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9 March 2017
Greenhouse gas emissions are a market failure. How might international trade rules respond? Renewable energy has a key role to play in mitigating climate change and guaranteeing long-term energy supply. Climate change and energy security concerns may compel governments to provide incentives for...
9 March 2017
World Trade Organization (WTO) members met last week to discuss a series of communications involving the intellectual property (IP) aspects of electronic commerce, along with continuing their past discussions on a UN report regarding access to medicines and health technologies. The discussions were...
30 January 2017
A long-awaited revision to the World Trade Organization’s intellectual property (IP) rules was made permanent on Monday 23 January, formalising an existing waiver aimed at allowing the organisation’s poorest members to have easier access to cheaper, generic versions of medicines produced abroad. At...
20 December 2016
Bridges Africa met with Mathias Ismaïl, Chair of OSO Group S.A. and Chief Executive of R&O Seafood Gastronomy, in order to shed light on an ambitious project that has successfully turned sustainability standards into the driving force behind its business model thanks to a clear strategic vision...
2 December 2016
While there is no international obligation to do so, there is a global trend to specialise or centralise the handling of certain types of intellectual property (IP) disputes. The question whether it is advantageous or necessary to establish specialised IP courts, however, is a difficult one to...
18 November 2016
WTO members reviewed last week a series of recommendations by a UN panel aimed at supporting access to medicines, debating in particular the report’s findings relating to trade and intellectual property rights. The discussions took place under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property...
17 November 2016
WTO members reviewed last week a series of recommendations by a UN panel aimed at supporting access to medicines, debating in particular the report’s findings relating to trade and intellectual property rights. The discussions took place under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property...
16 June 2016
The WTO’s Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council discussed the topic of e-commerce last week for the first time since 2003, sources said, during a 7-8 June meeting in Geneva. Other topics on the meeting’s agenda included sustainable resources and low emission...
10 March 2016
WTO members debated a series of intellectual property topics last week, ranging from the long-standing issue of “non-violation and situation” complaints to the relationship between global trade rules and UN biodiversity agreements, as well as how to foster intellectual property-related education...
26 November 2015
WTO negotiators have agreed to extend a moratorium on “non-violation and situation” complaints under the organisation’s intellectual property rules for an additional two years, forwarding the planned decision to the global trade body’s upcoming ministerial conference for adoption. The news comes as...
18 September 2015
The European Commission announced this week that it will support the least developed countries' (LDCs) request for easier access to cheaper medicines through an indefinite exemption from WTO intellectual property rules for pharmaceuticals. "Although patents stimulate innovation in developed and...
