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• NEW: Watered-down ACTA Approaching Conclusion (BRIDGES Weekly, 8th September 2010)

• NEW: WIPO Folklore Discussions Get New Energy After Years of Stalemate (BRIDGES Weekly, 28th July 2010)

• NEW: WTO, WHO and WIPO Vow Cooperation on Access to Medicines, but Challenges Remain (BRIDGES Weekly, 21st July 2010)

• NEW: ABS Text Advances in Montreal but Much Work Remains (BRIDGES Weekly, 21st July 2010)

• NEW: Innovation is Critical to Economic Recovery: OECD (BRIDGES Weekly, 14th July 2010)

• NEW: Biodiversity Meeting Delves Into Access and Benefit Sharing (BRIDGES Weekly, 14th July 2010)

• Officials Seek to Ease Fears of Privacy Violations under ACTA (BRIDGES Weekly, 7th July 2010)

• WIPO Copyright Body Fails to Agree on Instrument For Visually Impaired (BRIDGES Weekly, 30th June 2010)

• Animated TRIPS Council Meeting Tackles Public Health, ACTA, Biodiversity (BRIDGES Weekly, 16th June 2010)

• US, Developing Countries at Odds over Potential Treaty for the Blind (BRIDGES Weekly, 9th June 2010)

• UNITAID Launches Patent Pool for HIV/AIDS Drugs (BRIDGES Weekly, 9th June 2010)

• Food Giant Nestlé Accused of Biopiracy (BRIDGES Weekly, 2nd June 2010)

• North-South Split over R&D; Financing and Counterfeits at World Health Assembly (BRIDGES Weekly, 26th May 2010)

• WHO Meeting Tackles H1N1, MDGs, Intellectual Property (BRIDGES Weekly, 19th May 2010)

• Brazil, India Challenge Generic Drug Detentions (BRIDGES Weekly, 12th May 2010)

• WIPO Committee Increases Pace of Talks on Traditional Knowledge (BRIDGES Weekly, 12th May 2010)

• WIPO Committee Adopts Development Agenda Coordination Mechanism (BRIDGES Weekly, 5th May 2010)

• US Lists IP Complaints in Special 301 Report (BRIDGES Weekly, 5th May 2010)

• ACTA Text Is Released, but Many Questions Remain (BRIDGES Monthly, May 2010)

• Developing Countries Launch New Coalition at WIPO (BRIDGES Weekly, 28th April 2010)

• ACTA Text, Finally Unveiled, Reflects Differences on Key Provisions (BRIDGES Weekly, 28th April 2010)

• Under Scrutiny, ACTA Negotiators Release Draft Text (BRIDGES Weekly, 21st April 2010)

• ACTA Draft Stokes Controversy as Talks Resume in New Zealand (BRIDGES Weekly, 14th April 2010)

• Full Draft of ACTA Text Leaked Online (BRIDGES Weekly, 31st March 2010)

• EU-India FTA Will Not Hurt Generic Drug Makers: Minister (BRIDGES Weekly, 24th March 2010)

• EU Parliament Criticises Secrecy of ACTA Negotiations in Landslide Vote (BRIDGES Weekly, 17th March 2010)

• Brazil Takes Aim at US Intellectual Property in Cotton Dispute (BRIDGES Weekly, 17th March 2010)

• TRIPS Council Debates Access to Medicines, Biodiversity (BRIDGES Weekly, 10th March 2010)

• International Patent Filings Drop for First Time in 32 Years (BRIDGES Weekly, 10th February 2010)

• Closed-Door Anti-Counterfeiting Talks Continue in Mexico (BRIDGES Weekly, 3rd February 2010)

• Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property: A Post-Copenhagen Assessment (BRIDGES Monthly, February 2010)

• Common Ground Remains Elusive in TRIPS Council (BRIDGES Monthly, February 2010)

• Committee WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee Pushes Toward Text-Based Talks (BRIDGES Weekly, 16th December 2009)

• UNITAID Approves Patent Pool for AIDS Drugs (BRIDGES Weekly, 16th December 2009)

• Committee Sees Some Progress on Implementing WIPO Development Agenda (BRIDGES Weekly, 25 November 2009)

• WIPO Enforcement Committee Gives Development Concerns Centre Stage (BRIDGES Weekly, 11 November 2009)

• TRIPS Council Debates Public Health, 'Non-violation' Complaints (BRIDGES Weekly, 4 November 2009)

• Delhi Conference Sees Some Progress toward Tech Package in a Climate Deal (BRIDGES Weekly, 28 October 2009)

• EU Issues New Report on IPR Enforcement Outside Europe (BRIDGES Weekly, 4 November 2009)

• Tech Transfer Group Talks Food Production (BRIDGES Weekly, 14 October 2009)

