William Patry, The U.S. Government and Copyright. The Patry Copyright Blog, May 4, 2005. Until 1960, the doctrine of sovereign immunity seemed to preclude recovery against the United States for infringement. This changed on September 6, 1960 when [the Congress… Continue Reading
The attached is a February 24, 2005 letter signed by 162 experts, asking the World Health Organization to Evaluate New Treaty Framework for Medical Research and Development The proposal for a Medical R&D Treaty (MRDT) was designed as an alternative… Continue Reading
This is a letter, dated July 22, 2004, by six consumer groups, asking Robert Zoellick and other members of the Bush Administration, to change US trade policy, so that research and development, rather than intellectual property rights, were the focus.… Continue Reading
R 302037Z – January 30, 2004
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0593
SUBJECT: BRAZIL UPDATE: GOB REACHES PRICING AGREEMENTS ON THREE MORE AIDS DRUGS
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Implementing TRIPS safeguards with particular attention to administrative models for compulsory licensing of patents WHO meeting in Harare, ZimbabweAugust 21, 2001(with additional references to November Doha declaration) James LoveConsumer Project on Technology I. Introduction. TRIPS obligations raise broad public health… Continue Reading
Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312 Washington, DC 20036 July 23, 2001 Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland Director-General World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Dear Dr. Brundtland: It has been encouraging in recent years to see the WHO… Continue Reading
July 6, 2001 Mr. Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312 Washington, D.C. 20036 Dear Mr. Nader: I am writing in response to the letter from you and your colleagues requesting that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant the… Continue Reading
Ralph Nader P.O. Box 19312 Washington, DC 20036 James Love Consumer Project on Technology P.O. Box 19367 Washington, DC 20036 Robert Weissman Essential Action P.O. Box 19405 Washington, DC 20036 March 28, 2001 Secretary Tommy Thompson Department of Health and… Continue Reading
Compulsory Licensing: Models For State Practice In Developing Countries, Access to Medicine and Compliance with the WTO TRIPS Accord Prepared for the United Nations Development Programme January 21, 2001 James Love Consumer Project on Technology http://www.cptech.org Introduction.1 This note addresses… Continue Reading
This statement was developed at the Increasing Access to Essential Drugs in a Globalised Economy Working Towards Solutions conference, which was organized by Health Action International, Médecins Sans Frontières, and Consumer Project on Technology, and took place in Amsterdam, the… Continue Reading