Geographical Indications (BRIDGES
Weekly, 10 July 2003)
- Busy
TRIPs Council Session Focuses On Health, Biodiversity, GIs And
S&D
(BRIDGES Weekly, 12 June 2003)
- Supachai
To Undertake Consultations On GIs (BRIDGES Weekly, 21 May
2003)
- GI
Extension Issue Crops Up In Negotiations On Multilateral System
(BRIDGES Weekly, 7 May 2003)
- GI
Negotiations Progress In Informal Mode (BRIDGES Weekly,
2 April 2003)
- TRIPs
Council Focuses On Tech Transfer And Geographical Indications
(BRIDGES Weekly, 27 February 2003)
- Still
No Movement In Trips Council On Health Or GIs (BRIDGES Weekly,
25 September 2002)
- WTO
Members Divided Over Geographical Indications (BRIDGES Weekly,
3 July 2002)
- Little
Headway On Traditional Knowledge And Biodiversity At TRIPs Council
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 21 March 2002)
- Geographical
Indications Hotly Debated In The Wake Of Doha (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 6 December 2001)
- TRIPs
Council To Examine GI Extension, TRIPs-CBD Relationship, Protection
Of TK (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 22 November 2001)
- Granting
of Basmati Patent To US Firm Raises Traditional Knowledge Concerns
(BRIDGES Weekly, 11 September 2001)
- WTO
Logjammed Over TRIPs (BRIDGES Weekly, 26 September 2000)
- TRIPs
Council Meeting Ends In Gridlock (BRIDGES Weekly, 4 July
2000)
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Biodiversity,
Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge
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TRIPS
Council
| CBD & other MEAs | FAO
Treaty | WIPO | Other
news
TRIPS Council
- TRIPS
Council Once Again Marked by Divisions Over Disclosure Amendment.(BRIDGES
Weekly, 19 March 2008)
- TRIPS:
Members Still Divided on Biodiversity, GIs and Enforcement
(BRIDGES Weekly, 14 June 2007)
- No Consensus
on Key Issues in the TRIPS Council [pdf] (BRIDGES Monthly,
February-March 2007)
- Members
Pick Up Where They Left Off On GIs, TRIPS-CBD - Still Stuck
(BRIDGES Weekly, 14 February 2007)
- TRIPS
Council: Debates on Genetic Resources and TK Remain Divisive
(BRIDGES Trade Biores, 3 November 2006)
- Members
Step Up Demands on GI Extension, Disclosure as Stalemate Continues
(BRIDGES Weekly, 21 June 2006)
- Discussions
On CBD-TRIPS Gain Momentum With New Proposals (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 16 June)
- Developing
Countries Propose TRIPS Amendment Requiring Disclosure In Patent
Applications (BRIDGES Weekly, 7 June, 2006)
- WTO:
Support for Disclosure Building in TRIPS talks
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 3 April 2006)
- Members
still Split on Relationship with CBD: GI Talks going nowhere
(BRIDGES Weekly, 22 March, 2006)
- WTO
Disclosure Talks Try to Clarify CBD-TRIPS Relationship (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes,17 March 2006)
- CBD:
Potential Text on Access and Benefit Sharing Regime Tabled
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 3 February 2006)
- IP
Standards in US-Peru FTA to Affect Talks with Colombia and Ecuador?
