[governance] CCIA Endorses indefinite extension of LDC's compliance obligations for TRIPS

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Thanks for the confirmation

And congratulations on your position on this subject

--srs (htc one x)



On 6 March 2013 4:45:44 PM Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton at ccianet.org> wrote:
> Dear Suresh,
>
> My apologies for a slow reply. I do not particularly see any obvious 
> conflicts between TRIPS and the ITRs, though as you note a number of 
> the proposals which were made for the ITRs (but fortunately not 
> adopted) did have problems with other parts of the WTO agreements.
>
> On 4 Mar 2013, at 14:38, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>
> > Quite relevant to the extent that WTO obligations were cited as a major
> > factor for several countries to evaluate the ITR based on their existing
> > standing commitments
> >
> > Do you additionally feel that TRIPS has any implication on the issues
> > proposed in the ITRs and that are up for discussion?
> >
> > thanks
> > suresh
> >
> > Nick Ashton-Hart [04/03/13 14:22 +0100]:
> >> Dear governance list colleagues,
> >>
> >> Since I know some of you also are concerned with public health and IP
> >> issues, you may be interested to know that today, CCIA has made a press
> >> statement that it endorses the call of LDCs for an indefinite deferral for
> >> full implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  You can find the press
> >> release online here. I believe - please correct me if I am wrong - that we
> >> are the first trade association to do this. I hope more follow.
> >>
> >> There is also an OpEd from me in IP Watch further elaborating on why we
> >> have done this available here.
> >>
> >> My apologies in advance if this does not interest you and/or you see it as
> >> off-topic.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Nick Ashton-Hart
> >> Geneva Representative
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> >
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