Policy interests group meeting

14:00, 16 November 2006
Harmsworth House

Agenda

1. Introductions

2. Terms of reference of the Policy Interests Group

International

3. The relationship between the WTO TRIPs Agreement and the CBD

4. The WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on a global plan on action on health – taking forward recommendations from the Commission’s report on Innovation, IPRs and Public Health.

European

5. European Patent Litigation Agreement and Community Patent

6. London Agreement on translations

7. WARF (embryonic stem cells) patent case before the European Patent Office

IP Enforcement

8. Is there a need to strengthen and harmonise criminal sanctions across the EU?

9. The case for representative court actions.

10. Intellectual property insurance

11. A.O.B.

12. Date of next meeting