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At Resumed ‘Post-Pandemic’ IGC Negotiations, Change in Committee Leadership Leaves Delegates Between Two Genetic Resources Texts

February 28-March 4, 2020: Delegates met virtually and in-person at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva to resume the first round of negotiations for the 2022-23 biennium of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC). The meeting was in continuation of more than two-decades of work, most of which has been dedicated to negotiations of legal instrument(s) for the protection of traditional knowledge (TK) traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) and genetic resources (GR).

Blog PostChidi OguamanamMarch 14, 2022Indigenous, IP and Knowledge Governance, WIPO, IGC 42, United Nations, Genetic Resources, European Union, United States, Japan, Canada, Traditional Knowledge

Access to Covid-19 Vaccines: the Patent Freeze Proposal and a New Global Strategy

As the vaccination rate rises in Canada and other developed nations, developing countries globally continue to record an upsurge in daily infection and death rates due to COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently confirmed that Canada is involved in the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) exploration of the Indian and South African proposal to waive intellectual property (IP) rights for COVID-19 vaccines. In a break from tradition, United States President Joe Biden has lent his country’s support to the initiative, amidst reluctance to do the same from the EU. However, Canada remains ambivalent.

Blog PostChidi OguamanamJuly 6, 2021COVID-19, Vaccine, Patent, WHO, South Korea, South Africa, European Union, Pharmaceutical, Health Law and Medical Ethics

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