[Ip-health] G8 document on PROMOTING INNOVATION - PROTECTING INNOVATION - In the document GROWHT AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE WORLD ECONOMY

[Gaëlle Krikorian]

pure industry language, isn't it. in writing this document the G8
does not seem to have been under too many different influences. gaelle

On Jun 8, 2007, at 4:51 AM, MSF Michel Lotrowska wrote:

> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> --
> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> PROMOTING INNOVATION - PROTECTING INNOVATION
>
> 30. Science, research and innovation today more than ever form the
> basis of
> economic growth and prosperity. Political and economic strategies
> to foster
> innovation are therefore key elements for the future development of
> industrialised countries,
> emerging economies and developing countries alike. We will
> undertake to bring forward
> an international economic and political environment that promotes
> and protects innovation.
>
> Innovation for Sustainable Growth
>
> 31. Forward looking innovation policy is geared towards promoting the
> research community
>
> and towards translating ideas, the product of the research process,
> into
> innovative
>
> products and services. Whereas the promotion of research involves
> education
> and
>
> higher-education policy, economic policy can play a crucial role in
> promoting the translation
>
> of research into innovative products and in fostering an innovation-
> friendly
> business
>
> environment. Both tasks benefit from the engagement of national
> governments.
> International
>
> cooperation and exchanges can supply a substantial impetus in the
> shaping of
>
>
> national policy. Cooperation between advanced and developing
> countries in
> research
>
> activities in the field of science and technology should also be
> strengthened.
>
> 32. Because we strive to provide scientific and technical
> leadership we also
> recognize
>
> our responsibility for a long-term oriented research initiative
> that will
> focus on concentration
>
> of scientific research and improved technological capacity in order
> to be
> able to react
>
> most effectively to future global challenges. We recognize the
> increasing
> significance
>
> of many emerging economies in science and research and invite them to
> actively
>
> participate in this process by reinforcing already existing
> cooperative
> efforts in the
>
> OECD building also on the results of ongoing work promoted inter
> alia by the
> relevant
>
> UN bodies.
>
> 33. In this respect we support the engagement of the OECD to work on
> proposals for
>
> topical international collaborative efforts. Based on the work of
> the Global
> Science Forum
>
> (GSF), we recognize the value that the GSF will bring as the
> moderator of
> this
>
> process. We also support the sharing of information among the G8 and
> emerging
>
> economies on national research endeavours in order to identify
> priorities
> that could be
>
> enhanced by collaborative research efforts, joint initiatives and
> programmes
> on areas of
>
> common interest. Possible areas of cooperation could be sustainable
> use of
> water and
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 10
>
> land and research in the field of energy efficiency as well as the
> promotion
> of environmentally-
>
> related innovations both in the public and in the business sector.
> We will
> work
>
> together to achieve more effective coordination and cooperation in our
> research efforts
>
> in these fields.
>
> Intellectual Property Protection as the Backbone of Innovation
>
> 34. A fully functioning intellectual property system is an
> essential factor
> for the sustainable
>
> development of the global economy through promoting innovation. We
> recognize
>
>
> the importance of streamlining and harmonizing the international
> patent
> system in order
>
> to improve the acquisition and protection of patent rights world-wide.
>
> 35. The benefits of innovation for economic growth and development are
> increasingly
>
> threatened by infringements of intellectual property rights
> worldwide. We
> therefore
>
> strongly reaffirm our commitment to combat piracy and
> counterfeiting. Trade
> in pirated
>
> and counterfeit goods threatens health, safety and security of
> consumers
> worldwide,
>
> particularly in poorer countries. In this regard we welcome work on
> the WHO
> initiative to
>
> implement the International Medicinal Products Anti-Counterfeit
> Taskforce
> (IMPACT).
>
> Our common efforts in this combat are therefore in the interest of all
> countries at all levels
>
> of development.
>
> 36. We commit to strengthen cooperation in this critical area among
> the G8
> and other
>
> countries, particularly the major emerging economies, as well as
> competent
> international
>
> organizations, notably the World Intellectual Property Organization
> (WIPO),
> WTO,
>
> the World Customs Organization (WCO), Interpol, the World Health
> Organization
>
> (WHO), the OECD, APEC, and the Council of Europe. We invite these
> organizations to
>
> reinforce their action in this field.
>
> 37. We welcome the joint Declaration of the business communities of
> all G8
> countries
>
> on "Strategies of G8 Industry and Business to Promote Intellectual
> Property
> Protection
>
> and to Prevent Counterfeiting and Piracy" which highlights actions
> companies
> are taking
>
> to secure their intellectual property rights at home and abroad and
> to keep
> their global
>
> supply chains free of pirated and counterfeit goods - from
> producers and
> distributors,
>
> retailers and merchandisers. Industry and business have an
