THE TRIPS WAIVER PART 2: THE REVISED PROPOSALS
In the first part of this TRIPS Waiver series, we discussed the TRIPS Waiver proposed by India and South Africa. In this second part of the series, we look at the revised versions of the waiver, and the content of…
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THE TRIPS WAIVER PART 1: THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL
In this series of articles, CIPIT examines the TRIPS1 Waiver and access to health. The series will discuss the content of the waiver as originally...
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Recap: Day 1 of JKUAT Conference on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Nestled in the leafy suburbs of Karen lies Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) School of Law on the outskirts of Nairobi. On...
Read MoreTowards a Tripartite Free Trade Area Protocol on Intellectual Property
On 10 June 2015, the Agreement establishing a Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) was signed in Egypt bringing together 26 African countries from three major...
Read MoreIntellectual Property Rights: the Key to Supporting Economic Growth? – A Different View
As African nations transition from resource to innovation-led knowledge economies it is critically important to raise awareness of the positive impact of IP and in...
Read MoreThe Health Bill must empower the Cabinet Secretary for Health to utilise compulsory licensing
There are various types of Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement flexibilities. According to the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS flexibilities and...
Read MoreLDCs ‘Unconditional’ TRIPS Extension Granted But, Limited to 2021
A few weeks ago, this blogger explained here why the TRIPS Council must extend the least developing countries (LDCs) TRIPS Agreement compliance transition period for...
Read MoreWhy extending the LDC’s TRIPs transition period is inevitable
The US and the European Union have lost the war. They cannot stand against the army of supporters backing the least developing countries (LDCs) to...
Read MoreGood Reads: Weekly Review of Intellectual Property News from Africa and Beyond
So long, first week of September! Here are some of the cool reads we’ve collected over the past seven days. IP and related stories...
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