Activities of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2012/2135(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on development aspects of intellectual property rights on genetic resources: the impact on poverty reduction in developing countries
Amendments (2)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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3. Agrees with industrythe position of stakeholders that a rules-based international trade system requires preventing the wrongful granting of patents, which requires rules on source and origin disclosuree.g. where inventions lack novelty, inventive step or industrial applicability; points out that the Nagoya Protocol obliges the parties to transpose its requirements regarding PIC7 and MAT8;; stresses the need to incorporate this approach into WIPO and TRIPS in order to guarantee an international level playing field; 1 World Intellectual Property Organisation Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore 2 Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 3 Convention on Biological Diversity 4 International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 5 International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants 6 Art. 66.1, TRIPS; Decision of the Council for TRIPS of 29 November 2005. 7 Prior Informed Consent 8 Mutually Agreed Terms based on PIC and MAT, including mutually agreed terms relating to IP, into WIPO and TRIPS Council discussions in order to guarantee an international level playing field;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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5. Reiterates its respect for the milestones achieved in the international protection of indigenous peoples’ rights over their genetic and other resources and associated traditional knowledge, enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in the ILO Convention No169, in Article 8j of the CBD and its Nagoya Protocol. At the same time, it is important to emphasise that these obligations should not lead to barriers to trade, research and investment.