Spouting Up: Want to let off steam about IPRs? by GRAIN | 20 Sep 2001 Seedling - September 2001 The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) decided to celebrate all the benefits of intellectual property rights with an International Day of Intellectual Property Rights on April 26, 2002. Part of the process leading up to it is an essay contest in response to the question: WHAT DOES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MEAN TO YOU IN YOUR DAILY LIFE? Shortly afterwards, WIPOUT, an international organisation consisting of academics, artists, musicians, and other activists, launched the Intellectual Property Counter-Essay Contest The counter contest is intended to challenge the over-protection of intellectual property, which is doing much damage to education, health care, the environment, and economic security for millions around the world. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) decided to celebrate all the benefits of intellectual property rights with an International Day of Intellectual Property Rights on April 26, 2002. Part of the process leading up to it is an essay contest in response to the question: WHAT DOES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MEAN TO YOU IN YOUR DAILY LIFE? Shortly afterwards, WIPOUT, an international organisation consisting of academics, artists, musicians, and other activists, launched the Intellectual Property Counter-Essay Contest The counter contest is intended to challenge the over-protection of intellectual property, which is doing much damage to education, health care, the environment, and economic security for millions around the world.
NO PATENTS ON RICE! NO PATENTS ON LIFE! by Statement from peoples' movements and NGOs across Asia | 1 Aug 2001
TRIPS-plus through the back door by GRAIN | 27 Jul 2001 GRAIN has done a sample survey of bilateral agreements between developed and developing countries in five areas to see how TRIPS-plus standards are being pushed on developing countries with respect to biodiversity… GRAIN has done a sample survey of bilateral agreements between developed and developing countries in five areas to see how TRIPS-plus standards are being pushed on developing countries with respect to biodiversity…
TRIPS-plus through the back door by GRAIN | 17 Jul 2001 Click here to see this GRAIN publication (July 2001) Click here to see this GRAIN publication (July 2001)
The Free Trade Area of the Americas by Maude Barlow | 28 Jun 2001 Seedling - June 2001 Last April, all but one of the governments of the Americas met in Quebec, Canada, for the third summit on the negotiations for a free-market regional trade agreement. It stands to have a dramatic impact on peoples' lives, while strengthening corporate control over all aspects of government. Last April, all but one of the governments of the Americas met in Quebec, Canada, for the third summit on the negotiations for a free-market regional trade agreement. It stands to have a dramatic impact on peoples' lives, while strengthening corporate control over all aspects of government.
Laos at the crossroads by Isabelle Delforge | 26 Jun 2001 Seedling - June 2001 Having stuck its heels in to resist the Green Revolution, Lao farmers are coming under increasing pressure to adopt the industrial agricultural model and to join the global market place. Having stuck its heels in to resist the Green Revolution, Lao farmers are coming under increasing pressure to adopt the industrial agricultural model and to join the global market place.