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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 …

Run, Brazil, Run!

22 Dec, 2014 Samia Trautvein Brazil, Emerging Nations, Featured, Intellectual Property Rights, IPR enforcement, Patents, Trademark, TRIPs 2

While most countries are increasing their intangible rights for their products, Brazil is still struggling in many aspects. It is not because there is no legislation about this specific matter; but rather, foreigners are …

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 …