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)
• wan 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
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• 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)
• U 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
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• 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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Bilateral Agreements
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• A Shift in Intellectual Property Policy in US FTAs? [pdf] (BRIDGES Monthly, August 2007)
• Russia Accession: New Potential Hurdle with EU, TRIPS Plus IP Commitments with US (BRIDGES Weekly, 29 November 2006)
• US-Colombia FTA Signed, Says Environmental Laws To Be Upheld (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 3 March 2006)
• IP Standards in US-Peru FTA to Affect Talks with Colombia and Ecuador? (BRIDGES Weekly 25 January 2006)
• AG, IP Hobble Andean-US Free Trade Talks (BRIDGES Weekly, 30 November)
• US Pressures Guatemala to Strengthen Data Protection Rules (BRIDGES Weekly, 2 February 2005)
• Brazil Submits Piracy Report To USTR To Retain GSP Status (BRIDGES Weekly, 29 September 2004)
• 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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Other News
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• Focus on IPR Enforcement at Meeting in Dubai (BRIDGES Weekly, 13 February 2008)
• Kenyan Parliament Rejects Patent Law Amendments, Preserves TRIPS Flexibilities (BRIDGES Weekly, 19 September 2007)
• European Parliament TRIPS Amendment Vote Postponed Once Again (BRIDGES Weekly, 19 September 2007)
• Novartis Patent Challenge Dismissed in India (BRIDGES Weekly, 5 September 2007)
• G-8 Calls for Action on Climate Change, IPRs and Africa [pdf] (BRIDGES Monthly, June-July 2007)
• European Patent Office Imagines Intellectual Property Circa 2025 (BRIDGES Weekly, 25 April 2007)
• Chile and the US Priority Watch List: Some Considerations [pdf] (BRIDGES Monthly, April 2007)
• India's Patent Act On Trial [pdf] (BRIDGES Monthly, February-March 2007)
• WHO Group on Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property Holds First Meeting (BRIDGES Weekly, 13 December 2006)
• New Forum Holds First Meeting on Internet Governance (BRIDGES Weekly, 8 November 2006)
• World Health Assembly Adopts Resolution on R&D, Trade and Health (BRIDGES Weekly, 31 May, 2006)
• Latin American Health Ministers Stress Links Between IP and Health (BRIDGES Weekly, 24 May, 2006)
• WTO Panel Provisionally Rules Against EU Moratorium on Biotech Approvals (BRIDGES Weekly 8 February 2006)
• Taiwan Issues Compulsory License for Tamiflu (BRIDGES Weekly, 30 November)
• LDCs Gramted Limited Extension for Implementing TRIPS Commitments (BRIDGES Weekly, 30 November)
• WSIS Meeting Changes Little on Internet Governance or Digital Divide Funding (BRIDGES Weekly, 23 November 2005)
• Adelphi Charter Launched on Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property (BRIDGES Weekly, 19 October 2005)
• Brazil Asks for Cross Retaliation Under TRIPS, GATS in Cotton Dispute with US (BRIDGES Weekly, 12 October 2005)
• Colombia Cancels Patents On 250 Products Of Multinationals (BRIDGES Weekly, 15 June)
• Indian TRIPS-Compliance Legislation Under Fire (BRIDGES Weekly, 19 January 2005)
• Indian Patent Law Changes Face Resistance (BRIDGES Weekly, 24 November 2004)
• EU Commission Adopts New IP Strategy (BRIDGES Weekly, 17 November 2004)
• Experts Debate Links Between Intellectual Property and Human Rights (BRIDGES Weekly, 15 September 2004)
• CODEX Defers Decisions on Origin Labelling, Parmesan and Sardines (BRIDGES Trade BioRes, 8 July 2004)
  

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