Foreword |
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Acknowledgements |
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Abbreviations |
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Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Intellectual Property and Public Health |
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1.1 Scope of Protection of Patents |
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1.3 Why Protection Is Important |
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1.4 Compulsory Licencing under International Norms |
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1.4.1 The Paris Convention |
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1.4.2 The TRIPs Agreement |
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1.5 In South African Case and Public Health Concerns |
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1.6 The DohaDeclaration on the TRIPs Agreement and Public Health of 2001 |
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1.7 The Decision of the General Council of the WTO of 30 August 2003 |
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1.8 The Amendment to the TRIPs Agreement of 6 December 2005 |
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18.1 The Protocol Amending the TRIPs Agreement |
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18.2 The Annex to the Protocol (Article 3 ibis to he Incorporated after Article 31) |
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1.8.3 The Annex to the TRIPs Agreement |
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1.8.4 The Appendix to the Annex to the TRIPs Agreement |
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1.9 T he World Health Organization's (WHO) Work on Public Health and Intellectual Property |
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1.10 Is the Marriage between Intellectual Property and Public Health Pleasant? |
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Chapter 2 Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions or Expressions of Folklore |
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2.1 Traditional Knowledge |
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2.1.3 Definition and Delimitation of Scope |
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2.1.3.2 Delimitation of Scope |
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2.1.4.1 Positive Protection of TK |
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2.1.4.2 Defensive Protection of TK |
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2.1.5 Who Owns TK? Who Are the Beneficiaries of Protection? |
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2.1.7 Is TK Protectable under the Existing IP System? |
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2.1.8 Prior Informed Consent and Fair and Equitable Benefit Sharing |
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2.1.9 Exceptions and Limitations |
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2.1.10 Soft Law versus Binding International Norm(s) |
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2.1.11 TK Issues as Debated Under the WTO's Council for TRIPs |
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2.2 Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions or Expressions of Folklore |
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2.2.3 Definition and Delimitation of Scope |
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2.2.4 Who Are the Beneficiaries of TCE/EoF Protection? |
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2.2.6 Exceptions and Limitations |
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2.2.7 International Legal Nature |
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2.2.8 Other Debated Issues concerning Protection of TCE or EoF |
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Chapter 3 Protection of New Plant Varieties, Biodiversity and Access to Genetic Resources |
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3.1 International Legal Framework |
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3.1.1 The International Convention on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants |
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3.1.1.1.1 National Treatment |
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3.1.1.2 Scope of Protection and Breeders' Rights |
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3.1.1.2.2 Distinctiveness |
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3.1.1.3 Exceptions and Limitations |
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3.1.1.4 Period of Protection |
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3.1.2 The Convention on Biological Diversity |
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3.1.2.2 Biodiversity Conservation |
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3.1.2.3 Access to Genetic Resources and Community Rights |
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3.1.2.4 Draft International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing |
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3.1.2.4.1 Proposed Objectives |
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3.1.2.4.2 Scope of Applicability |
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3.1.2.4.3 Prior Informed Consent |
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3.1.2.4.4 Disclosure of Country of Origin |
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3.1.2.4.5 Remedies and Sanctions |
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3.1.2.4.6 Misappropriation |
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3.1.3 The FAO's International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
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3.1.3.1 Conservation and Access to Genetic Resources |
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3.1.3.2 Farmers' Rights and Traditional Community Rights |
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3.1.3.3 Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing |
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3.1.4 The African Model Legislation for the Protection of the Rights of Local Communities, Farmers and Breeders, and for the Regulation of Access to Biological Resources |
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3.1.4.3 Access to Biological Resources |
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3.1.4.6 Plant Breeders' Rights |
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3.1.4.6.3 Compulsory Licences |
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3.1.5 TRIPs Provisions on Biotechnology and New Plant Varieties |
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3.2 Debated International Issues on Plant Varieties, Biodiversity and Access to Genetic Resources |
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3.2.1 Debated International Issues on Plant Varieties, Biotechnological Inventions, Biodiversity and Genetic Resources in the WTO-Council for TRIPs |
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3.2.1.1 Plant Varieties and the Relationship between the TRIPs Agreement and the UPOV Convention |
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3.2.1.2 The Relationship between the TRIPs Agreement and the CBD |
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3.2.1.3 Biotechnology and the TRIPs Agreement |
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3.2.1.4 Disclosure of the Country of Origin of Genetic Resources |
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3.2.2 The World Intellectual Property Organization's Work on Genetic Resources |
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3.2.2.1 Genetic Resources and the IGC |
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3.2.2.1.1 Defensive Protection of Genetic Resources and Disclosure Requirements in Patent Applications of the Country of Origin of Genetic Resources |
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3.2.2.1.2 Benefit Sharing, the IGC and the CBD |
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3.2.2.2 The WIPO Draft Substantive Patent Law Treaty |
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Chapter 4 Issues Relating to the Use of Marks and Other Signs on the Internet |
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4.1 Under What Conditions Can the Use of a Sign on the Internet be Considered to have Occurred in a Particular Country? |
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4.2 What to Do to Avoid Conflict Where the Owners of Rights in Identical or Similar Signs, Granted for Use in Different Countries, All Use These Signs on the Internet |
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4.3 How Can Courts Take Account of the Territorial Basis of Industrial Property Rights When Determining Remedies? |
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4.4.1 The Ward v. Brodie & Stone Case |
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4.4.2 The Cecil McBee v. Delica Co., Ltd. Case |
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Chapter 5 Challenges in Respect to Protection of Geographical Indications |
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5.1 The International Legal Framework |
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5.2.1 Establishment of a Multilateral Register for Wines and Spirits |
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5.2.1.1 The Binding Registration System Approach |
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5.2.1.2 The Voluntary System Approach |
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5.2.1.3 An Alternative Approach |
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5.2.2 Extension of the Higher Level of Protection to Other Products (beyond Wines and Spirits) |
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5.3 Geographical Indications and the Developing World |
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General Conclusion |
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Appendix 1: Amendment of the TRIPs Agreement |
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Appendix 2: Recommendations of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health |
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Appendix 3: The Protection of Traditional Knowledge: Revised Objectives and Principles: Policy Objectives |
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Appendix 4: Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions or Expressions of Folklore: Revised Objectives and Principles: Objectives |
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Appendix 5: International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture |
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Appendix 6: African Model Legislation for the Protection of the Rights of Local Communities, Farmers and Breeders, and for the Regulation of Access to Biological Resources |
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Index |
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