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OPEN FORUM OF DISCUSSION
A GLOBAL SOLUTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INVENTIONS.
WHERE: NGO CENTER, WTO 9TH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE BALI 2013.
WHEN: DECEMBER 4TH, 2013. 11H30.
PROGRAM: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF THE PROPOSAL MADE BY ITS AUTHOR, FOLLOWED BY A GENERAL AND INFORMAL DISCUSSION.
TOPIC: The proposed corrective is the insertion of proportionality regarding the contribution of each country or region to the world´s technological development, measured in years of exclusivity. Currently the term of protection granted to inventions worldwide is of 20 years from the filing date of the application, for all countries. There is a shortcoming in this regard: a uniform duration of the protection bestowed by all countries regardless of their economic status.
For PRO HUMANO GENERE is an honor to present to the world the idea contained in Esteban Donoso Crespo’s legal/political production. PRO HUMANO GENERE is an NGO created with the goal of achieving the political decision of WTO members to generate a reform in the TRIPS Agreement, as proposed by Donoso Crespo.
All the objectives and principles that this study identifies as global principles worth promoting (except the principle of proportionality), are recognized in the objectives and principles of the TRIPS Agreement (mainly in Articles 7 and 8), which encourage the possibility, if the principle of proportionality is introduced, to achieve within the TRIPS Agreement itself, an adequate system of protection. The promotion of research and development could even be globally bigger through a proportional system.
More reward towards investment in research and development of all technologies could be achieved. This proposal in the short term will favor in a direct way developing countries, which populations will see the terms of protections for inventions reduced. Also in the short term multinational enterprises will earn more if the global retribution is higher, thus indirectly benefiting developed countries of where these enterprises are form. In the long term humanity will benefit as a whole of more investment in research and development of new technologies.
Although the corrective results absolutely logical, no proposals worldwide in this regard had been identified in the doctrine so far. There is still a lot to be done and discussed about it. Please, join PRO HUMANO GENERE in this effort.
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