P 011726Z SEP 05 –September 5, 2005FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIATO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2703SUBJECT: BRAZILIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH SLOWS THE PACE ON COMPULSORY LICENSING 1. (SBU) Summary. On August 30, DCM, accompanied by selected members of Country Team, met with Ministry… Continue Reading
R 122031Z AUG 05 – August 12, 2005FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIATO SECSTATE WASHDC 2501SUBJECT: Brazil’s National Health Council Recommends Compulsory Licensing of Antiretrovirals 1. SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary. Adding to the tension surrounding negotiations between the ministry of… Continue Reading
R 281104Z JUN 05 – June 28, 2005FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIATO SECSTATE WASHDC 1902SUBJECT: BRAZIL GIVES ABBOTT TEN DAYS BEFORE BREAKING PATENT 1. (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (U) Summary. On Friday June 24, the GoB announced a declaration of “public… Continue Reading
R 031944Z JUN 05 – June 3, 2005FROM: American Embassy BrasiliaTO: Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH U.S. PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS THREATENED WITH LICENSING 1. (SBU) Summary. On May 24 and 25, U.S. pharmaceutical companies Gilead Sciences, Abbott Laboratories,… Continue Reading
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
February 16, 2005 109th Congress, 1st Session Issue: Vol. 151, No. 17 — Daily Edition [Pages S1498-S1499] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] THE DOHA DECLARATION AND THE TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY ACT OF 2002 Mr.… Continue Reading
The TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) Conference: The Future of WIPO
September 13-14, 2004
CICG, Geneva
(Registration Information given below)
Monday, September 13, 2004
Welcome
Panel 1 — What is the WIPO Mission?
Chair, Benedicte Federspiel, FBR
Panel Members
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
Original page: http://www.cptech.org/ip/wto/p6/cptech08302003.html CPTech Statement on WTO Deal on Exports of Medicines August 30, 2003 “Today’s decision on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health puts the WTO into unchartered waters. The WTO… Continue Reading