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India's intervention to the WTO TRIPS Council: TRIPS plus enforcement trends

Here below is India's intervention on 'TRIPS plus IPR Enforcement' as delivered at the WTO TRIPS Council on 9 June 2010.

Intervention on TRIPS plus enforcement trends – INDIA

KEI statement on possible WTO disputes against the EU seizures of goods in transit

12 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

Brazil'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:

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