Development Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights

TOT-IP logo Responding to the new mandate received from Member States at the Ministerial Conference in Doha, as well as to the requests contained in the WIPO Development Agenda and the World Health Assembly´s Resolution 61.21 on a Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, the UNCTAD Secretariat is implementing a work programme on the development dimensions of intellectual property (IP) rights.

The IP programme conducts research and analysis on trade and development aspects of intellectual property and facilitates consensus-building in international discussions on issues at the interface between investment and intellectual property.   More >

 

 News

 
Local Production of Pharmaceuticals
19 September 2012UNCTAD report calls for improved access to medicines in context of local pharmaceutical production
An UNCTAD report now made available on the website suggests that a coherent framework linking local pharmaceutical production to greater access from the onset within countries is urgently called for to harness the full potential of local production capacities. Improvement in access to medicines in the context of local production should not be incidental but should be an explicit goal, the report says.
03 September 2012Technology and intellectual property licensing: Experts agree countries should have flexibility in regulation
Experts participating in a panel discussion yesterday on how Japan has applied competition policy in the regulation of technology and intellectual property (IP)-related licensing agreements agreed that countries should have the flexibility to use approaches that seem to fit their domestic priorities and their relative levels of development.
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16 August 2012Panel to focus on Japan's regulation of technology licensing agreements
A panel discussion is being organised for Monday, 3 September at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to focus on how Japan has applied competition policy in the regulation of technology licensing agreements during the post-War period.​
Investment in Pharmaceutical Production in the Least Developed Countries
08 May 2011UNCTAD report says least developed countries in position to improve access to medicines through local production
Events shaping the global pharmaceutical industry provide an unprecedented opportunity for the least developed countries (LDCs) to attract investment in the pharmaceutical sector, including from other developing countries, a new UNCTAD report contends. With the right set of policies in place, LDCs can use the local production of pharmaceuticals to help ensure greater access to essential medicines, the study says.
access to medicines through local production
08 May 2011UNCTAD report says least developed countries in position to improve access to medicines through local production
Events shaping the global pharmaceutical industry provide an unprecedented opportunity for the least developed countries (LDCs) to attract investment in the pharmaceutical sector, including from other developing countries, a new UNCTAD report contends. With the right set of policies in place, LDCs can use the local production of pharmaceuticals to help ensure greater access to essential medicines, the study says.​
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 Publications

 
Tool Box for Policy Coherence in Access to Medicines and Local Pharmaceutical Production (UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/2017/2)
08 Jan 2018, 1507.3 KB
The Development Dimensions of Intellectual Property in Nepal - Transfer of Technology, Access to Medicines, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge (UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/2015/7)
22 Sep 2016, 59 page(s), 4158.5 KB
TRIPS Flexibilities and Anti-Counterfeit Legislation in Kenya and the East African Community: Implications for Generic Producers - An UNCTAD-UNIDO Discussion Paper (UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/2015/6)
14 Sep 2016, 5426.9 KB
Intellectual property: How much room is left for industrial policy? by Carlos M. Correa - UNCTAD Discussion Paper No. 223 (UNCTAD/OSG/DP/2015/5)
06 Nov 2015, 336.0 KB
The Convention on Biodiversity and the Nagoya Protocol: Intellectual Property Implications - A Handbook on the Interface between Global Access and Benefit Sharing Rules and Intellectual Property (UNCTAD/DIAE/PCB/2014/3)
01 Oct 2014, 214 page(s), 1805.2 KB
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 Events and Meetings

 
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