EU-India negotiations prompt patent protests
13 February 2012
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Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
The latest round of negotations between the EU and India over a free-trade agreement was disrupted by protests over the way the IP clauses in the deal could affect access to medicines in developing countries
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held the 12th India-EU summit with European Council president Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso in New Delhi on February 10.
The two sides signed a declaration on research and innovation and agreed to intensify negotiations for a broad free-trade agreement.
The EU fact sheet and press release before the event did not mention the words intellectual property, patent or trade mark, but the meeting itself was preceded by protest marches that featured people suffering from HIV and AIDS...
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