World Trade Organization Notices for Jan 21
The World Trade Organization posted the following notices for January 21, 2011 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
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- Patents, access to medicine. The WTO, World Health Organization, and World Intellectual Property Organization will hold a technical symposium on “Access to Medicines, Patent Information and Freedom to Operate” on February 18, 2011 in Geneva. An optional workshop on patent searches will be offered February 17, 2011.
- Industrial goods negotiations. On January 20, 2011 after four intensive days of consultations, the chairman of the industrial goods negotiations, Ambassador Wasescha, talked about a “change of spirit” in the talks and saw “the beginning of what might evolve into the final face of the negotiations.”
- WTO meetings. The WTO has updated its tentative schedule of meetings for 2011.