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Brussels Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on the

"Intellectual Property, EPAs and Sustainable Development"

Brussels, Belgium, 12-13 May 2007

 


 

The Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme of the South Centre is organizing a multi-stakeholder workshop with Oxfam International and Centre for Environmental Law (CIEL) with the partnership of several other organizations. The Workshop will discuss "Intellectual Property, EPAs, and Sustainable Development", from 12-13 May 2007, in Brussels, Belgium.

 

 

Agenda

 

Background and Objective

 

Presentations

 

  1. Synthesis Paper: The Problem of Intellectual Property in Economic Partnership Agreements with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (May 2007)

  2. Placing the EPA Negotiations on Intellectual Property Rights ("IPRs") in the context of WTO Law

    3.

  3. The Role of Article 46 of the Cotonou Agreement

    4.

  4. Proposed IP Standard in EPAs and TK, GR and TCE

  5. Enforcement of IP rights and the EPA negotiations

 

Final Report

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