Brazil
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:
KEI RN 2007:2 Recent examples of compulsory licensing of patents
KEI Research Note 2007:2 [1]
(A PDF version of this is available here.)
Recent examples of the use of compulsory licenses on patents[1]
KEI Research Note 2007:2
Press Advisory: NGO letters to WHO & WTO on Dutch seizures of generic medicines in-transit from India to Brazil, Colombia & Peru
Submitted by thiru on 19. February 2009 - 5:32February 19, 2009
Press Advisory on NGO letters to WHO and WTO on topic of Dutch seizures of generic medicines in-transit from India to Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
In response to news about four seizures of generic medicines manufactured in India and shipped through the Netherlands in route to Brazil, Colombia and Peru, sixteen public health, consumer and development NGOs have sent separate letters to the heads of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Intervention by Brazil at WTO General Council on seizure of 500 kilos of generic medicines by Dutch customs authorities
Submitted by thiru on 3. February 2009 - 14:08On this day, 3 February 2009, H.E. Ambassador Roberto AZEVÊDO, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other economic organizations in Geneva made the following intervention at the WTO General Council meeting on the seizure by Dutch authorities of a cargo of 500 kilos of losartan potassium en route from India to Brazil.
Misc notes on Compulsory Licensing of Patents
Worth reading first
March 8, 2007, Recent examples of the use of compulsory licensing of patents, revised March 31, 2007.
Misc
June 9, 2007. When customs authorities may allow infringing goods to be imported into the United States.
Dept of State cables on Brazil negotiations on prices and patents for AIDS drugs
Submitted by Staff on 12. October 2007 - 22:00U.S. State Department Cables on Brazil Patent Policy
Submitted by Staff on 2. October 2007 - 22:00 Wednesday, 03 October 2007
The following are selected cables from the US Department of State, obtained under the U.S. FOIA statutes, concerning patents and price negotiations on AIDS drugs.
Country - Brazil
Submitted by Staff on 3. May 2007 - 22:00U.S. DoS Cable: BRAZIL’S MINISTER OF HEALTH REPONDS POSITIVELY
Submitted by Staff on 10. May 2006 - 22:00P111840Z MAY 06 – May 11, 2006
FM AMBASSY BRASILIA
TO SECSTATE WAHDC PRIORITY 5352
SUBJECT: BRAZIL’S MINISTER OF HEALTH REPONDS POSITIVELY ON FUTURE BILATERAL COOPERATION