• EU Releases Communication on Enhanced IP Enforcement for its Internal Market (BRIDGES Weekly, 16 September 2009)

• WTO Panel Allows Brazil to Cross-Retaliate on IP, Services in US Cotton Row (BRIDGES Weekly, 9 September 2009)

• WTO Rules against Chinese Restrictions on Foreign Books, Movies, Music (BRIDGES Weekly, 9 September 2009)

• Intellectual Property Rights Spark Debate in Climate Talks (BRIDGES Monthly, September 2009)

• Protection of Geographical Indications: The Indian Experience (BRIDGES Monthly, September 2009)

• ECOSOC Meeting in Geneva Tackles Global Public Health (BRIDGES Weekly, 29 July 2009)

• WIPO High-level Forum Highlights Opportunities and Challenges for LDCs (BRIDGES Weekly, 29 July 2009)

• Conference Signals Growing WIPO Engagement on Public Policy Issues (BRIDGES Weekly, 15 July 2009)

• WIPO Committee Reaches Standstill on Traditional Knowledge (BRIDGES Weekly, 8 July 2009)

• Way Forward on IP Issues at the WTO Still Unclear (BRIDGES Weekly, 17 June 2009)

• ACTA Talks Set to Pick up Next Month (BRIDGES Weekly, 17 June 2009)

• European Generic Drug Seizures Take Centre Stage at TRIPS Council Meeting (BRIDGES Weekly, 10 June 2009)

• WIPO Copyright Body Takes up Limitations and Exceptions, with a Focus on the Visually Impaired (BRIDGES Weekly, 3 June 2009)

• TRIPS Council Debates Way Forward (BRIDGES Weekly, 27 May 2009)

• WHO Tackles Intellectual Property, R&D Treaty (BRIDGES Weekly, 27 May 2009)

• WIPO Committee Sees Movement on Development Agenda Implementation (BRIDGES Weekly, 6 May 2009)

• USTR Releases ACTA ‘Summary’, Civil Society Wants More (BRIDGES Weekly, 8 April 2009)

• Public Policy Considerations Prominent in WIPO Patent Discussions (BRIDGES Weekly, 1 April 2009)

• Fight Over Generic Drugs Seizure Takes Centre Stage at TRIPS Council Meeting (BRIDGES Weekly, 11 March 2009)

• India Moves to Protect Traditional Medicines (BRIDGES Weekly, 25 February 2009)

• Brazil Slams EU for Seizure of Generic Drugs (BRIDGES Weekly, 4 February 2009)

• Dutch Seizure of Generic Drugs Sparks Controversy (BRIDGES Weekly, 28 January 2009)

• 2009: The Year Ahead for WIPO (BRIDGES Weekly, 21 January 2009)

• TRIPs Council considers disclosure issues; divisions remain (BioRes Weekly, 27 June 2008)

  
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NEW AND NOTABLE

• Publication: Sustainable Development in International Intellectual Property Law -- New Approaches from EU Economic Partnership Agreements?
  By Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law (MPI), Issue Paper 29.

• Publication: Geographical Indications and the oblication to disclose the origin of biological materials: is a compromise possible under TRIPS?
  By Carlos Correa, University of Buenos Aires, Policy Brief 8.

• Dialogue: IPRs in Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Public Health
  Organised by ICTSD and QUNO. 17th September 2010. Geneva, Switzerland

• Dialogue: WTO Public Forum: The (elusive?) Quest for Coherence in Global Negotiations and Norms: the Case of TRIPS and CBD
  Organised by ICTSD. 17th September 2010. Geneva, Switzerland

• Information Note about New Book: Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development: Development Agendas in a Changing World
  By ICTSD Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development. Edited by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz and Pedro Roffe. 29th July 2010

• Dialogue: Geneva - Roundtable Series on Climate Change, Technology Transfer and IPRs: Issues, Options and Challenges on the way to Cancun.
  Organised by ICTSD. 13 July 2010. Geneva, Switzerland

• Publication: Brazil's Practical Experience with Access and Benefit Sharing and the Protection of Traditional Knowledge
  By Eduardo Velez. 8th July 2010

• Publication: Disclosure of Origin and Legal Provenance: The Experience and Implementation Process in South America
  By Manuel Ruiz Muller. 8th July 2010

• Publication: Thinking Outside the Box Innovative Options for an Operational Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing
  By Manuel Ruiz Muller. 8th July 2010

• Publication: The Disclosure of Origin Requirement in Central America: Legal Texts, Practical Experience and Implementation Challenges
  By Jorge Cabrera Medaglia. 8th July 2010

• Publication: The Political Economy of the International ABS Regime Negotiations:Options and Synergies with Relevant IPR Instruments and Processes
  By Manuel Ruiz Muller. 8th July 2010

