Information from International
Organisations
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Note by the WTO Secretariat
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - WTO Secretariat Technical Cooperation in the
TRIPS Area
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This document updates the information on the WTO Secretariat's
technical cooperation activities in regard to TRIPS matters
contained in document IP/C/W/304, dated 12 September 2001.
It covers the period from 1 September 2001 to 13 September
2002. It focuses on the Secretariat's technical cooperation
activities that specifically relate to intellectual property.
This document updates the information on the WTO Secretariat's
technical cooperation activities in regard to TRIPS matters
contained in document IP/C/W/304, dated 12 September 2001.
It covers the period from 1 September 2001 to 13 September
2002. It focuses on the Secretariat's technical cooperation
activities that specifically relate to intellectual property.
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Date:
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12 Sep 2002
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/375
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Organisation:
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Note by the WTO Secretariat
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - The Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
- Summary of Issues Raised and Points Made
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Summary of issues raised by delegations in the Council
for TRIPS in regard to the protection of traditional knowledge
and folklore.
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Date:
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8 Aug 2002
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/370
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Organisation:
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Note by the WTO Secretariat
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - Review of the Provisions of Article 27.3(b) -
Summary of Issues Raised and Points Made
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Summary of issues raised and points made by delegations
in the Council for TRIPS in regard to the review of the
provisions of Article 27.3(b).
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Date:
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8 Aug 2002
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/369
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Organisation:
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Note by the WTO Secretariat
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - The Relationship between the TRIPS Agreement
and the Convention on Biological Diversity - Summary of
Issues Raised and Points Made
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Summary of issues raised and points made by delegations
in the Council for TRIPS in regard to the relationship
between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological
Diversity.
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Date:
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8 Aug 2002
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/368
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Organisation:
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Note by the WTO Secretariat
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - Proposals on Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration
on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health: Thematic Compilation
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I. Measures to facilitate exports to members with insufficient
manufacturing capacities. II Measures to facilitate production
under compulsory licences in countries with presently
insufficient manufacturing capacity.
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Date:
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11 Jul 2002
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IP/C/W/363
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Organisation:
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WIPO
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Title:
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Committee on Trade and Environment - The WIPO Intergovernmental
Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources,
Traditional Knowledge and Folklore - First Session, Geneva,
30 April - 3 May 2001 - Submission by the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO)
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I. Introduction. II. The Intergovernmental Committee on
Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional
Knowledge and Folklore. III. Conclusions.
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Date:
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21 Jun 2001
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/297
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Organisation:
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UPOV
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - Review of the Provisions of Article 27.3(b),
Relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention
on Biological Diversity and Protection of Traditional
Knowledge and Folklore - Information from Intergovernmental
Organizations - International Union for the Protection
of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) - Addendum
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Updated information from the secretariat of the International
Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)
on their activities in relation to provisions of Article
27.3(b), the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement
and the Convention on Biological Diversity and protection
of traditional knowledge and folklore.
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Date:
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11 Jun 2002
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IP/C/W/347/Add.3
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Organisation:
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UNCTAD
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - Review of the Provisions of Article 27.3(b),
Relationship between
the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity
and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
(UNCTAD) - Addendum
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Updated information from the secretariat of the United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on
their activities in relation to provisions of Article
27.3(b), the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement
and the Convention on Biological Diversity and protection
of traditional knowledge and folklore.
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Date:
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10 Jun 2002
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/347/Add.2
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Organisation:
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CBD
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - Committee on Trade and Environment - Review of
the Provisions of Article 27.3(b), Relationship between
the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity
and Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Folklore -
Information from Intergovernmental Organizations - Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD) - Addendum
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Updated information from the secretariat from the Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD) on their activities in relation
to provisions of Article 27.3(b), the relationship between
the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity
and protection of traditional knowledge and folklore.
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Date:
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10 Jun 2002
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/347/Add.1
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Organisation:
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FAO
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Title:
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Council
for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- Review of the Provisions of Article 27.3(b), Relationship
between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological
Diversity and Protection of Traditional Knowledge and
Folklore - Information from Intergovernmental Organizations
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Updated
information from the secretariat of the FAO on their activities
in relation to provisions of Article 27.3(b), the relationship
between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological
Diversity and protection of traditional knowledge and
folklore.
