As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) prepares to meet in Geneva for its third session from 27 April to 1 May 2009, the question as to whether the WIPO Development Agenda (hereinafter “WDA” or “the Agenda”) was a force for reform or not remains. 17 months since the adoption of the Agenda, in October 2007, it is time to start a critical appraisal of what we have to show for it, what is working, what is failing and what else should be done. (more…)  Read the rest of this entry »