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A link to a recent study by ICTSD on the Global Debate on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and Developing Countries was added to the Online Articles section. Please visit again soon for further updates.
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Based on experiences from IPRTA Forum Mexico 08 and consultations since then, the IPRTA Forum has launched a draft Vision 2020 document. The Vision is a work in progress and an important tool for us working towards a more concrete workplan, which we aim to publish early 2009. The Forum Secretariat would be very interested to hear your views on how the Vision 2020 document answers the needs expressed at Forum Mexico 08 and the future challenges for IPRTA. Where are the gaps? What have we overlooked? You can participate in the discussion on Vision 2020 by logging into the iForum.
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BizClim and Tradecom to fund IPRTA activities in Uganda |
Following Uganda's request to the WTO TRIPS Council for funding of its national Trade & Intellectual Property technical assistance project (UTIP), Tradecom and the ACP Business Climate Facility (BizClim) have agreed to fund some activities in cluster 1 of the project relating to IP policy and legislative development.
BizClim is an EU funded initiative under the Cotonou Agreement. The Facility is essentially about ‘improving legislation, institutional set up and financial measures (the rules of the game) relating to the enabling environment of the private sector in ACP countries or regions and to the reform of SOEs - and to do so by focusing on possible support to ACP governments or regional institutions.
Even though this is a promising start, Uganda is still far from reaching the full level of required funding for the UTIP project which will assist the country in implementing the TRIPS agreement. Uganda is continuing discussions with a number of other potential donors, including the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) . |
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Rwanda undertakes IPRTA needs assessment and elaborates national IP policy and strategy |
UNCTAD and ICTSD are assisting the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Rwanda by undertaking a project on assessing the country’s technical assistance needs for the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, and advising on their IP policy and strategy for implementation. The project was recently initiated with a national stakeholder meeting held in Kigali on 29 September 2008 and has two inter-related objectives: identifying the needs for financial and technical co-operation required for the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement by Rwanda, based on the needs assessment toolkit prepared by ICTSD and Saana Consulting ; and assisting the Ministry in the elaboration of a national IP policy and strategy in line with their development needs. The meeting was followed by interviews with several stakeholders, conducted from 1-3 October 2008, to collect further information on technical cooperation needs and key issues for the national IP policy. Mr. Sisule Musungu of IQsensato is the lead consultant of this exercise, working with the IP teams at both UNCTAD and ICTSD.
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Sierra Leone to follow Uganda with TRIPS Council submission |
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Following Uganda's example, Sierra Leone is prepared to submit a project document containing a detailed plan to address its IP needs in the TRIPS Council meeting next week. Uganda went ahead in the two country pilot process when it submitted a respective document in the previous meeting in June 2008. During the June meeting Sierra Leone was requested to come up with a set of bankable projects to present for the Council. If the Project Document is received well, Sierra Leone may pave the way for more LDCs to follow.
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IPRTA Foro México 08 Traduccion Reporte |
El reporte español está ahora disponible en línea aquí (PDF, 2.4 Mb).
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Mexico 08 Summary Report Available |
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The Summary Report is available in both text and pdf format on the Summary Report page of the IPRTA Forum Mexico 08 section. Please feel free to send any comments to Petteri Lammi, the IPRTA Forum Administrator. We will be contacting IPRTA Forum members in the following weeks regarding the Forum's future action plan and activities for 2009-2010.
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IPRTA Forum Mexico 08 Pictures and Detailed Participants List Added |
Please go to the IPRTA Forum Mexico 08 Contacts and pictures page to see and download pictures from the event taken by IMPI. There you can also find a full participants listing with contact details.
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IP Symposium in Krakow 4-6 September 2008 |
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The Patent Office of the Republic of Poland is holding it's annual national patent offices' symposium in Krakow on 4-6 September. This year it is titled "IP in Innovation - Industrial Property as Financial Asset". The program goes through a number of interesting topics hosting presentations from a cross-section of international experts. The event includes two days of discussion and a third day excursion. Please download the draft program and map . For more information contact krakow (a) uprp.pl The IPRTA Forum Secretariat wishes success to the Symposium!
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IPRTA Forum Mexico 08 Materials added online |
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All the presentations have been added online at a dedicated IPRTA Forum Mexico 08 Materials page. Each presentation is available as a singe download and all the presentations are also available as a zip file (ZIP 53.8 MB). We will also be uploading pictures of the conference and a participants list with full contact details shortly.
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iForum discussion boards launched |
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To enable fluid discussion and knowledge sharing between meetings, the IPRTA Forum has launched the iForum discussion boards. Forum members can access the discussion boards by logging on to the website with the Username and Password provided. If you haven't been supplied with a Username or are new to the Forum, please register . |
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IPRTA Forum material in Spanish |
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IPRTA Forum Mexico 08 in Mexico on 9-11 July |
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The IPRTA Forum Project will hold its second meeting in Mexico City on 9-11 July of 2008. Co-hosted by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and the Organization of American States (OAS), the meeting will gather around 50 delegates around the globe representing a multitude of donor and civil service organizations and developing countries.
Read more about IPRTA Forum Mexico 08.
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IPRTAForum.org website upgrade |
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The IPRTAforum.org website has been through a thorough update and hosts a new look and several advanced features. New features available to all users: - RSS feeds
- Page and file search functions
New features available for registered Forum Members: - IPRTA Forum newsletters
- Restricted discussion boards
- Project management toolkit
As the IPRTA Forum Project advances we are aiming to build the IPRTAforum.org website into an interactive toolkit for all the Forum members participating in its activites. We will utilise the new features and publish new content gradually as we get closer to the IPRTA Forum Mexico 08 Conference in July. All feedback and comments are welcome and are to be sent to Petteri Lammi, the IPRTA Forum Administrator
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