Occasional Paper 13 - Trade Diplomacy, the Rule of Law and the Problem of Asymmetric Risks in TRIPS
Asymmetric-Risks-in-TRIPS.pdf 30.79 KB Occasional Paper 11- Non-Violation Nullification or Impairment Causes of Action under the TRIPS Agreement and the Fifth Ministerial Conference: A Warning and Reminder
Non-Violation.pdf 22.83 KB Provides an overview, based on intellectual property rights negotiations in the Americas, of some of the implications of regional and bilateral Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs) plus agreements for the current minimum standards under TRIPs. It discusses the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) in relation to TRIPs, and argues that the push towards ever-stronger IPRs threatens to undermine the balance achieved in many national laws and the capacity of developing countries to use flexibilities existing at the international level to achieve developmental and public policy goals.
This is TRIPs Issues Paper number 1, published by QUNO, Geneva and the Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP), Ottawa.
Occasional Paper 12 - Establishing a Disclosure of Origin Obligation in the TRIPS Agreement
Dec-of-Origin.pdf 63.02 KB In these issues papers, authors are invited to examine a subject of importance in the developing international intellectual property regime and highlight key issues they see arising. The topics have been chosen following consultations with negotiators from developing countries, and respond to their concerns. Our aim is to contribute to a greater understanding of the impact of changes in this area upon people’s lives and better inform debate and negotiations.
In these issues papers, individual authors are invited to examine a subject of importance in the developing international intellectual property regime and highlight the key issues they see arising. The topics have been chosen following consultations with negotiators from developing countries and respond to their concerns. Our aim is to contribute to a greater understanding of the impact of changes in this area upon people’s lives and better inform debate and negotiations.
FTAs-TRIPS-plus-English.pdf 326.41 KB FTAs-TRIPS-plus-Spanish.pdf 265.59 KB Occasional Paper 10 - Negotiating intellectual property: Mandates and options in the Doha Work Programme
Doha-Work-Programme.pdf 308.7 KB Will biotechnology and the minimum standards of intellectual property rights (IPRs) required of members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) affect food security? Variations on this question have arisen in discussions with negotiators in Geneva in the Quaker UN Office programme (QUNO) on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). This paper provides some ideas of how that question might be answered.
Food-Security-Biotechnology-IP-English.pdf 164.42 KB Food-Security-Biotechnology-IP-Spanish.pdf 261.26 KB In these issues papers, individual authors are invited to examine a subject of importance in the developing international intellectual property regime and highlight the key issues they see arising. The topics have been chosen following consultations with negotiators from developing countries and respond to their concerns. Our aim is to contribute to a greater understanding of the impact of changes in this area upon people’s lives and better inform debate and negotiations.
One concern arising from implementation of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is its impact on farming communities. In particular, the meaning of four words in Article 27.3(b) – ‘effective sui generis system’ – for plant variety protection (PVP) has
exercised many people in developing countries since publication of our earlier report on Trade, Intellectual Property, Food and Biodiversity* in February 1999. In response to concerns expressed by developing country missions to the WTO in Geneva, we have commissioned this discussion paper to examine this issue.
Occasional Paper 9 - Compulsory Licensing for Public Health Needs: The TRIPS Agenda at the WTO after the Doha Declaration on Public Health
Compulsory-Licensing.pdf 365.43 KB Debate about the impact of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has broadened since publication of our earlier discussion paper on Trade, Intellectual Property, Food and Biodiversity* in February 1999. One area of concern is its impact on traditional and indigenous knowledge (TK). This paper discusses a number of policy issues surrounding the protection of TK that may be relevant to future negotiations or a deeper treatment of this issue in various international fora.
Traditional-Knowledge-IP-English.pdf 238.75 KB Traditional-Knowledge-IP-Spanish.pdf 159.15 KB Occasional Paper 1 - Notes of a talk given at Quaker House, Geneva, 12 September 2000
Drahos.pdf 231.04 KB Occasional Paper 6 - Some Assumptions On Patent Law And Pharmaceutical R&D
PatentLaw-R-D.pdf 229.02 KB Occasional Paper 5 - TRIPS Disputes: Implications for the Pharmaceutical Sector
TRIPS-Disputes.pdf 258.7 KB Occasional Paper 3 - Notes of a talk given at Quaker House, Geneva, 23 May 2001
Access-to-Medicine.pdf 218.66 KB Occasional Paper 4 - Notes of a talk given at Quaker House, Geneva, 16 May 2001
Costs-of-Patents.pdf 298.89 KB Occasional Paper 2 - Paper prepared for a Discussion Meeting hosted by the Quaker UN Office – Geneva and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Adcock-Llewelyn.pdf 346.29 KB There is a growing debate about intellectual property rights, food, farming, biodiversity, the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and other agreements. This paper aims to draw on the various perspectives presented in the body of literature informing debate to:
Trade-IP-Food-Biodiversity-English.pdf 132.53 KB Trade-IP-Food-Biodiversity-French.pdf 155.46 KB Trade-IP-Food-Biodiversity-Spanish.pdf 145.95 KB Trade-IP-Food-Biodiversity-German.pdf 160.38 KB Trade-IP-Food-Biodiversity-Swedish.pdf 775.19 KB 
