Message-ID: <199804221637.MAA24225@outpost.ietc.ca> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 13:34:15 -5000 From: "George(s) Lessard" <mailto:media@IETC.CA> Subject: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT To: mailto:INTDEV-L@uriacc.uri.edu
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Greetings;
The TechNet-EDI-WTO Think Tank on Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development will begin on Monday, April 27.
Because of the large number of public subscribers, now over 400 and still growing, there will be a modification in our policy regarding contributions from public participants.
Messages from the public will be posted to the Conference Web page --- http://www.vita.org/technet/iprs Therefore, messages from public subscribers will not be forwarded via email to the discussion group. The invited expert panelists will send messages directly to the email discussion group.
Both panelists and the public will be able to read all conference messages by visiting the Web site.
The conference moderator will forward summaries of the public messages to the email discussion group, and may, in addition, opt to forward significant public contribution.
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We look forward to your participation in the Think Tank.
Yours sincerely,
Carlos A. Primo Braga InfoDev and TechNet The World Bank
Bernard Hoekman Economic Development Institute The World Bank
Jean-Guy Carrier Department of Information World Trade Organization
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PUBLIC INVITATION TO TECHNET-EDI-WTO THINK TANK ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
April 27 to May 15, 1998
Greetings:
On behalf of the TechNet Program of the World Bank and the joint website team of the World Bank's Economic Development Institute (EDI) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), we would like to invite you to subscribe to the TechNet-EDI-WTO Think Tank electronic discussion on "Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development" from April 27 to May 15, 1998. The Think Tank is an Internet-moderated conference discussion that is conducted entirely through electronic mail.
The Think Tank will discuss the role of intellectual property protection (IPRs) in economic development. Specifically, it will explore to what degree IPRs are, if at all, relevant for low income countries, compare the relevance of IPRs across different sectors, and review recent trends from developed and developing countries in this regard. The discussion would then focus on the impact of IPRs on international trade and investment flows and their interaction, and how different IPRs instruments influence the diffusion of knowledge within and across countries. Finally, the Think Tank would address the issue of IPRs reform, particularly, how to design an "optimal" IPRs regime given developing countries' commitments under the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
Experts from government, private sector, academia, NGOs, and international organizations - including the World Bank and the World Trade Organization - have been invited to discuss the topic for a period of three weeks. The discussion will be broadcast only to subscribers, but readers are encouraged to comment and to pose questions.
To participate in this event, you will need to subscribe by sending an e-mail message in the following form:
To: mailto:listproc@vita.org Subject: (Leave Blank) Text: (in the body of the message) sub IPRSTECH FirstName LastName
(Give your own FirstName and LastName)
After you subscribe, you will receive by e-mail a welcome letter with conference details from Volunteers in Technical Assistance, the conference manager.
We look forward to your participation in the TechNet-EDI-WTO Think Tank on Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development!
Yours Sincerely,
Carlos A. Primo Braga infoDev and TechNet The World Bank
Bernard Hoekman Economic Development Institute The World Bank
Jean-Guy Carrier Department of Information World Trade Organization
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