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Development Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights
Division on Investment and Enterprise

TOT-IP logoResponding to the new mandate received from Member States at the Ministerial Conference in Accra, as well as to the requests contained in the WIPO Development Agenda and the World Health Assembly´s Resolution 61.21 on a Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, the UNCTAD Secretariat is implementing a work programme on the development dimensions of intellectual property (IP) rights.

The IP programme conducts research and analysis on trade and development aspects of intellectual property and facilitates consensus-building in international discussions on issues at the interface between investment and intellectual property.   More >>


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Ministerial Breakfast Roundtable on Global Public Health: Launch of the WHO, UNCTAD and ICTSD Project on pharmaceutical-related transfer of technology

07 July 09 - UNCTAD, WHO, UNIDO and ICTSD held a Ministerial Breakfast Roundtable at the ECOSOC High Level Segment on the Global Public Health, High-Quality, and Low-Cost Pharmaceutical Production in Developing Countries. The roundtable launched the WHO, UNCTAD and ICTSD Project on pharmaceutical-related transfer of technology in favour of developing countries funded by the European Commission.More >>


CopyrightEvent on Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright - Recent Developments and the Way Forward

29 May 09 - The UNCTAD-ICTSD side event discussed the Munich Declaration on a Balanced Interpretation of the ´Three-Step Test´ in Copyright Law and the role of copyright limitations and exceptions in digitally integrated scientific research.More >>


Event on the WIPO Development Agenda and the Public Domain

30 April 09 - The UNCTAD/ICTSD Side-event debated ideas for the implementation of the recommendations of the WIPO Development Agenda on public domain. Professor, James Boyle and Ms. Uma Suthersanen made their presentations to over 60 participants, including representatives of Governments, civil society and international organisations. More >>






The Bayh-Dole Model in Developing Countries: Reflections on the Indian Bill on Publicly Funded Intellectual Property
Negotiating Trade, Innovation and Intellectual Property: Lessons from the CARIFORUM EPA Experience from a Negotiator’s Perspective
Addressing the Interface between Patents and Technical Standards in International Trade Discussions
A2K and the WIPO Development Agenda: Time to List the Public Domain
Does TRIPS Art. 66.2 Encourage Technology Transfer to LDCs? An Analysis of Country Submissions to the TRIPS Council (1999-2007)
Post-mortem for the Geneva mini-ministerial: Where does TRIPs go from here?
IIA Monitor No. 1 (2007): Intellectual Property Provisions in International Investment Arrangements
EXCEPTIONS TO PATENT RIGHTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (Issue paper No. 17)
THE INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT SYSTEM: LIMITATIONS, EXCEPTIONS AND PUBLIC INTEREST CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (Issue Paper No. 15)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROVISIONS OF BILATERAL AND REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS IN LIGHT OF U.S. FEDERAL LAW (Issue Paper No. 12)
 
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