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India's intervention to the WTO TRIPS Council: TRIPS plus enforcement trends
Submitted by thiru on 10. June 2010 - 8:18Here below is India's intervention on 'TRIPS plus IPR Enforcement' as delivered at the WTO TRIPS Council on 9 June 2010.
KEI statement on possible WTO disputes against the EU seizures of goods in transit
Submitted by thiru on 12. May 2010 - 10:1012 May 2010
Statement of Knowledge Ecology International on possible WTO disputes against the EU seizures of goods in transit
Thiru Balasubramaniam, Geneva Representative
“In a world with territorial patent rights, it is important that the rules for ‘goods in transit’ permit the transport of medicines from places where they can be made to places where they will be used. The EU's systematic seizure of at least 17 drug consignments is indefensible and undermines the very principle of free trade, the raison d’être of the World Trade Organization.
General statement of Brazil to the 47th WIPO General Assemblies
Submitted by thiru on 24. September 2009 - 0:56Brazil's General Statement to the WIPO General Assemblies was delivered by H.E. Ambassador Roberto Azevedo, Head of the Delegation of Brazil. The statement broached many topics including the treaty for the sharing of accessible works for persons who are blind or have other reading disabilities, the legitimate trade of generics and the Development Agenda.
Here is an excerpt of the intervention dealing with the treaty for reading disabled persons: