Intellectual Property Rights in the International Trading System 10 Years After Marrakech:A Policy Dialogue
23rd September 2004 • Co-organised with Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)
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Agenda
Ricardo Melendez-Ortiz, Executive Director, ICTSD (moderator)
The Economic Implications for Developing Countries of the TRIPS Agreement 10 Years On
Keith E. Maskus, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
What were the economic expectations of developing countries with regard to the TRIPS Agreement?
Have these expectations been fulfilled?
How can we increase the opportunities for technology transfer under the current framework of the TRIPS Agreement?
What can developing countries do to improve opportunities and reduce cost arising from the TRIPS Agreement?
The TRIPS Agreement in an Historical Perspective
Pedro Roffe, Director of the UNCTAD/ICTSD IPRs and Development Project
Why has the TRIPS Agreement entailed such a significant change in international IP relations?
Has TRIPS provided opportunities for developing countries to implement the new minimum standards of protection with due consideration to their development requirements?
Has the Doha Declaration significantly improved access to medicines by developing countries?
What are the main features of the TRIPS phenomenon?
The Negotiations on GIs in the TRIPS Council
Dwijen Rangnekar, University of Warwick
What were the WTO Members’ expectations regarding GI protection under the TRIPS Agreement?
Have these expectations been fulfilled?
Which is the economic rational for GI protection?
Which is the status of the negotiation of an international registration and notification system on wines and spirits?
What will the impact of the expansion of the higher protection of GIs to products other than wines and spirits be?
Regional and Bilateral Agreements: The TRIPS-plus Backdoor
David Vivas, Programme Manager, ICTSD
Which are the main trends in IP regional and bilateral agreements?
Which are the links between current regional and bilateral processes and the TRIPS agreement?
Are regional and bilateral trade agreements undermining the Doha Declaration?
Have we addressed biodiversity concerns in the new generation of regional and bilateral agreements?
Participants
Åberg, Nate
Arnqvist, Maria
Aulin, Sara - UD
Courades Allebed, Aqus
Davidson-Abdelli, Margareta
Dickson, Jenny - HHS
Eriksson, Madeleine - UD
Gopper, Karlis
Granström, Ola - HHS
Gustafsson, Peter - HHS
Hagberg, Olle - LIF
Hiertman, Ivan - LIF
Horn af Rantzien, Mia - UD
Jegou, Ingrid - KK
Kiessling, Johan - SU
Klöfver, Inger - Naturvårdsver
Ljungman, Ankin - Diakonia
Lòfoundus, Elisabeth - KK
Nilsson, Ingela - INEC
Otterstedt, Annika - NATUR
Papaòopoulou, Frantzeska
Sandgren, Claes - Juridicum
Sindenvall Jegou, Ingrid - Domers K
Thorström, Carl-Gustav - SLU
Wachtmeister, Alexandra NAIUR
Wettergreu, Hans
Wilberg, Åsa
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