Publications & Workshops
Trade
and Intellectual Property
Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP)
Articles by Quakers
Trade and Intellectual Property
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Books
The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security, co-edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte, QIAP/IDRC, January 21, 2008. Click on this for more information.
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Issue Papers (Focus on specific problem areas and policy options)
1. a)Regional and bilateral agreements and a TRIPS-plus world: the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
by David Vivas-Eugui, August 2003
1. b)TRIPS Issues Papers 1. Supplementary Table: Simple legal text comparison of the TRIPS Agreement and FTAA Draft IPRs Chapter
Acuerdos regionales y bilaterales y un mundo de ADPIC-plus: El Acuerdo de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA)
por David Vivas-Eugui
2. Special and Differential Treatment of Developing Countries in TRIPS by Constantine Michalopoulus, October 2003
3. Multilateral agreements and a TRIPS-plus world: the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
by Sisule F. Musungu and Graham Dutfield, December 2003
(English) (Arabic)
Acuerdos Multilaterales y un mundo ADPIC plus: Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI)
por Sisule Musungu y Graham Dutfield
4. Bilateral agreements and a TRIPS-plus world: the Chile-USA Free Trade Agreement by Pedro Roffe, October 2004
Acuerdos bilaterales en un mundo ADPIC – plus: El Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Chile y Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
por Pedro Roffe
5. Rethinking innovation, development and intellectual property in the UN: WIPO and beyond by Sisule F Musungu, August 2005
- Discussion
Papers (Broad technical overviews)
1. Food Security, Biotechnology and Intellectual Property: Unpacking some issues around TRIPS
by Geoff Tansey, July 2002
Seguridad Alimentaria, biotecnolog‚a y propiedad intelectual:Exploración de algunos temas alrededor del Acuerdo sobre los Aspectos de la Propiedad Intelectual Relacionados con el Comercio (ADPIC) por Geoff Tansey
2. Sui Generis Systems for Plant Variety Protection: Options under TRIPS by Biswajit Dhar, April 2002
Opciones bajo el Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC por Biswajit Dhar
3. Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property: Issues and options surrounding the protection of traditional knowledge
by Carlos Correa, November 2001
Cuestiones y opciones acerca de la protección de los conocimientos tradicionales
por Carlos Correa
4. Trade, Intellectual Property, Food and Biodiversity: Key issues and options for the 1999 review of Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement
by Geoff Tansey, February 1999
- Occasional
Papers (Technical Briefs)
1. Protection of Intellectual Property and Public Health within the framework of the Chile-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
by Carlos M. Correa, October 2004
2. Key Issues for the relationaship between the Convention on Biological Diversity & the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
by Kathryn Garforth and Christine Frison, July 2007
- Background
Papers (General public)
1. Patents, trade and health (English) (Arabic)
2. Patents, trade and food (English) (Arabic)
- Workshops
& Seminars
1. November 2003 - Workshop at the FTTA Ministerial Meetings in Miami on The IPRs Chapter of the FTAA: Outlining the Development Perspective
2. August 2003 - Workshop at the 5th WTO Ministerial Meetings in Cancun on Intellectual Property Rights, Trade and Challenges for Development: Substance & Process Issues as part of the Cancun Trade and Development Symposium.
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Quaker United Nations Office - Geneva
Occasional Papers, Seminar Reports and other Papers on Trade and IPRs
- QIAP Pamphlet
- Questions about ... Patents and Quaker Action (English) (Arabic)
- QIAP Annual Report and Appeal 2004
- QIAP Annual Report and Appeal 2005
- QIAP Annual Report and Appeal 2006
- QIAP Annual Report and Appeal 2007
- QIAP Annual Report and Appeal 2008
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Articles
by Quakers
(The views expressed in the following articles are the personal views
of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of QIAP)
- Is Saving Seed a Human Right? Quaker International Affairs Programme and the Human Future by Keith Helmuth
- Trade,
Patents, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and Beyond
by Carol Dixon and Tracey McCowen
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