Project details
Principal investigator: Duncan Matthews
Project abstract: NGOs, Intellectual Property Rights and Multilateral Institutions| (PDF)
Project website: IP-NGOs research project|
Report on ESRC website|
Project outputs
Final report
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A final report, setting out the main findings of the IP-NGOs project, was published on 22 December 2006: report (PDF).
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An IP-Watch news story, highlighting the main findings set out in the final report, was published on 17 January 2007 : Report Assesses IP NGO's Impact on Developing Country Negotiators
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Copies of the final report were distributed to delegates at the third session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Development Agenda (PCDA) in Geneva, 19-23 February 2007.
Dissemination seminar
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A dissemination seminar, outlining initial findings from the research for NGOs, delegates and policy makers, was held as a side event at the second session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Development Agenda (PCDA) in Geneva on 28 June 2006: Presentation (PPT).
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An IP-Watch news story on the IP-NGOs side event at the second session of the PCDA was published on 3 July 2006: UK Study: NGOs Helpful To Developing Countries But Could Improve.
Presentation at other events
Finding from the IP-NGOs project were also presented at the following other events:
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CIVICUS World Assembly in Glasgow on 22 June 2006;
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Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference at the University of Keele on 6 September 2006;
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European Consortium for Political Research Conference on Frontiers of Regulation at the University of Bath on 7 September 2006;
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Chicago-Kent College of Law Conference on Intellectual Property, Trade and Development: Accommodating and Reconciling Different National Levels of Protection on 13 October 2006.
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Contact details
Duncan Matthews
Intellectual Property Research Institute
Queen Mary, University of London
John Vane Science Centre
Charterhouse Square
London EC1M 6BQ
tel. 020 7882 3445
email: d.n.matthews@qmul.ac.uk|