16-10-2014, 02:52 PM
WikiLeaks Publishes TPP Intellectual Property Chapter
Attack on Affordability of Cancer Treatments Revealed in New WikiLeaks Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Text
Obama Administration Budget Pledge to Cut Medicare, Medicaid Costs Would Be Undermined
October 16, 2014
WikiLeaks Publishes TPP Intellectual Property Chapter
Attack on Affordability of Cancer Treatments Revealed in New WikiLeaks Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Text
Obama Administration Budget Pledge to Cut Medicare, Medicaid Costs Would Be Undermined
October 16, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. Access to affordable cancer treatments in the U.S and 11 other countries would be delayed for years if terms revealed today in the leaked draft Intellectual Property Chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) were to go into effect, Public Citizen said. The text, obtained by WikiLeaks, analyzed in collaboration with Public Citizen and released today also shows worrying developments on other patent and copyright issues and explains in part why TPP talks remain deadlocked a month before President Barack Obama's declared deadline for a deal.
"The leak shows our government demanding rules that would lead to preventable suffering and death in Pacific Rim countries, while eliminating opportunities to ease financial hardship on American families and our health programs at home," said Peter Maybarduk, director of Public Citizen's Global Access to Medicines Program. Public Citizen's analysis and background information is available at http://www.citizen.org/tpp-ip-wikileaks. Continue reading...
Public Citizen Analyses of the Newly Leaked Intellectual Property Chapter
- Pharmaceuticals: Landing Zones and Issues for Ministerial Discussion
- Highlights of Section E: Patents / Undisclosed Test or Other Data
- Memo on TPP Transition Periods Proposal (Addendum II of the IP Chapter)
- The TPP's New Provision on Party Accession to International Agreements
Derechos Digitales Analyses of the Newly Leaked Intellectual Property Chapter
- Alberto Cerda: El TPP Recluta Mas Espionaje Electronico (en español)
Available in English here.
- Alberto Cerda: TPP Incrementa EL Gasto Publico En La Proteccion De Intereses Privados (en español)
- Alberto Cerda: El TPP Incrementara Las Barreras Para El Acceso Bienes (en español)
"The leak shows our government demanding rules that would lead to preventable suffering and death in Pacific Rim countries, while eliminating opportunities to ease financial hardship on American families and our health programs at home," said Peter Maybarduk, director of Public Citizen's Global Access to Medicines Program. Public Citizen's analysis and background information is available at http://www.citizen.org/tpp-ip-wikileaks. Continue reading...
Public Citizen Analyses of the Newly Leaked Intellectual Property Chapter
- Pharmaceuticals: Landing Zones and Issues for Ministerial Discussion
- Highlights of Section E: Patents / Undisclosed Test or Other Data
- Memo on TPP Transition Periods Proposal (Addendum II of the IP Chapter)
- The TPP's New Provision on Party Accession to International Agreements
Derechos Digitales Analyses of the Newly Leaked Intellectual Property Chapter
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