INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & HEALTH

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BIODIVERSITY & TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE

WTO - TRADE RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (TRIPS)

WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)

v WIPO

v WIPO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

n 2004
n 2005
n 2006
n 2007
n 2022

v WIPO DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

n General
n Proposals Establishing Development Agenda for WIPO
n First Inter-Sessional Intergovernmental Meeting (11-13 April 2005)
n Second Inter-Sessional Intergovernmental Meeting (20-22 June 2005)
n Third Inter-Sessional Intergovernmental Meeting (20-23 July 2005)
n Provisional Committee on WIPO Development Agenda (20-24 Feb 2006)
n Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to the WIPO Development Agenda (26 – 30 July 2006)
n Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda, 3rd Session (19 – 23 February 2007)
n Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda, 4th Session (11- 14 June 2007)

v PATENTS

n General

• 13th Session (21- 24 November 2005)
• 14th Session (1 - 5 May 2006)
• 15th Session (11 - 13 September 2006)



• First Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) (17 – 19 January 2007)

Chairman dominates discussions at Special Session on Copyright (19 January 2007)
No progress over negotiating text for broadcast rights treaty (23 January 2007)


• Second Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)

Developing countries criticize Chair's text on broadcasting treaty (20 June 2007)
NGOs give detailed critique of broadcast treaty (21 June 2007)
WIPO Agrees not to convene broadcasting treaty conference (25 June 2007)
WIPO Cancels broadcast conference but agrees to keep talking (26 June 2007)

TWN WORKSHOPS & REPORTS

TWN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS SERIES

THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS

TWN BRIEFING PAPERS

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