[WSIS CS-Plenary] Offsetting IPRs' adverse effects on access to knowledge

[Pablo Accuosto]

Article by Martin Khor (Third World Network) about meeting on WIPO
Development Agenda and Treaty on Access to Knowledge

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* Offsetting IPRs' adverse effects on access to knowledge

Geneva 2 February (Martin Khor) -- The public's access to knowledge is
increasingly hindered by imbalanced intellectual property regimes which
are tilted to the advantage of IP holders vis-a-vis users and consumers,
and there is a need to establish a treaty or at least principles to
redress this imbalance as part of a "development agenda" in fora dealing
with intellectual property protection.

This was a key message emerging at the start of an experts meeting on
the WIPO Development Agenda and a treaty on access to knowledge being
held here on 3-4 February.   The meeting, attended by 60 academics,
researchers, public interest groups and diplomats, is organized by the
Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech), the International Federation of
Library Associations and the Third World Network.

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