This course will first discuss the development dimension of IPRs, examining how IP is as much a development issue as it is an economic and legal issue. The second part of the course will study how certain international agreements have built in flexibility to help developing countries achieve a better balance between exclusive rights and the public domain, in pursuit of important development objectives.

La première partie du cours sera consacrée aux incidences sur le développement des droits de propriété intellectuelle et montrera comment la propriété intellectuelle concerne autant le développement que les sphères économique et juridique. Ensuite, les participants étudieront les flexibilités inhérentes à certains accords internationaux qui peuvent aider les pays en développement à trouver un meilleur équilibre entre droits exclusifs et domaine public en vue d’atteindre d'importants objectifs de développement.

Delivered by: UNCTAD Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development

• Programme
• Presenters - Presentateurs
• Participants

Presentations:

• Development Dimension of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) – Legal and Economic Context

• Exclusive Rights and Public Access – Flexibilities in International Agreements and Development Objectives

Documents:

• Resource Book on TRIPS and Development: An authoritative and practical guide to the TRIPS Agreement - ICTSD and UNCTAD
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Nature of obligations, principles and objectives
  • Part 2: Substantive obligations:
    • 2a (Sections 7-13)
    • 2b (Sections 14-16)
    • 2c (Sections 17-26)
  • Part 3: Intellectual property rights and competition
  • Part 4: Enforcement, acquisition and maintenance of rights
  • Part 5: Interpretation and dispute prevention and settlement
  • Part 6: Transitional and institutional arrangements