[Ip-health] UNCTAD-ICTSD panel on The Global IP Enforcement Debate: New Economic Perspectives and Policy Challenges, 17th July

[Ahmed Abdel Latif]

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The Global IP Enforcement Debate: New Economic Perspectives and Policy Chal=
lenges

Thursday 17th July 2008 15:00-17:00



Palais des Nations, Geneva Room XXVII, E Building



The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and =
the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in the con=
text of their joint programme on Intellectual Property and Sustainable Deve=
lopment, are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on: "The Global IP=
 Enforcement Debate: New Economic Perspectives and Policy Challenges".

The enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs) has gained prominenc=
e in recent years in the global trade and intellectual property agenda. A n=
umber of developments at the global, regional and bilateral levels carry fa=
r-reaching implications for the regulation of the knowledge economy. Just a=
 few days ago, the G-8 Summit called for the conclusion of talks on a new A=
nti-Counterfeiting Treaty (ACTA) by the end of this year. In June, a French=
 court fined Ebay for permitting the selling of counterfeit products on its=
 website for the unprecedented amount of 40 million euros. At the same time=
, one of the recommendations of the WIPO Development Agenda, adopted last S=
eptember by WIPO General Assembly, underlines the need "to approach intelle=
ctual property enforcement in the context of broader societal interests and=
 especially development oriented concerns," in accordance with Article 7 of=
 the TRIPS Agreement.

The main purpose of this activity is to contribute to the current debate on=
 IP enforcement by providing new perspectives on the economic aspects of IP=
 enforcement, as well as insights into the challenges raised by recent init=
iatives in this area for the promotion of a balanced and development-orient=
ed IP regime. ICTSD and UNCTAD have invited for this occasion two distingui=
shed scholars who are in process of finalising commissioned studies address=
ing salient aspects of the current debate on IPRs enforcement:

Carsten Fink, Visiting Professor, Sciences Po (on leave from the World Bank=
) will present the main findings of his work on the economic aspects of the=
 IPRs enforcement. He will highlight the importance of the economic perspec=
tive to better inform the current debate and initiatives in this area.

Carlos Correa, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, will present th=
e findings of his work on the rationale of the current drive for new enforc=
ement standards and its implications. Carlos Correa offers this perspective=
 with a focus on the balance between innovators/creators and users as refle=
cted in the TRIPS Agreement.

The presentations will be followed by commentators and an exchange of views=
 with participants. We hope you will be able to attend and participate in a=
 lively exchange of ideas and contribute with your experience and expertise=
 to this discussion.



Programme



Welcome and introduction

Ahmed Abdel Latif, Programme Manager, IP Programme, ICTSD

Kiyoshi Adachi, Legal Officer, IP-Team, Policy Implementation Section, UNCT=
AD Pedro Roffe,

Senior Fellow, IP Programme, ICTSD, moderator of the debate

Presentation of main findings of ongoing work on IP enforcement

Carsten Fink: Enforcing IPRs: an economic perspective

Carlos Correa: The new offensive for the enforcement of IPRs: implications =
for developing countries

Commentators to be confirmed

Open discussion with participants

This event will take place at the Palais des Nations in Room XXVII, E Build=
ing Pre-registration by 15 July 2008 is required due to limited space and s=
ecurity requirements.

Please e-mail: Mercedes.canton-rodriguez@unctad.org <https://exchange.ictsd=
.ch/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=3Dhttps://exchange.ictsd.ch/mc/compose?to=3Dm=
ercedes.canton-rodriguez@unctad.org>  or call +41 22 917 44 19; fax +41 22 =
917 01 97.

To access resources on IPRs and review the activities of the UNCTAD-ICTSD C=
apacity Building Project on IPRs, please visit iprsonline at: http://www.ip=
rsonline.org <https://exchange.ictsd.ch/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=3Dhttp://=
www.iprsonline.org/index.htm>