(BRIDGES Weekly 25 January 2006)
- Intellectual
Property Rights @ Hong Kong (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes 9 December)
- US
And India Clash On Disclosure At TRIPS Meeting (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 28 October 2005)
- TRIPS
Council Focuses on Benefit-Sharing For Genetic Resources
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 18 March 2005)
- TRIPS
Council Considers Public Health, Biodiversity (BRIDGES Weekly,
4 December)
- TRIPS
Council Zooms In On Disclosure Requirements (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 23 September 2004)
- TRIPS
Council: Key Development Countries Seek to Move Debate Forward
on Disclosure Issues (BRIDGES Weekly, 22 September 2004)
- Biodiversity
Discussions Stagnate In TRIPS Council
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 25 June 2004)
- TRIPS
Council: Renewed Calls for Moving Ahead on Biodiversity
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 19 March 2004)
- Uneventful
TRIPS Council Revisits Biodiversity Issues (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 28 November 2003)
- Intellectual
Property Rights @ Cancun (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 5 September
2003)
- Busy
TRIPs Council Session Focuses On Health, Biodiversity, GIs And
S&D (BRIDGES Weekly, 12 June 2003)
- Intellectual
Property Among Key Issues As WTO Deadlines Loom (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 11 December 2002)
- Summit
Outcomes Cited As Impetus For Progress In TRIPs Discussions
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 26 September 2002)
- TRIPs
Council Split Over Role Of Intellectual Property To Prevent
'Biopiracy' (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 11 July 2002)
- Little
Headway On Traditional Knowledge And Biodiversity At TRIPs Council
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 21 March 2002)
- TRIPs
Council To Examine GI Extension, TRIPs-CBD Relationship, Protection
Of TK (BRIDGE Trade BioRes, 22 November 2001)
- TRIPs
Council Discusses Relationship With CBD (BRIDGES Weekly,
5 December 2000)
- WTO
Logjammed Over TRIPs (BRIDGES Weekly, 26 September 2000)
- Developing
Countries Tackle TRIPs Commitments (BRIDGES Weekly, 5 September
2000)
- TRIPs
Council Meeting Ends In Gridlock (BRIDGES Weekly, 4 July
2000)
- TRIPs
Meeting Leaves Review Questions Unanswered (BRIDGES Weekly,
28 March 2000)
CBD
and other MEAs
- ABS
Experts Flesh Out Certificate of Origin
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 2 February 2007)
- Reporting
from CBD COP-8: Access and Benefit-Sharing Discussions Kick
Off At COP-8 (BRIDGES Trade BioRes,
22 March 2006)
- Trade
@ COP-8: Access And Benefits-Sharing, Incentive Measures
(BRIDGES Trade Biores, 17 March 2006)
- CBD:
Potential Text on Access and Benefit Sharing Regime Tabled (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes 3 February 2006)
- Traditional
Knowledge On The Agenda At UNFF-4 (BRIDGES Trade BioRes,
28 May 2004)
- Trade
Permeates Biodiversity Talks In Kuala Lumpur (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 20 February 2004)
- Trade
@ COP-7: What To Look Out For... (BRIDGES Trade BioRes,
6 February 2004)
- CBD
Working Groups Ponder Relationship With WIPO (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 15 December 2003)
- CBD
Adopts Guidelines On Access To Genetic Resources And Alien Species
(BRIDGES Weekly, 23 April 2002)
- CBD
Working Group Adopts Guidelines On Access To Genetic Resources
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 18 April 2002)
- Traditional
Knowledge And Biodiversity Under Discussion At WTO And CBD
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 4 April 2002)
- Misappropriation
of Traditional Knowledge Discussed at CBD Working Group
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 21 February 2002)
FAO
Treaty
- Model
Agreement Adopted for Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic
Resources (BRIDGES TradeBiores, 30
June, 2006)
- Transfer
Agreement for Genetic Resources Receives Tentative Support
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 19 May 2006)
- Experts
Identify Options for FAO Material Transfer Agreement (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 21 October 2004)
- Concerns
Raised As FAO Treaty Enters Into Force (BRIDGES Trade BioRes,
8 July 2004)
- FAO
International Undertaking Finally Adopted (BRIDGES Weekly,
6 November 2001)
- Light
At The End Of The Tunnel For FAO IU Revision (BRIDGES Weekly,
3 July 2001)
- FAO
IU Revision Still Far From Completion (BRIDGES Weekly, 1
May 2001)
- FAO
Expects Revised IU By November 2001 (BRIDGES Weekly, 5 December
2000)
- FAO
Plant Genetic Resources Negotiations Could Impact TRIPs
(BRIDGES Weekly, 5 September 2000)
WIPO
- WIPO
CTTE on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Looks for
Way Forward (BRIDGES Weekly, 5 March 2008)
- WIPO
Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge Extended
Once More (BRIDGES Weekly, 18 July 2007)
- WIPO
Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge Inconclusive
Thus Far (BRIDGES Weekly, 11 July
2007)
- WIPO
Committee on Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources Suspends
Discussions Until December (BRIDGES
Weekly, 3 May 2006)
- WIPO
Committee Considers Mechanism To Protect TK
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 19 May 2006)
- Developing
Countries Propose Disclosure at WIPO Patent Meeting (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 14 April 2006)
- WIPO
to Continue Work on Genetic Resources, TK (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 14 October 2005)
- WIPO
Committee Fails To Move On Traditional Knowledge Treaty
(BRIDGES Weekly, 15 June 2005)
- WIPO
Committee Resumes Work On Genetic Resources And TK (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 2 April 2004)
- WIPO
Committee Continues Discussions On Legal Protection For TK
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 20 December 2002)
- Developing
Countries Raise Biodiversity Concerns In WIPO (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 11 December 2002)
- WIPO
Committee: Countries Divided On Need For And Scope Of Legal
System To Protect TK (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 27 June 2002)
- WIPO
Committee: Countries Divided Over Need For New Legal Norms To
Protect TK (BRIDGE Trade BioRes, 20 December 2001)
Other
news
- Conference
Agrees Steps to Safeguard Farm Animal Diversity
(BRIDGES Trade Biores, 21 September 2007)
- Controversial
Monsanto Soy Patent Revoked (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 11 May 2007)
- Biotech
Companies Want Switzerland on IP Watchlist (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 13 April 2007)
- ABS
Experts Flesh Out Certificate of Origin (BRIDGES Trade BioRes,
2 February 2007)
- Civil
Society Protests Patenting of Non-GM Seeds and Farm Animals
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 30 March 2007)
- TRIPS
council discussions fall apart over enforcement issue (BRIDGES
Weekly, 1 November 2006)
- Taro
Patents To Be Given Back To Hawaii's Indigenous People (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 16 June 2006)
- Two
African Laws Proposed for TK, Trade In Genetic Resources
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 19 May 2006)
- WTO
Panel Provisionally Rules Against EU Moratorium on Biotech Approvals
(BRIDGES Weekly, 8 February 2006)
- DSU
Update: GMOS, Beef Hormones (BRIDGES Weekly, 10 November
2004)
- EU
Propose4s Rules on Generic Drugs for Developing Countries
(BRIDGES Weekly, 10 November 2004)
- Report
on GM Maize in Mexico Meets Controversy (BRIDGES Weekly,
10 November 2004)
- EC
Approves Another GM Maize Variety (BRIDGES Weekly, 10 November
2004)
- GMO
Update: Recent Developments in the EU and US (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 5 November 2004)
- Brazilian
President Approves GM Soy Crop (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 21
October 2004)
- GMO
Update: Thailand; Brazil; EU Regulations (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 23 September 2004)
- GMO
Update: US-EU Biotech Dispute; EU Regulations; Thailand
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 23 September 2004)
- Better
Testing Needed for all Novel Foods, not Just GMOs
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 6 August 2004)
- European
Patent Office Upholds Harvard Mouse Patent (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 8 July 2004)
- Farmers'
Rights -- Endangered by the CAFTA? (BRIDGES Trade BioRes,
6 February 2004)
- Facilitating
Access And Benefit-Sharing Among Users Of Genetic Resources
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 14 November 2003)
- Civil
Society Groups Scrutinise Intellectual Property Provisions In
FTAA Text (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 7 November 2002)
- Activists
Call For A Treaty To Share The Genetic Commons (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 7 February 2002)
- Granting
of Basmati Patent To US Firm Raises Traditional Knowledge Concerns
(BRIDGES Weekly, 11 September 2001)
- UN
Development Commission Focuses On Biotech Capacity Building
(BRIDGES Weekly, 6 June 2001)
- Experts
Tackle Protection Of Traditional Knowledge at UNCTAD Meeting
(BRIDGES Weekly, 7 November 2000)
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World
Intellectual Property Organisation
top
- Call
for Work on Exceptions and Limitations in WIPO Copyright Committee.(BRIDGES
Weekly, 19 March 2008)
- Sluggish
Start to WIPO Talks on Implementing Development Agenda Recommendations.
(BRIDGES Weekly, 12 March 2008)
- WIPO Members
Agree on Development Agenda [pdf]
(BRIDGES Monthly, June-July 2007)
- WIPO
Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge Extended
Once More (BRIDGES Weekly, 18 July 2007)
- WIPO
Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge Inconclusive
Thus Far (BRIDGES Weekly, 11 July 2007)
- WIPO
Broadcast Treaty Talks Collapse (BRIDGES
Weekly, 27 June 2007)
- WIPO
Members Agree on Development Agenda (BRIDGES Weekly, 20
