Section I: Focus Piece "The Technology Transfer Debate in the UNFCCC: Politics, Patents and Confusion".   

This piece aims to outline some of the historical background to the discussions, identify some of the main players, and to describe the state of the debate on technology transfer after the December 2008 COP 14 in Poznan, Poland.

Section II: Summary of the major developments in the Fourth Quarter of 2008 on IP related issues in multilateral organizations including the WTO, WIPO, CBD, WCO and regional and bilateral free trade agreements.

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