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Halbert, Debora. "The Role of the World Intellectual Property Organization: Changing International Narratives on Intellectual Property" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA, Mar 22, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p99776_index.html>

Halbert, D. J. , 2006-03-22 "The Role of the World Intellectual Property Organization: Changing International Narratives on Intellectual Property" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Town & Country Resort and Convention Center, San Diego, California, USA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p99776_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Since its inception, the mission of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has been to spread the concept of intellectual property and the benefits of this system to the entire world. WIPO considers intellectual property laws to be the foundation of innovation and progress and thus a public good. Intellectual property is primarily a western concept and so an important goal of WIPO has been to educate and create the conditions for the acceptance of intellectual property throughout the global south. Current events suggest that WIPO must adapt to a considerably different world than the one into which it was born. Since the Trade Related Aspect of Intellectual Property Agreement (TRIPS) came into force as part of the WTO in 1995, the WTO has taken center stage in intellectual property disputes. In response, the global south has aligned against the strong intellectual property protection embodied in the TRIPS agreement. To add to the confusion of voices, UN agencies such as UNESCO and WHO and other international agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have entered into the intellectual property debate by making claims that intellectual property rights should not trump health care, human rights, or environmental protection. Ultimately, as the world wakes up to the negative impacts of strong intellectual property protection, WIPO's global role has come into question.In response to the changing landscape, WIPO has become the center of a 'development' agenda that seeks to increase transparency and accessibility to member countries from the developing world and from NGOs representing their interests. As WIPO seeks to remain relevant in the post-WTO world, it has become the center of several debates whose trajectories could undermine the very concept of intellectual property. In this paper I would like to examine WIPO?s past and its future and argument that WIPO could become a forum that gives voice to a new intellectual property paradigm that takes into consideration the needs of its global south constituencies.First, I'll detail the history of WIPO and how it has traditionally defined its mission. Second, I will look to the ways in which WIPO has altered (or resisted altering) its identity to deal with pressing contemporary issues. Specifically, I'd like to look at the work WIPO is doing on issues of traditional knowledge. Finally, I'd like to make recommendations for how WIPO should consider its future in the context of the development round agenda and t he issues raised by the global south.

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