IP Commitments in Bilaterals and FTAs: Implementation Challenges for Developing Countries

This roundtable provided a platform to review the experiences of selected countries in implementing new obligations provided under recent bilateral agreements. Mr. Perdro Roffee initiated the discussions with an introductory presentation on the topic. Professor Frederick Abbott then presented the findings of his recent paper entitled “Intellectual Property Provisions of Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements in Light of U.S. Federal Law”, produced under the UNCTAD-ICTSD Project on IPRs and Sustainable Development.

The presentation was followed by comments from Maximiliano Santacruz of the Permanent Mission of Chile to the WTO and Raimund Raith of the European Union after which the floor was opened for participants to present their comments and observations.

Participants

Frederick Abbott,
Florida State University, USA

Marta Gabrieloni
Argentina

Sara Wilshaw
Canada

Maximiliano Santacruz
Chile

Luis Villaroel
Chile

Li Enheng,
China

Nicolas Torres
Colombia

Mireja Munoz,
Ecuador

Ragui El Etreby,
Egypt

Raimund Raith
EU

Pavan Kapoor,
India

Muzalmah Mustalpha Kamal
Malaysia

Jan-Meinte Postma
Netherlands

HE Mansood Khan
Pakistan

Alejandro Neyra
Peru

HE Mr Manuel A.J. Teehankee
The Phillipines

Peter Govindasamy
Singapore

Frida Collste
Sweden

James Kasaje
Tanzania

Bundit Limschoon
Thailand

Julian Metcalfe
UK

Jon Santamauro
USA

Thiru Balasubramaniam
Consumer Project on Technology

Sisule Musungu
South Centre

Julia Oliva
CIEL

Charles Clift
WHO

Cecilia Oh
WHO

Christoph Spennemann
UNCTAD

Kiyoshi Adachi
UNCTAD

Ricardo Melendez Ortiz
ICTSD

Pedro Roffe
ICTSD

David Vivas
ICTSD

Johanna von Braun
ICTSD

Johannes Bernabe
ICTSD