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Suspending TRIPS Obligations As WTO Retaliation

Retaliating against a country found in violation of World Trade Organization rules by sanctioning the country's activities in an unrelated trade sector may be a more effective alternative for developing countries than retaliating under the sector of the violation, especially when such "cross-retaliation" involves WTO rules on intellectual property rights, an expert told a recent panel.

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Change Of IP Guard At US Mission

The US mission IP team is undergoing a complete transformation, while a former top US IP negotiator in Geneva returned last week in a biotech industry suit, and still another US negotiator appears poised to follow.

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UN Agency To Address Link Between IP Assets, Financial Securities

The banking industry and the intellectual property community will be keeping close tabs on the activities of a United Nations group next month when it meets to form the foundation of IP rights treatment by the world's various secured financing systems.

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Mobile Phone Manufacturers Seek To Control Rising IP Costs

The Year Ahead: Top Global IP Issues In 2008

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Linkages Between The WIPO Development Agenda And The TRIPS Council

Ahmed Abdel Latif writes: This week's TRIPS Council meetings provide a timely opportunity to reflect on the linkages between the work of the Council and the ongoing WIPO Development Agenda process, which entered an implementation phase with the first meeting, last week, of WIPO's new Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP). Just as the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health (2001) had a significance that went beyond the WTO context, a number of the WIPO Development Agenda recommendations - in areas such as technical assistance, norm setting, technology transfer and enforcement - have implications beyond WIPO and a particular bearing for the work of the TRIPS Council.

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Interview With Debra Harry, Indigenous People's Council on Biocolonialism

In its first videocast, Intellectual Property Watch spoke with indigenous rights advocate Debra Harry, executive director of the Indigenous People's Council on Biocolonialism, at a recent WIPO meeting on traditional knowledge and genetic resources. Watch what she had to say about ways to preserve indigenous knowledge, which she says may not include IP rights.

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Interview With Geoff Tansey, Co-Editor, The Future Control Of Food

What To Look For In A New WIPO Director-General