DIIP Monthly Update – November 2016
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of November 2016. (more…)
Intellectual Property
Policy Brief 33, December 2016
Outcome of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization 2016
The fifty-sixth series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) were held on 3-11 October 2016. They concluded with no agreement among member States on key issues, such as whether to convene a Diplomatic Conference for adoption of the Design Law Treaty (DLT) and the establishment of new WIPO External Offices for the 2016/17 biennium. (more…)
Research Paper 72, November 2016
Is the Right to Use Trademarks Mandated by the TRIPS Agreement?
Accepting the notion that a positive right to use a trademark is implicitly recognized by the TRIPS Agreement would have systemic implications in the context of WTO. (more…)
SC and GRULAC Side Event to the 33rd WIPO SCCR , 16 November 2016
Title: Implementation of the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Printed Works for
Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled
Date: 16 November 2016, 13:00-14:45
Venue: WIPO AB Building Room 13.1
Organizer: The South Centre and GRULAC
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Statement, October 2016
South Centre Statement to the 18th session of WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property
The following is the statement delivered on 31 October 2016 by the South Centre to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) at its eighteenth session. The Centre highlights the importance of the WIPO Development Agenda.
DIIP Monthly Update – October 2016
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of October 2016. (more…)
IP Negotiations Monitor 19, October 2016
The IP Negotiations Monitor summarizes the latest developments in multilateral and regional fora where intellectual property negotiations are taking place, and informs on upcoming meetings and events.
(Covering period: July-September 2016) (more…)
SC Side Event: Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health: An Effective Solution? 8 November 2016
Title: Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health: An Effective Solution?
Date: 8 November 2016, 13:00-15:00
Venue: Room S2, WTO Building, Rue de Lausanne 154, CH-1211 Geneva 21
Organizer: The South Centre, co-sponsored by Brazil, China, India, South Africa, MSF (more…)
DIIP Monthly Update – September 2016
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of September 2016. (more…)
SC-DNDi MoU Signing, 6 October 2016
Title: South Centre-DNDi MoU Signing
Date: 6 October 2016
Venue: Geneva
Organizer: The South Centre, DNDi
Statement, October 2016
South Centre Statement to the WIPO Assemblies 2016
The statement highlights that the greatest challenge for developing countries and LDCs in the area of intellectual property (IP) is the proliferation of regional and bilateral trade and investment agreements that impose IP obligations, together with the coercive external political and economic pressure to restrain from making use of the flexibilities in the IP system.
SC Side Event: Designing Sui Generis PVP System in Developing Countries and the Role of WIPO, 7 October 2016
Title: Panel Discussion on “Designing Sui Generis Plant Variety Protection System in Developing
Countries and the Role of WIPO”
Date: 7 October 2016, 13:00-15:00
Venue: WIPO New Building, Room 0.107
Organizer: The South Centre, The Third World Network (TWN) and and the Association for Plant
Breeding for Benefit of Society (APBREBES)