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Monday, December 12, 2005

WTO Extends Deadline for Poor Countries to Implement TRIPS by Seven Years.

From United Press International:

"[...] WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The world's least-developed nations were given more time Tuesday to provide intellectual property protections.

The World Trade Organization agreed to extend the deadline by seven years until July 1, 2013 to give struggling economies more "flexibility" in developing protections for patents, copyrights and other intellectual property. [...]"

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