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Date:
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7 Jun 2002
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/347
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Organisation:
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WIPO
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Title:
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Committee on Trade and Environment - Council for Trade-Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - Statement by
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on
Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge
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Summary
of activities undertaken by WIPO on intellectual property
in relation to biological diversity and traditional knowledge.
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Date:
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6 Jun 2001
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/242
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Organisation:
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WIPO
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - Document prepared by the International Bureau
of WIPO for the Meeting on Intellectual Property and Genetic
Resources, which took place on 17 and 18 April 2000 in
Geneva - Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources -
An Overview
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Genesis of WIPO Meeting on Intellectual Property and Genetic
resources. Delegation of Colombia proposed the introduction
of a new article in the draft Patent Law Treaty, as follows:
1. All industrial property protection shall guarantee
the protection of the country's biological
and genetic heritage. Consequently, the grant of patents
or registrations that relate to elements of that heritage
shall be subject to their having been acquired legally.
2. Every document shall specify the registration number
of the contract affording access to genetic resources
and a copy thereof where the products or processes for
which protection is sought have been manufactured or developed
from genetic resources, or products thereof, of which
one of the member countries is the country of origin."
(see document SCP/3/10). Standing Committee on the LAw
of Patents (SCP) issued invitation to Internationa lBureau
to include on Agenda of Working Group on Biotechnological
Inventions, to be convened in November of 1999 at WIPO,
the ssue of protection of biological and genetic resources.
II. The Protection fo traditional knowledge and its relationship
with the international treaties on intellectual property.
III. Access to and Transfer of Technology in the Context
of Access to Genetic Resources and their Relationship
with the International Treaties on Intellectual Property
IV. Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing and
their Relationship with the International Treaties on
Intellectual Property V. Scientific and Technical Cooperation
in the Preservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity
and its Relationship with the International Treaties on
Intellectual Property.
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Date:
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18 Oct 2000
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/218
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Organisation:
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WIPO
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - Document Prepared by the International Bureau
of WIPO for the Roundtable on Intellectual Property and
Traditional Knowledge which Took Place on 1 and 2 November
1999 in Geneva - Protection of Traditional Knowledge:
A Global Intellectual Property Issue
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Details WIPO's activities in the protection of traditional
knowledge (TK). Focus on "expressions of folklore"
and "indigenous knowledge".
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Date:
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18 Oct 2000
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/217
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Organisation:
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Note by the WTO Secretariat
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - The Convention on Biological Diversity and the
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights
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I. The Convention on Biological Diversity. A. Introduction.
B. IPR-related provisions of the Biodiversity Convention.
(a) Conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.
(b) Sharing benefits from genetic resources. (c) Access
to and transfer of technology. (d) Traditional and indigenous
knowledge. (e) Clearing-house mechanism. (f) Relationship
with other international agreements. II. The Agreement
on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
A. Introduction. B. Provisions of the TRIPS Agreement
which are relevant to matters raised in the Biodiversity
Convention. (a) Promotion of, access to and transfer of
technology. (b) Technology that may adversely affect the
environment. (c) Patentability of genetic material and
life forms. (d) Traditional and indigenous knowledge.
(e) Council for TRIPS.
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Date:
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3 Oct 2000
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/216
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Organisation:
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Background Note by the WTO Secretariat
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - The Relationship Between the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) and the Agreement on the Trade-Related
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS); With
a Focus on Article 27.3(B)
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Content
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Plant variety protection - Relevant international instruments.
Information provided to the TRIPS Council on the Implementation
of Article 27.3(B). Country studies on sui generis systems
based on the UPOV model. Legislation enacted to give effect
to the CBD. Annex 1: Synoptic table of plant variety protection
systems.
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Date:
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11 May 2000
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/175
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Organisation:
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UPOV
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Title:
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights - Review of the Provisions of Article 27.3.b -
Information from Intergovernmental Organizations
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Factual information concerning the UPOV Convention supplied
pursuant to a request of the Council for TRIPS. Appendix
1: States party to the International Convention for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants. Appendix 2: To
factual information concerning UPOV Convention supplied
pursuant to a request of the Council for TRIPS: Act of
1978 - International Convention for the Protection of
New Varieties of Plants of December 2, 1961, as Revised
at Geneva on November 10, 1972, and on October 23, 1978.
Appendix 3: 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention: List of Articles.
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Date:
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17 Feb 1999
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Reference:
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IP/C/W/130
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