1. ‘Pharmaceutical
Patent Enforcement: A Developmental Perspective’
is an article about the complex issue of how India should deal with pharma
patents, taking into accounts its obligations under TRIPS. You may also wish to see our related posts ‘6
Academic Articles on Changing TRIPS and the Global IP System’ and ‘10
Points on the Max Planck Institute’s Declaration on Patent Protection’.
2. ‘Building
Competitive Green Industries’ is a report by infoDev into business
opportunities for developing countries in sectors relating to climate change
related and clean technology. The report takes the optimistic view that climate
change represents an opportunity for developing nations to benefit from
development of green and clean technologies. Whether or not one agrees with
this it is for developing countries to prepare for climate change as best as
they can, and this report presents options they can take.
3. ‘Making
Sense of the CETA’ is a critical analysis the Canadian-European trade
agreement. It raises critical questions about how much power a trade agreement
should have to interfere with issues of public importance. The reason why we
have included it in this post is to highlight the issues that the developing
world needs to consider when entering into trade agreements.
4. A WIPO seminar on the ‘Evolution of Technology Diffusion’
provides insights into the difficulties of transferring innovation around the
globe. See a paper here
on the same topic.
