[Ip-health] Re: India/France IPR bilateral agreement

[gerrold@noos.fr]

It's supposed to be just a technical cooperation agreement between France's=
 Institute of Intellectual Property and India's Department of industrial po=
licy - not a substance agreement.

Areas for cooperation are training on IP, skill sharing on automation of IR=
P searches and examination of IPR requests, awareness raising, and studies.

In the past, the French patent office has used such technical cooperation a=
greements as an lobbying vessel to impose TRIPS+ IP - the best example bein=
g the 1999 IP reform in West Africa. I expect that the most pro-IP elements=
 within the Indian government must look favourably at a repeat of stunt on =
India.

What's surprising though, is why would India choose France for this ?

Khalil.


----Message d'origine----
>A: Ip-health <ip-health@lists.essential.org>
>De: James Love <james.love@cptech.org>
>Sujet: [Ip-health] India/France IPR bilateral agreement
>Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:28:56 -0400
>
>Does anyone know anything about this?
>
>http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=3D5266
>posted 14-07-2006
>
>India, France to strengthen IPR ties; agreement soon
>
>India and France have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the area of
>intellectual property rights (IPR) and will soon sign a bilateral
>agreement regarding the same.
>
>Financial Express | July 14, 2006
>
>India, France to strengthen IPR ties; agreement soon
>
>ECONOMY BUREAU
>
>NEW DELHI, JULY 13: India and France have agreed to strengthen
>cooperation in the area of intellectual property rights (IPR) and
>will soon sign a bilateral agreement regarding the same. This was
>decided after a meeting minister of state for industry Ashwani Kumar
>had on Wednesday with his French counterpart Francois Loos.
>
>India has also asked the French industry to increase its presence in
>infrastructure, high technology, aerospace, IT and electronics
>sectors. Kumar also welcomed the decision of the Paris Chamber of
>Commerce to send a business delegation to India in December.
>
>The minister is in Paris to promote India as an investment destination.
>
>Kumar and Loos also discussed the feasibility of investments in India
>by the French small and medium enterprises. Kumar said while Indian
>companies were aggressively investing overseas, the French investment
>in India is meager compared to the potential of the French industry.
>
>The Paris Chamber of Commerce, the members of which account for 40%
>of French GDP, is soon opening a liaison office in Mumbai. The move
>may give a significant boost to Indo-French economic ties.
>
>source link: Financial Express
>http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=3D133918
>
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