July 30, 2010
The debate about intellectual property rights and development has been raging for years, especially after the World Trade Organisation’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights...
April 15, 2010
Let’s hope the makers of Plumpy'nut paste do not suffer the same fate as manufacturers of drugs for the diseases of poverty. If you override property rights, who will bother...
April 9, 2010
NGOs complaining about intellectual property protecting a good that is hugely useful for humanitarian aid, even though there is no evidence that intellectual property rights are preventing access and...
March 11, 2010
IP protection is vital for African development, explains the US ambassador to Tanzania in today's Tanzania Daily News. At a conference in Dar es Salaam he told of local musicians who miss out on...