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IP in the Caribbean: The Need for Regional Solidarity

6 Feb, 2015 Abigail Henry Copyrights, Featured, Intellectual Property Rights, International Treaties and Obligations, Trademark, TRIPs, Uncategorized 0

Part 1 of this series introduced some of the key issues in the world of Caribbean IPR. Part 2 will take a look at the need for increased regional co-operation and the role of …

Understanding Intellectual Property Rights in the Caribbean (Part 1)

7 Jan, 2015 Abigail Henry Copyrights, Cultural Heritage, Emerging Nations, Featured, Intellectual Property Rights, International Treaties and Obligations, IP in the Caribbean 2

We’ve all heard it. Information is the new currency. The tides of the global market have shifted to focus on the production and use of technology and intangible digital products. In the Caribbean region, …

World AIDS Day, Public Health and IP

1 Dec, 2014 Tracy Ayodele "Social Innovation", AIDS, Compulsory licensing, Emerging Nations, Featured, generic medicines, Global Trade and IP, Intellectual Property Rights, International Treaties and Obligations, Licensing, Medicine, TRIPs, Uncategorized, WIPO, WTO 0

W O R L D A I D S D A Y World AIDS Day, initially held in 1988 and recognized on the 1st day of December each year, is the first …

Word Cloud: The Plant Breeders’ Bill of Ghana (2013)

10 Oct, 2014 Mekhala Chaubal Emerging Nations, Ghana, IPR enforcement, Plant Breeders Rights, Seed Rights, TRIPs, UPOV, Word Cloud, WTO 0

The past week has been a busy one for Ghana’s food rights and democracy groups. On September 30, 2014, Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG), an advocacy group focusing on farmers’ rights, crop-breeding and the use of …

TRIPS-Y! A Word Cloud to Think About

19 Sep, 2014 Mekhala Chaubal Global Trade and IP, Intellectual Property Rights, International Treaties and Obligations, IP education, IPR enforcement, TRIPs, Word Cloud, WTO 0

Of course it was only a matter of time until we took the text of the most famous free-trade agreement in the world, the World Trade Organisation (WTO)-administered Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and …