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Understanding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

17 Jan, 2016 Tracey McKenna Featured, IP education, IPR enforcement, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement 0

Can you imagine a free-trade agreement between countries in the Pacific area? An agreement that would make importing goods and services from Brunei, Chile, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru and Vietnam …

Cloudy Mondays: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement’s Word Cloud Avatar

3 Dec, 2013 Mekhala Chaubal Censorship, Global Trade and IP, International Treaties and Obligations, Trademarks, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Uncategorized, WTO 0

When Wikileaks well, err, wikileaked the intellectual property rights chapter on November 13, 2013 from that most secretive of mammoths, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, plenty was said about the content of the chapter, …

Oxfam: US Trade Policy is Undermining Access to Lifesaving Generic Medicine

29 Jul, 2012 Tracy Ayodele Africa, generic medicines, Medicine, Nigeria, Patents, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement 0

Via trade agreements and bilateral pressure, the U.S government is introducing stricter intellectual property rules that will devastate the ability of developing countries to access affordable antiretroviral medicine, thus undermining its commitment to combat …

Contrary to Popular Belief, China Ain’t No Slacker in the IPR Enforcement Department

16 Jul, 2012 Mekhala Chaubal China, Global Trade and IP, IPR enforcement, Piracy, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement 0

A recent article about China’s crackdown on IP piracy claims that the country’s ongoing and continuous efforts are already showing good results; when compared to the figures of last year, a definite decline in piracy has …