Sisule F. Musungu – There was anticipation, hope and a sense that multilateralism was experiencing one of those good moments. That was last week at the 20th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The anticipation and hope, by many, was that the Committee meeting would end with a definite work programme towards a legal instrument to improve access to copyright material for those who are blind or with visual impairment or with print disability. Finally, the world of intellectual property (IP) was going to act decisively to end “the Book Famine”.
Archive for June, 2010
Why WIPO Must Rethink its Committee Procedures and the Meaning of its Programme & Budget
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Training for Research on Development – IDRC Internship Awards for 2011
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Sisule F. Musungu – The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has an interesting call out for internship awards for 2011. The purpose of these internships is to provide exposure to research for international development through research management and grant administration. The internship scheme is targetted at developing country or Canadian nationals. The deadline for applications is 12th September 2010 for the internships scheduled to start in January 2011.
Cutting edge fixed-dose brand HIV drug combinations to speed up enforcement of UNITAID patent pool plan
Monday, June 7th, 2010Daniele Dionisio - New to IQsensato’s Guest Papers section is a short paper entitled Cutting edge fixed-dose brand HIV drug combinations to speed up enforcement of UNITAID patent pool plan contributed by myself (Member, European Parliament Working Group on Innovation, Access to Medicines and Poverty-Related Diseases).