June 2007)
- WIPO
Development Agenda Committee Gets to Grips With Tricky Issues
(BRIDGES Weekly, 14 June 2007)
- Breakthrough
on WIPO Development Agenda [pdf] (BRIDGES
Monthly, April 2007)
- Avance
Significativo en la Agenda del Desarrollo de la OMPI
(PUENTES, 6 March 2007)
- Breakthrough
on WIPO Development Agenda (BRIDGES
Weekly, 28 February 2007)
- Governments
Remain Divided on WIPO Broadcast Treaty
(BRIDGES Weekly, 24 January 2007)
- Developing
Countries press for speedier WIPO Talks on GR, TK
(BRIDGES Trade Biores, 6 October 2006)
- How
to integrate biodiversity concerns into development cooperation
(BRIDGES Trade Biores, 6 October 2006)
- WIPO
General Assembly finds way forward on Broadcast Treaty, Development
Agenda (BRIDGES Weekly, 4 October
2006)
- WIPO
General Assembly Underway (BRIDGES
Weekly, 27 September 2006)
- WIPO
Committee Approves Broadcast Treaty Amidst Differences (BRIDGES
Weekly, 20 September, 2006)
- WIPO
Development Agenda Meeting Breaks Down Over Chair's Text (BRIDGES
Weekly, 5 July 2006)
- WIPO
Moves Forward On Broadcasting Treaty, Webcasting Talks Split
Off (BRIDGES Weekly, 10 May, 2006)
- WIPO
Patent Harmonization Talks Adrift After Meeting Collapses
(BRIDGES Weekly, 26 April, 2006)
- Developing
Countries Propose Disclosure at WIPO Patent Meeting (BRIDGES
Trade Biores, 14 April, 2006)
- New
WIPO Trademark Law Treaty Adopted In Singapore (BRIDGES
Weekly, 5 April 2006)
- WIPO
Members Agree On How To Structure Future Talks On Development
Agenda (BRIDGES Weekly, 1 March, 2006)
- Chile
and Brazil Propose Public Interest Exemptions to WIPO Broadcast
Treaty (BRIDGES Weekly, 30 November 2005)
- WIPO
to Continue Work on Genetic Resources, TK (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 14 October 2005)
-
WIPO Members Create New Forum to Discuss Development Agenda
(BRIDGES Weekly, 5 October 2005)
- WIPO
Committee Fails To Move On Traditional Knowledge Treaty
(BRIDGES Weekly, 15 June 2005)
- WIPO
Members Fail To Reach Agreement At Patent Harmonisation Meeting
(BRIDGES Weekly, 8 June 2005)
- WIPO
Development Agenda Debate Continues At Seminar (BRIDGES
Weekly, 04 May 2005)
- Discussions
on Development Agenda Continue In WIPO Committee (BRIDGES
Weekly, 20 April 2005)
- Governments
Meet In Geneva To Discuss WIPO Development Agenda (BRIDGES
Weekly, 13 April 2005)
- India
Rejects Outcome of Casablanca Patent Harmonisation Meeting
(BRIDGES Weekly, 13 April 2005)
- Developing
Country Group Officially Rejects Informal WIPO Meeting Outcome
(BRIDGES Weekly, 9 March 2005)
- General
Assembly Bypassed in Informal WIPO Talks on Patent Harmonisation
(BRIDEGES Weekly, 23 February 2005)
- US
Pressures Guatemala to Strengthen Data Protection Rules
(BRIDGES Weekly, 2 February 2005)
- WIPO
Committee Considers Traditional Knowledge, Folklore Provisions
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 19 November 2004)
- WIPO
Takes Up 'Development Agenda', Moves On Disclosure
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 8 October 2004)
- Moving
Forward The 'Development Agenda' In WIPO (BRIDGES Weekly,
6 October 2004)
- Declaration
On Future Of WIPO Urges Balanced Approach To Intellectual Property
(BRIDGES Weekly, 29 September 2004)
- Future
of WIPO Discussed at Geneva Meeting (BRIDGES Weekly, 15
September 2004)
- Argentina
and Brazil Propose ''Development Agenda'' for WIPO (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 10 September 2004)
- Argentina
and Brazil Propose "Development Agenda" for WIPO
(BRIDGES Weekly, 8 September 2004)
- Disclosure
Requirements Remain Divisive In WIPO Patent Reform (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 28 May 2004)
- WIPO
Committee Resumes Work On Genetic Resources And TK
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 2 April 2004)
- Trade
Permeates Biodiversity Talks In Kuala Lumpur (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 20 February 2004)
- CBD
Working Groups Ponder Relationship With WIPO (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 15 December 2003)
- Uneventful
TRIPs Council Revisits Biodiversity Issues (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 28 November 2003)
- Cancun
Casts Shadow Over WIPO Assemblies
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 3 October 2003)
- WIPO
IPR/TK Committee Closes Without Agreement On Mandate
(BRIDGES Weekly, 28 July 2003)
- WIPO
Committee Continues Discussions On Legal Protection For TK
(BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 20 December 2002)
- Developing
Countries Raise Biodiversity Concerns In WIPO (BRIDGES Trade
BioRes, 11 December 2002)
- WIPO
Committee: Countries Divided On Need For And Scope Of Legal
System To Protect TK (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 27 June 2002)
- Developing
Countries Wary Of Additional Commitments In WIPO (BRIDGES
Trade BioRes, 10 October 2002)
- WIPO
Committee: Countries Divided Over Need For New Legal Norms To
Protect TK (BRIDGE Trade BioRes, 20 December 2001)
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