Regional Dialogue on Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development in Eastern and Southern Africa
Organised by ICTSD, UNCTAD and TIPS
29 June - 1 July 2004
Victora and Alfred Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa
Documents
Final Report, prepared by TIPS
"Agrobiodiversity and Intellectual Property Rights: Selected Issues under the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture" by Robert Lettington
"General Trends in the Field of Intellectual Property: Issues and Challenges for the Establishment of a Development - Oriented Framework" by Sisule Musungu
"Advancing Public Health by Other Means: Using Competition Policy to Mitigate the Impact of Patent Protection" by Jonathan Berger
"Intellectual Property Tools, Innovation and Commercialisation of R&D: Options to assist developing countries in positioning themselves to reap the benefits of a stronger intellectual property regime, with special reference to the role of intellectual property management in research organisations" by Rosemary Wolson
Presentations
Presentation by Robert Lettington: Agrobiodiversity and Intellectual Property Rights: Selected Issues under the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (large file!)
Presentation by Jonathan Berger: Advancing Public Health by Other Means: Using Competition Policy to Mitigate the Impact of Patent Protection
Presentation by Rosmary Wolson: IP Tool, Innovation and Commercialisation of IP
