Genetic Resources Intellectual Property Issues

Third World Network's pages on IP issues. Extensive and historical coverage of the issues from an authoritative developing country perspective.

• People, Plants and Patents - Full text of 1994 book on the impact of intellectual property on trade, agricultural biodiversity, and rural society by The Crucible Group, hosted by IDRC.
• Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Prior Art Database (TEK*PAD) - An online, searchable archive of public domain documented genetic resources uses issues of traditional ecological knowledge concerning indigenous knowledge genetic resources and plant issues species, necessary to establish prior art. genetic resources Includes taxonomic data, issues ethnobotanical uses, scientific/medical papers
• The True Cost of Gene Patents: The Economic and Social Consequences of Patenting Genes and Living Organisms - This Greenpeace report is one in a series genetic resources that call for a substantial restriction of, or genetic resources a complete end to, the patenting of genes genetic resources and living organisms(2004)[PDF]
• World Patent System - Review by GRAIN of moves by the World genetic resources Intellectual issues Property Organisation to implement a single global genetic resources system for issues approval and administration of patents.
• Intellectual Property and Community Rights in African Agriculture: Implications for Small Farmers - Authoritative introduction to these issues by Genetic Resources intellectual property Action International (GRAIN) concerning African countries that are intellectual property being forced to choose between two conflicting paths intellectual property for agricultural research and development: one rooted in intellectual property the knowledge
• TRIPs, Sui Generis and Plant Variety Protection - Third World Network\\'s pages on IP issues. Extensive and historical intellectual property coverage of the issues from an authoritative developing country perspective.
• Comparing sui generis rights systems - Theme issue of Biotechnology and Development Monitor journal on Plant Variety Rights and sui generis systems. Journal covers all aspects of IPRs, seed systems and biotechnology. Links through home page of journal.
• Action Aid Food Rights Campaign: TRIPs review - Resources related to Action Aid\\'s campaign on genetic intellectual property resources with links to papers on IPRs, TRIPs, intellectual property GM crops, agricultural trade and corporate control.
• UPOV - International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants - Website of the institution that governs this 65 issues nation Convention intellectual property on Plant Variety Protection (PVP) of issues crops and flowers. Details intellectual property of the Convention, membership, issues conduct, implementation.
• Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) - QUNO publications on Trade and Intellectual Property, including genetic resources aspects related to: Food, Sui Generis systems, Biotechnology, genetic resources Pharmaceuticals, Traditional Knowledge
• Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) - UK Government IPR Commission\\'s website containing background, papers, conference reports and UK government response. Commission\\'s Report: "Integrating IPRs and Development Policy" available in many languages.
• Small-scale Producers' Intellectual Rights to Agricultural Biodiversity - Introduction to the issues in a Kenyan context, intellectual property with an emphasis on farmers, pastoralists and fisherfolk, intellectual property and the need for protocols on intellectual property. intellectual property Includes Via Campesina\'s statement on Farmers' Rights.
• Trade, Intellectual Property, Food and Biodiversity - Discussion paper prepared for the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) issues on key issues and options for the review of Article issues 27.3(b) of the WTO/TRIPs Agreement. Includes discussion of impacts on issues food security and agricultural biodiversity.[PDF]
• Alternative Mechanisms to Enhance Corporate Monopoly and BioSerfdom in the 21st Century - ETC Group Communiqué on the uncertainties surrounding intellectual issues property rights, which, being increasingly unacceptable to industry, issues is why new tools for monopoly control of issues biological and other resources are being developed.[PDF]
• Blogging Biodiversity - A useful personal weblog on international negotiations on genetic resources biodiversity issues issues.
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - UKabc portal on the IT PGRFA (International Seed intellectual property Treaty) that governs the access, use, conservation and intellectual property development of the genetic resources of food security intellectual property crop and forage species. Treaty outlaws IPRs on intellectual property selected PGRFA. Links to all official FAO, media
• Porto Alegre Treaty to Share the Global Commons - Full text and background of proposed treaty designed issues to ensure genetic resources that governments and Indigenous Peoples, who issues are the caretakers of genetic resources their part of the issues genetic commons, establish the appropriate statutory genetic resources mechanisms needed issues to ensure both sovereignty and open
• WorldTrade Organisation - TRIPs / Patents pages - WTO\\'s pages on the Agreement on Trade-Related aspects intellectual property of issues Intellectual Property rights (TRIPs), highlighting the patents intellectual property clauses which issues include genetic resources patents. Links to intellectual property all other aspects issues of trade and intellectual property.
• Seeding Solutions - Full text and publication details of Volume 1 intellectual property (ownership, intellectual property conservation and exchange of genetic resources) and intellectual property Volume 2 intellectual property (legal mechanisms) which update People, Plants intellectual property and Patents. Published intellectual property by The Crucible Group/IDRC in intellectual property 2000.
• WIPO: Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore - World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) pages on Intellectual Property and issues Genetic Resources with links to Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore. Includes issues coverage of the intergovernmental committee covering all three issues.
• TRIPs, Biodiversity and Commonwealth Countries - Discussion paper prepared for the Commonwealth Secretariat on issues capacity building genetic resources priorities for the Review of TRIPs issues Article 27.3(b). Extensive links genetic resources to related papers and issues sites.

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