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Civil Society Letter on Intellectual Property to RCEP Negotiators

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Sep 26, 2019 | RCEP, Regional Fora

We are concerned about TRIPS-plus proposals concerning intellectual property enforcement. Intellectual property are “private” rights, to be enforced by the IP holder. However, we note with concern that there are a number of proposals shifting the burden of enforcement onto the government and according greater enforcement rights in favour of the IP holder at the expense of equity, rights of third parties and public interests.

World Health Assembly to Discuss UN High Level Report on Access to Medicines

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Feb 2, 2017 | Multilateral Fora, News

[Reposted from the Third World Network, Link] The forthcoming 70th World Health Assembly (WHA) will discuss access to medicines including the United Nations Secretary General’s High Level Panel Report on Access to Medicines...

World Health Organization Member State Mechanism Agrees to Drop “Counterfeit” Term

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Nov 30, 2016 | Multilateral Fora

[Third World Network, Link] The World Health Organization (WHO) Member State Mechanism (MSM) on substandard/spurious/falsely-labelled /falsified/counterfeit medical products (SSFFC) has agreed to recommend to the World Health...

Unconditional 17-Year Exemption from Pharmaceuticals Patents Agreed

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Nov 4, 2015 | Multilateral Fora

[Reposted from the Third World Network, Link] The United States and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at the World Trade Organization have reached agreement ad referendum on a pharmaceutical patent exemption for a duration of...

US Stands in the Way of LDCs’ Pharmaceutical Transition Period

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Oct 16, 2015 | Multilateral Fora

[Cross posted from the TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues, Link] As the World Trade Organization’s intellectual property body begins its session today, there is emerging consensus among the organization’s members...

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Protocol on Patents: Implications for Access to Medicines

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Nov 24, 2014 | Academic Resources, Regional Fora

Research Paper 56. South Centre. LINK TO FULL PAPER on SOUTHCENTRE.INT Executive Summary: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) suffers from numerous communicable and non-communicable diseases, with significant socio-economic effects, and...

NGOs Condemn the EU Press Release on TRIPS Extension for Least Developed Countries

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Jun 25, 2013 | Multilateral Fora

Joint Statement by 26 NGOs, June 21, 2013 [PDF] On 11th June 2013, the WTO TRIPS Council took a decision (IP/C/64) to extend for a further 8 years, the flexibility of least developed country (LDC) Members under Article 66.1 to...

Controversy Over Patent Rights and the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Virus

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | May 29, 2013 | News

An investigation conducted by Edward Hammond, consultant researcher of Third World Network, has revealed that a leading medical centre in The Netherlands is using a material transfer agreement (MTA) that claims proprietary...

US and EU Demand TRIPS-Plus Concession from Poorest Countries

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Apr 30, 2013 | Multilateral Fora

Developed countries, particularly the United States and the European Union, have offered a poor and impractical deal of an incredibly short extension of 5 years with restrictive conditions to least developed countries that are...

New Seed Legislation Spells Disaster for Farmers in Africa

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Apr 3, 2013 | Regional Fora

Civil society organisations from the SADC region, and around the world have condemned the SADC draft Protocol for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Plant Breeders’ Rights) as spelling disaster for small farmers and food...

Letter from 376 Civil Society Groups Supporting an Extension of the TRIPS Waiver for Least Developed Countries

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Feb 26, 2013 | Multilateral Fora, Positive Agenda

Attached here is a letter from hundreds of civil society groups (representing millions of people worldwide) to members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) urging them to support the request and draft decision text proposed by...

Letter to WIPO From 45 Civil Society Groups: IP Enforcement

Posted by Sangeeta-Shashikant | Dec 2, 2011 | Multilateral Fora

The letter below was sent to Mr. Francis Gurry on 30th November 2011. The contents were also communicated during the Advisory Committee on Enforcement that met on 30th November to 1st December 2011.

Regards,
Sangeeta Shashikant
Third World Network

…Today it is widely known that proponents of a “maximalist agenda” on intellectual property (made up of OECD businesses and governments) are on a campaign to increase IP protection and enforcement far beyond the minimum standards of the TRIPS Agreements in ways that are “TRIPS-Plus-Plus”.[1] However such an approach disregards the development dimension, undermines public interests and compromises fundamental human rights such freedom of expression over the internet.[2] …

Author: Sangeeta-Shashikant

Civil Society Letter on Intellectual Property to RCEP Negotiators

World Health Assembly to Discuss UN High Level Report on Access to Medicines

World Health Organization Member State Mechanism Agrees to Drop “Counterfeit” Term

Unconditional 17-Year Exemption from Pharmaceuticals Patents Agreed

US Stands in the Way of LDCs’ Pharmaceutical Transition Period

The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Protocol on Patents: Implications for Access to Medicines

NGOs Condemn the EU Press Release on TRIPS Extension for Least Developed Countries

Controversy Over Patent Rights and the Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Virus

US and EU Demand TRIPS-Plus Concession from Poorest Countries

New Seed Legislation Spells Disaster for Farmers in Africa

Letter from 376 Civil Society Groups Supporting an Extension of the TRIPS Waiver for Least Developed Countries

Letter to WIPO From 45 Civil Society Groups: IP Enforcement

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