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Thursday, November 29, 2007

MEPs Again Wanting To Tinker With Patent Law.

Mr David Cronin writes for

Intellectual Property Watch:

"[...] BRUSSELS - Intellectual property rules should be reshaped to ensure that they do not hinder developing countries from gaining access to technology considered vital for addressing climate change, the European Parliament has declared.

Members of the Parliament (MEPs) on 29 November approved a report that urges examination of the possibility of revising the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). TRIPS may need to be amended, the report suggests, in order to allow for the compulsory licensing of environmentally-friendly technology that is patented. [...]"

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Maybe Mr David Cronin thinks of

Document P6_TA(2007)0576 (sorry, at the time being available only in French).

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