| Directory > Society > Issues > Intellectual Property > Genetic Resources Canadaian forum on the Patenting of Life
Provides information which challenges the privatisation, monopoly control and patenting of living
organisms and which promotes alternatives. Discussion forums, resources, links.
http://www.fpl-fbv.ca
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WIPO: Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) pages on Intellectual Property and Genetic
Resources with links to Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore. Includes coverage of the
intergovernmental committee covering all three issues.
http://www.wipo.int/globalissues/genetic/index.html
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World Patent System
Review by GRAIN of moves by the World Intellectual Property Organisation to implement a single
global system for approval and administration of patents.
http://www.grain.org/publications/wipo-patent-2002-en.cfm
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Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO)
Site contains Trade and Development pages which include all QUNO publications on Trade and
Intellectual Property, including aspects related to: Food, Sui Generis systems, Biotechnology,
Pharmaceuticals, Traditional Knowledge
http://www.geneva.quno.info/
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Food Rights Campaign
Resources related to Action Aid's campaign on Biopiracy with links to papers on IPRs, GM crops and
corporate control.
http://www.actionaid.org/ourpriorities/foodrights/car/car.shtml
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Prior Art Database (TEK*PAD)
An online, searchable archive of public domain documented traditional ecological knowledge
concerning indigenous knowledge and plant species uses necessary to establish prior art.
http://ip.aaas.org/tekpad
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Porto Alegre Treaty to Share the Global Commons
Full text and background of proposed treaty designed to ensure that governments and Indigenous
Peoples, who are the caretakers of their part of the genetic commons, establish the appropriate
statutory mechanisms needed to ensure both sovereignty and open access to the world's genetic
diversity.
http://www.ukabc.org/genetic_commons_treaty.htm
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Seeding Solutions
Full text and publication details of Volume 1 (ownership, conservation and exchange of genetic
resources) and Volume 2 (legal mechanisms) which update People, Plants and Patents. Published by
The Crucible Group/IDRC in 2000.
http://www.idrc.ca/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&Product_ID=548&CATID=15
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People, Plants and Patents
Full text of 1994 book on the impact of intellectual property on trade, agricultural biodiversity,
and rural society by The Crucible Group, hosted by IDRC.
http://www.idrc.ca/books/725/725.html
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Comparing sui generis rights systems
Theme issue of Biotechnology and Development Monitor journal on Plant Variety Rights and sui
generis systems. Journal covers all aspects of IPRs, seed systems and biotechnology. Links through
home page of journal.
http://www.biotech-monitor.nl/index36.htm
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Alternative Mechanisms to Enhance Corporate Monopoly and BioSerfdom in the 21st Century
ETC Group Communiqué on the uncertainties surrounding intellectual property rights, which, being
increasingly unacceptable to industry, is why new tools for monopoly control of biological and
other resources are being developed.
http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=271
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WorldTrade Organisation - TRIPs / Patents pages
WTO's pages on the Agreement on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights (TRIPs),
highlighting the patents clauses which include genetic resources patents. Links to all other
aspects of trade and intellectual property.
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/intel2_e.htm#patents
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TRIPs, Biodiversity and Commonwealth Countries
Discussion paper prepared for the Commonwealth Secretariat on capacity building priorities for the
Review of TRIPs Article 27.3(b). Extensive links to related papers and sites.
http://www.ukabc.org/TRIPs/cs_exsum.htm
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Trade, Intellectual Property, Food and Biodiversity
Discussion paper prepared for the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) on key issues and options for
the review of Article 27.3(b) of the WTO/TRIPs Agreement. Includes discussion of impacts on food
security and agricultural biodiversity.
http://www.btinternet.com/~g.tansey/trips/
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Intellectual Property and Community Rights
Authoritative introduction to these issues by Genetic Resources Action International (GRAIN) with
links to key documents on patents, PVP, WTO/TRIPs and corporate control of agricultural
biodiversity.
http://www.grain.org/themes/dsp_theme.cfm?theme_id=101
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No Patents on Life
Greenpeace portal on patents. Clear overview of issues with detailed papers on Broad species
patents, Biopiracy, World Trade Organisation, Animal and Human patenting. Links to key
webresources.
http://www.greenpeace.org/~geneng/reports/pat/intrpat.htm
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Small-scale Producers' Intellectual Rights to Agricultural Biodiversity
Introduction to the issues in a Kenyan context, with an emphasis on farmers, pastoralists and
fisherfolk, and the need for protocols on intellectual property. Includes Via Campesina's statement
on Farmers' Rights.
http://www.ukabc.org/ipr2.htm
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Working Group on Traditional Resource Rights (WGTRR)
Extensive information on appropriate mechanisms for protecting the integrity of the knowledge and
resources of Indigenous peoples and local communities. Comprehensive regularly updated links.
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wgtrr/
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TRIPs, Sui Generis and Plant Variety Protection
Third World Network's pages on IP issues. Extensive and historical coverage of the issues from an
authoritative developing country perspective.
http://www.twnside.org.sg/access_5.htm
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UPOV - International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Website of the institution that governs this 50 nation Convention on Plant Variety Protection (PVP)
of crops and flowers. Details of the Convention, membership, conduct, implementation and so on.
http://www.upov.int/eng/index.htm
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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
UKabc portal on the IT PGRFA (International Seed Treaty) that governs the access, use, conservation
and development of the genetic resources of food security crop and forage species. Treaty outlaws
IPRs on selected PGRFA. Links to all official FAO, media and CSO resources on the Treaty.
http://www.ukabc.org/iu2.htm
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Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)
UK Government IPR Commission's website containing background, papers, and conference reports.
Commission's Report: "Integrating IPRs and Development Policy" now available.
http://www.iprcommission.org/
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