> essential role to
> play in protecting
>
> innovation, and we will engage our respective private sectors on
> effective
> solutions
>
> with regard to both the supply and the demand side of piracy and
> counterfeiting.
>
> We also welcome educational campaigns with the help of business
> communities
> in our
>
> countries directed at raising awareness of consumers with regards
> to the
> negative effects
>
> of counterfeiting and piracy.
>
> 38. In light of the urgency to implement concrete measures which will
> improve and
>
> deepen cooperation among G8 partners and deliver real enforcement
> results,
> we decide
>
> to undertake the following:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> (a) We endorse the Guidelines for Customs and Border Enforcement
> Cooperation
> designed
>
> to strengthen cooperation and coordination among our national
> customs and
> law
>
> enforcement administrations. In this context we especially welcome the
> development of
>
> an effective information exchange system - where appropriate -in close
> association
>
> with the WCO which will lead to improved cooperation among the
> relevant
> enforcement
>
> authorities worldwide.
>
> (b) We endorse new Guidelines for Technical Assistance on intellectual
> property rights
>
> protection to interested developing countries, as well as a
> mechanism to
> better coordinate
>
> and leverage existing G8 assistance to such countries with a view to
> building the
>
> capacity necessary to combat trade in counterfeited and pirated
> goods to
> strengthen
>
> intellectual property enforcement. In partnership with certain
> developing
> countries we
>
> agree to launch technical assistance pilot plans with a view to
> building the
> capacity necessary
>
> to combat trade in counterfeited and pirated goods to strengthen
> intellectual
>
> property enforcement. The progress on these pilot plans will be
> reviewed by
> the G8 in
>
> 2008.
>
> (c) We endorse the recommendations aimed at improving G8 member
> countries'
> cooperative
>
> actions to combat serious and organized intellectual property
> rights crimes
> and
>
> the further work on their basis to facilitate structured international
> cooperation regarding
>
> the investigation and prosecution of those crimes.
>
> (d) While appreciating the information contained in the OECD report
> estimating the economic
>
> impacts of counterfeiting and piracy on national economies and right
> holders, as
>
> well as public health and safety, we will encourage the OECD to
> work with
> member
>
> states to further identify and target in its report specific areas for
> concrete actions.
>
> (e) We recognize the need for continued study by national experts
> of the
> possibilities of
>
> strengthening the international legal framework pertaining to IPR
> enforcement.
>
> (f) We consider the establishment of an IPR Task Force focusing on
> anti-counterfeiting
>
> and piracy to look together at how best to improve the working of the
> international IPR
>
> protection and enforcement, and produce recommendations for action
> including
> improved
>
> peer review. The issue will also be considered in the Heiligendamm
> Process.
>
>
>
>
> 12
>
> A New Dialogue on Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection
>
> 39. Lively interaction between science and business, strong
> protection and
> enforcement
>
> of intellectual property rights, and the combination of market-based
> entrepreneurship
>
> and science-based research are increasingly decisive factors in
> promoting
> economic
>
> growth and development around the world. We invite the major emerging
> economies to
>
> a follow up process using the OECD as a platform with the aim of
> establishing a new
>
> international dialogue on innovation and intellectual property
> protection as
> part of the
>
> Heiligendamm Process. Such a dialogue will provide a forum for the
> positive
> exchange
>
> on topics critical for growth of successful knowledge economies and
> the
> promotion of an
>
> innovation-friendly business environment also taking into account
> the needs
> of small and medium sized enterprises, including: (a) the crucial
> role and economic
> value of intellectual property protection and implementation as a
> central framework condition for
>
> the development of a future-oriented economy based on technological
> progress
> and innovation; (b) effective market incentives for innovation and
> the diffusion
> of knowledge at the national level taking into account recent
> developments in technology
> markets;
>
> and (c) the crucial importance of efficient innovation value chains
> that
> promote business commercialization of patented research results and
> exploit licensing as a
> major driver for the international transfer of technology. The
> dialogue could
> furthermore ascertain measures the industrialized countries and
> major emerging economies can take
> to achieve fully effective implementation and protection of
> intellectual
> property rights within their own territory. Fully respecting the
> mandate, function and role of the
> competent multilateral organizations, in particular the WTO and the
> WIPO, participants
> in the dialogue may also discuss initiatives aimed at strengthening
> intellectual property
> rights protection which should then be addressed in the appropriate
> international fora. The G8 Summit 2009 will take stock of the
> progress made by that date.
>
>
>
> --
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ip-health mailing list
> Ip-health@lists.essential.org
> http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/ip-health
>