Publications & Workshops

Due to insufficient funding, the Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP) was officially laid down (closed) in the summer of 2011. For inquiries related to the programme, please contact the Canadian Friends Service Committee at (416) 920-5213 or cfsc[at]quakerservice.ca. QIAP's website and on-line publications will be re-located to CFSC's website at: http://quakerservice.ca/our-work/economics-and-ecology/intellectual-property-rights-2/ Papers related to the commons work will be put on CFSC's site in the near future.

Trade and Intellectual Property
Quaker International Affairs Programme (QIAP)
Articles by Quakers

Trade and Intellectual Property

• 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, Earthscan/QIAP/IDRC, January 21, 2008

El Control Futuro De Los Alimentos: Guía de las negociaciones y reglas internacionales sobre la propiedad intelectual, la biodiversidad y la seguridad alimentaria. Editado por Geoff Tansey y Tasmin Rajotte, Mundi-Prensa/QIAP/IDRC 2009

• 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
  (English) (Arabic)                                                                                                                               
  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

   (English) (Arabic)

• 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 relationship 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)

  3. Patents, trade and development (English) (Arabic)

  4. Patents and Quaker action (English) (Arabic)

• 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
• QIAP Annual Report and Appeal 2009
• QIAP Annual Report and Appeal 2010 

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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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