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A group of six developing countries led by India have submitted a proposal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) suggesting changes to international trade law to include specific requirements for disclosure of where biological material has been obtained from in…
Brazil has arguably the earth’s richest source of biological diversity, and it is fighting to get help at the international level to protect those natural resources from what it says is unfair exploitation through patents by companies and others in…
Par William New et Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Les négociateurs chargés d’examiner les propositions relatives à la protection des savoirs traditionnels, des expressions culturelles traditionnelles (folklore) et des ressources génétiques se sont achoppés à la question de savoir s’il fallait…
Por William New y Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Los negociadores que examinaron las propuestas en materia de protección de conocimientos tradicionales, expresiones culturales tradicionales (folclore) y recursos genéticos no lograron decidir si se va a elaborar un texto que podía…
MADRID – During the first half of a two-day of an intellectual property conference, studies presented on whether patenting affects access for researchers concluded that although there is an access problem, it may not be a major problem for academic…
A group of countries led by Brazil, India and Peru has indicated that it intends to present a text relating to the discussions at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on biodiversity “in days, not weeks” suggesting an amendment to current…
Negotiators addressing proposals for the protection of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions (folklore) and genetic resources ran aground over whether to address potentially legal text before completing work on objectives and principles. The committee will meet again on 4-12 December…
By William New and Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Developing country members of the World Intellectual Property Organization this week are demanding that a key committee on genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore be mandated to agree on a legally binding…
Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen et William New Dans le cadre d’une Conférence des Nations Unies qui s’est tenue récemment au Brésil, les débats sur la mise en place d’un régime international pour le partage des avantages découlant de l’utilisation des…
Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen y William New El debate sobre un régimen internacional sobre la distribución de beneficios derivados del uso de recursos genéticos que tuvo lugar en la reciente conferencia de las Naciones Unidas en Brasil se centró…