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[ccAfrica] LDCs collectively request an indefinite extension of their TRIPS-compliance transition periods
- From: Tobias Schonwetter <tobias AT creativecommons.org>
- To: CC Africa mailing list <ccafrica AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [ccAfrica] LDCs collectively request an indefinite extension of their TRIPS-compliance transition periods
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:18:20 +0200
Dear all: I found the following on the Infojustice mailing list and thought this may be of interest to the mailing list…. Best, Tobias --- Dr. Tobias Schonwetter Regional Coordinator: Africa Creative Commons [Brook Baker] Led by Haiti, least developed country Members of the WTO have on November 5 filed a so-called “properly motivated” request under Art. 66.1 of the TRIPS Agreement for a collective extension of the transition period within which they must become TRIPS compliant. The request specifically averts that LDCs have not developed technologically and that they need continuing and future freedom from IP rules and the high prices associated with IP rights if they are to develop economically and technologically. LDCs had previously been granted two pharmaceutical-related extensions of their original 11-year TRIPS transition period (1995-2006) following the adoption of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. Those limited extensions are not set to expire until Jan. 1, 2016. Click here for more. |
- [ccAfrica] LDCs collectively request an indefinite extension of their TRIPS-compliance transition periods, Tobias Schonwetter, 11/13/2012
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