Trade monitoring
Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS)
May 2017
Chapter in
Annual Report 2017
An amendment to the TRIPS Agreement making it easier for developing countries to access affordable medicines came into force in January 2017. The TRIPS Council continued its regular work on promoting transparency in WTO members’ intellectual property systems and reviewed the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement. It also discussed access to medicines, biodiversity, patentability of life forms and technical cooperation, among other topics.
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