Intellectual Property
Task Force Chairs
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Mario Cimoli
Professor of Economics
Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Giovanni Dosi
Professor of Economics
Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa
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Jerome Reichman
Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law
Duke Law School
It is widely recognized that the objectives and means by which intellectual property regulations are established will determine, in part, whether poor countries are able to close existing knowledge, technology, and healthcare gaps in a manner consistent with the Millennium Development Goals. There is a real need to create an academic and non-ideological discussion and literature on IPR so that participants in the global debate can proceed with the best possible information. IPD has established the Intellectual Property Task Force to fill this space and to help inform the international community in what is already a contentious and enormously important dialogue.
Upcoming Events
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No upcoming events currently
Past Events
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International Policy Rules and National Inequalities: Implications for Global Economic Governance
01/19/16 Meeting
New York, New York, United States
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Intellectual Property and Development Task Force Meeting, Manchester 2009
06/22/09 - 06/24/09 Meeting
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Economic Foundations of Intellectual Property Rights: Towards an Agenda for the New Administration
01/01/09 Speech
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
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Insitutional Design for China's Innovation System: Implications for Intellectual Property Rights
03/01/07 Speech
Beijing, China
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Intellectual Property and Development Task Force Meeting, Santiago, 2005
12/05/05 - 12/06/05 Meeting
Santiago, Chile
Latest Publications
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Intellectual Property Rights
05/08/14 Book
Jerome Reichman (Editor), Giovanni Dosi (Editor), Keith Maskus (Editor), Mario Cimoli (Editor), Ruth Okediji (Editor)
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Medicine for tomorrow
08/11/10 Working Paper
Arjun Jayadev, Joseph Stiglitz
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Elite and Structural Inertia in Latin America
06/01/08 Working Paper
Mario Cimoli, Sebastian Rovira
It is widely recognized that the objectives and means by which intellectual property regulations are established will determine, in part, whether poor countries are able to close existing knowledge, technology, and healthcare gaps in a manner consistent with the Millennium Development Goals.
In the years since the WTO's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) introduced intellectual property rules into the multilateral trading system, dissatisfaction in both the scientific community and in the developing world with the current Intellectual Property Regime (IPR) has grown. In the decades since the Uruguay Round concluded, the poorest people of the world have been denied access to life saving drugs, corporations from the advanced industrial countries have attempted to patent native medicines and plants, and the scientific community has complained that IPR impedes the progress of science.
In 2004, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) took a major step forward in addressing these issues when it adopted a Brazilian and Argentinean proposal for a development agenda. This proposal recognized that intellectual property is not an end in itself and reiterated WIPO's mission to “promote creative intellectual activity” and “the transfer of technology to developing countries.”
There is a real need to create an academic and non-ideological discussion and literature on IPR so that participants in the global debate can proceed with the best possible information. IPD has established the Intellectual Property Task Force to fill this space and to help inform the international community in what is already a contentious and enormously important dialogue.