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In the Fall of 2007, The Innovation, Technology and Society (ITS) program initiative of IDRC issued a Call for Proposals on the subject "Accessing Patented Knowledge for Innovation", aimed at researchers addressing how developing countries can access technologies and information contained in existing patents to enhance innovative research at the national level.

 

After a thorough evaluation of the proposals received, ITS congratulates all those that responded to the Call and is pleased to announce that awards will be made to the following institutions:

 

1.  Centro de Technologia y Sociedade: “Patent Pools for IP Assembly, a Strategy for Brazil: Feasibility of Patent Pools in Biotechnology from a Developing Country Perspective” - (Brazil)

 

2.  Instituto de Direito do Comercio Internacional y Desenvolvimiento: “The Functionality of the Three Step Test in Widening the Scope of Research Exemptions: Transposing the Copyright Experience into the Patent Field” -  (Brazil)

 

3.   Association pour la promotion de la proprieté intellectuale: « Dans quelle mesure l'exemption de la recherche peut-elle promouvoir l'innovation? » - (Cameroon)

 

4.   University of Botswana: “Assessing the Challenges of Patent and Research Exemption on Research Capacity and Utilization in Universities, Research Institutions and Industry in Botswana” - (Botswana)

 

5.   Tanzanian Commission for Science and Technology: “Accessing Technologies and Information Contained in Patent Documents to Enhance Innovative Research in Tanzania: The TRIPS Agreement Research Exemption” - (Tanzania)

 

6.  Centre for Trade and Development:  “Utilizing Compulsory Licenses as a Means to Access Platform Technologies in the Healthcare Sector” - (India) 

 

7.   The Energy and Research Institute: “Patent Pooling and Access to Knowledge: A Case Study of  Biotechnology” - (India)

 

8 . Bei Hang University: “Patent Pools in China -- Patenting Behaviour of Foreign Investment Firms and its Impact on Local Innovation Capabilities and IP Policy Challenges” - (China)  

 

9.   Arellano Law Foundation:  “Exploring Patent Pooling as a Tool for National Development” - (Philippines)

 

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