NGOs, Intellectual Property Rights and Multilateral Institutions

Report of the IP-NGOs research project

by Duncan Matthews

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NGOs, Intellectual Property Rights and Multilateral Institutions

This report sets out the key findings of an independent academic research project investigating the significance of non-governmental organisations for intellectual property rights and multilateral institutions (the IP-NGOs project). Based on over sixty face-to-face interviews with representatives of key NGOs, developing country delegations and the secretariats of multilateral institutions, the IP-NGOs project has analysed patterns in recent activity by NGOs in relation to intellectual property issues in the World Trade Organisation (WTO); the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO); the World Health Organisation (WHO); the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of the Parties (CBD-COP); and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.