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More precisely, Article 7 (“Objectives”) states
that the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights
should contribute to the promotion of technological innovation and to
the transfer and dissemination of technology, to the mutual advantage of
producers and users of technological knowledge and in a manner conducive
to social and economic welfare, and to a balance of rights and
obligations.
The obligation for developed countries to provide
incentives for technology transfer are in Article 66.2.
Least-developed countries want this requirement to be made more
effective. In Doha, ministers agreed that the TRIPS Council would “put
in place a mechanism for ensuring the monitoring and full implementation
of the obligations”. The council adopted a
decision setting up this
mechanism in February 2003. It details the information developed
countries are to supply by the end of the year, on how their incentives
are functioning in practice.
This decision is now
being implemented, and was reviewed in full when the TRIPS Council
met in November 2003. Submissions made and discussions in the TRIPS
Council can be found by using the document search facility according to
different search criteria as given below.
At the same
time, various decisions under TRIPS have raised the question of
technology transfer and reiterated the commitment to implement
Article 66.2, such as the
2003 and
2005 decisions on TRIPS and Public
Health.
Additionally,
climate change negotiators have been discussing the link between
technology transfer and the TRIPS Agreement. In this context, the
University of Copenhagen and the WTO Secretariat jointly organized a
side event in which the first draft of a
paper was
distributed.
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13–18 December 2005:
Hong Kong Ministerial Conference: Ministers agree
on declaration that ‘puts Round back on track’
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WIPO-WTO joint workshop: Intellectual Property Rights and Transfer of Technology
Held on 17 November 2003, and open to all WIPO member states and WTO members and observer governments. Full details, including presentations on the WIPO website (link opens in a new window).
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