• Dialogue: Global IP Negotiations: Between Theory and Practice
  Organised by ICTSD. 6th July 2010. Geneva, Switzerland

• Dialogue: Patents and Clean Energy Side Event, UNFCCC Bonn meetings
  Organised by ICTSD, EPO, UNEP, UNFCCC and WIPO. 9th June 2010. Bonn, Germany

• Dialogue: Asian Dialogue on Technology Transfer for Local Manufacturing Capacity of Drugs and Vaccines
  Organised by ICTSD and UNCTAD, with the support of the World Health Organization and the European Union. 29th-30th April 2010. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Book: Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development: Development Agendas in a Changing World
  By ICTSD Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development. Edited by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz and Pedro Roffe. 29th July 2010

• Publication: Free Trade of Pharmaceutical Products: The Limits of Intellectual Property Enforcement at the Border
  By Xavier Seuba. 26th April 2010

• Publication: The Technical Assistance Principles of the WIPO Development Agenda and their Practical Implementation
  By Carolyn Deere-Birkbeck and Ron Marchant. 23rd April 2010

• Publication: The Research and Experimentation Exceptions in Patent Law: Jurisdictional Variations and WIPO Development Agenda
  By Evans Misati and Kiyoshi Adachi. 23rd April 2010

• Dialogue: Geneva Trade and Biodiversity Day Jurisdictional Variations and WIPO Development Agenda
  Organised by ICTSD and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 22nd April 2010. Geneva, Switzerland

• Dialogue: The Future of UPOV in a Changing World: Issues and Challenges
  Organised by ICTSD and Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO). 25th March, 2010. Geneva, Switzerland

• Dialogue: Foresight into the Future of WIPO's Development Agenda
  Organised by ICTSD, IQsensato and the EDGE Network. 18th-20th March 2010. Nyon, Switzerland

• Dialogue: Latin American Dialogue on Technology Transfer for Local Manufacturing Capacity on Drugs and Vaccines
  Organised by ICTSD, UNCTAD and the University of Buenos Aires, with the support of the WHO. 18th-19th March 2010. Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Dialogue: Andino Sobre "Medidas Relacionadas con la Biodiversidad y el Sistema de Propiedad Intelectual"
  Organised by ICTSD, BMZ and GTZ. 10th-12th March 2010. Lima, Peru

• New Book: Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development: Development Agendas in a Changing World
  By ICTSD Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development. Edited by Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz and Pedro Roffe. 23rd February 2010

• Dialogue: Cambodia National Consultation on IP Needs Assessment and Policy
  Organised by ICTSD, The Government of Cambodia and UNCTAD. 3rd February 2010. Phnom Penh Cambodia

• New Book: Medicamentos y propiedad intelectual
  By Magdalena Rathe, Ramón Peréz Minaya, Lesly Franco Cuzco y Dania Guzmán. 29th January 2010

• Publication: Evaluación del Impacto de las Disposiciones de ADPIC + en el Mercado Institucional de Medicamentos de Costa Rica
  By Greivin Hernández-González y Max Valverde. 26th January 2010

• Publication: Access to Climate Change Technology by Developing Countries
  By Cynthia Cannady. 25th January 2010

• Publication: New Trends in Technology Transfer
  By John H Barton. 15th January 2010

• Publication: Encouraging International Technology Transfer
  By Keith E. Maskus. 15th January 2010

• Publication: Fostering the Development and Diffusion of Technologies for Climate Change: Lessons from the CGIAR Model
  By Carlos M. Correa. 17th December, 2009

• Dialogue: Transfer of Climate Change Technologies: Challanges and opportunities for Copenhagen and beyond
  Organized by ICTSD, 16 December 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Dialogue: African Dialogue on Technology Transfer for Local Manufacturing Capacity on Drugs and Vaccines
  Organized by ICTSD and UNCTAD with the support of the WHO and the European Comission, 10-11 December 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

• Dialogue: Workshop on Flexibilities in International Intellectual Property Rules and Local Production of Pharmaceuticals for the Southern Central and West African Region
  Organized by ICTSD, UNCTAD, BMZ and InWent, 7-9 December 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

• Dialogue: The WIPO Development Agenda and the Right to Development: Towards Bridging the Gap?
  Organized by ICTSD, UNCTAD, and OHCHR, 19 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Dialogue: Assessing the Implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda: Insights and Options from Recent Research
  Organized by ICTSD and QUNO, 17 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Dialogue: ICTSD-QUNO Dialgoue on IPRs in Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Public Health
  Organized by ICTSD and QUNO, 04 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Dialogue: Recent Research on Piracy and IP Enforcement in Developing Countries: Issues and Lessons
  Organized by ICTSD, 03 November 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Publication: Technologies for Climate Change and Intellectual Property: Issues for Small Developing Countries
  By Moustapha Kamal Gueye, Information Note 12, October 2009

• Publication: Policy Brief No. 5: The Bayh-Dole Model in Developing Countries: Reflections on the Indian Bill on Publicaly Funded Intellectual Property
  By Bhaven N. Sampat, October 2009.

• Publication: Issue Paper No. 25: Access to Climate Change Technology by Developing Countries
  By Cynthia Cannady. September 2009.

• Dialogue: IP Offices and the Implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda:Challenges and Opportunities
  Organized by UNCTAD and ICTSD, 18 September 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Publication: Negotiating Trade, Innovation and Intellectual Property: Lessons from the CARIFORUM EPA Experience from a Negotiator’s Perspective
  By Malcom Spence September 2009 (Find here: Short introduction)

• Publication: Border Measures Concerning Goods Allegedly Infringing Intellectual Property Rights: The Seizures of Generic Medicines in Transit
  By Xavier Seuba, June 2009.

• Project: United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the European Patent Office (EPO) and ICTSD joint project on patents and environmentally sound technologies (ESTs)
  Joint Project description UNEP-EPO-ICTSD

• Dialogue: Innovation in Brazil, India and South Africa: A New Drive for Economic Growth and Development
  Organized by ICTSD, CEBRI, Prospectiva Consulting, and the Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, 15 July 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Dialogue: Climate Change, Technology Transfer and IPRs: Recent Developments and the Way Forward
  Organized by ICTSD, 11 July 2009, Bonn, Germany.
  

• Publication: Issue Paper No. 24: Innovation and Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change: Lessons from the Global Debate on Intellectual Property and Public Health
  By Frederick M. Abbott. June 2009.

• Dialogue: Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright: Recent Developments and the Way Forward
  Organized by UNCTAD-ICTSD, 29 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
  

• Publication: Issue Paper No. 23: Technology Transfer in the TRIPS Age: The Need for New Types of Partnerships between the Least Developed and Most Advanced Economies
  By Dominique Foray. May 2009.

• Dialogue: The WIPO Development Agenda and the Public Domain: UNCTAD-ICTSD Side-Event at the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property
  Organized by UNCTAD-ICTSD, 30 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.
  

• Dialogue: The Negotiation and Implementation of IPR Provisions in Free Trade Agreements: Experiences and Lessons for Developing Countries
  Organized by ICTSD, the World Bank Institute (WBI), and UNCTAD, 16 April 2009, Geneva, Switzerland.
  

• Dialogue: Examination of Pharmaceutical Patents from a Public Health Perspective in the Arab Region
  Organized by ICTSD, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the World Health Organization (WHO), 14-15 April 2009, Cairo, Egypt.
  

• Publication: Issue Paper: Cross-Retaliation in TRIPS: Options for Developing Countries
  By Dominique Foray. April 2009.

• Dialogue: Reflecting on Recent Developments and Future Challenges in the Area of Access to Medicines, IP and Health Innovation
  Organised by ICTSD, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the University of Amsterdam, Geneva, Switzerland, 27 March 2009.
  

• Dialogue: Climate Change, Transfer of Technology, and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
  Organised by ICTSD, Geneva, Switzerland, 27 March 2009.
  

• Dialogue: The WTO US-China Panel Report: Findings and Implications for the Future of IPRs Enforcement
  Organised by UNCTAD-ICTSD, Geneva, Switzerland, 23 February 2009.
  

• Publication: Issue Paper No. 22: The Global Debate on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Developing Countries
  By Carsten Fink and Carlos Correa. February 2009.

• Publication: Addressing the Interface Between Patents and Technical Standards in Technical Trade Discussions
  Policy Brief No. 3, February 2009.

• Publication: Does TRIPS Art. 66.2 Encourage Technology Transfer to The LDCs?: An Analysis of Country Submissions to the TRIPS Council (1999-2007)
  By Suerie Moon. Policy Brief No. 2, December 2008.

• Publication: A2K and the WIPO Development Agenda: Time to List the "Public Domain"
  By Dr. Uma Suthersanen. Policy Brief No. 1, December 2008.

• Technical Assistance: Evaluation des besoins d'assistance technique en vue de la mise en oeuvre de l'Accord sur les ADPIC dans les PMA: Boîte à outils de disgnotic. By Mart Leesti and Tom Pengelly
  

• Report: Final Report of Uganda Intellectual Property Technical Assistance Diagnostic Study, ICTSD in cooperation with Saana Consulting
  
  
• Report: Final Report of Sierra Leone Intellectual Property Technical Assistance Diagnostic Study, ICTSD in cooperation with Saana Consulting
  
  
• Technical Assistance: Assessing Technical Assistance Needs for Implementing the TRIPS Agreement in LDCs
  Integrated Project Page