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Lack Of Transparency In EU-India FTA Talks Spurs Requests For Halt European and Indian business not only have privileged access to information on the planned EU-India free trade agreement, they even set the agenda for this negotiation from the start. That is the conclusion of a study by the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and India FDI Watch published this week in Brussels and Delhi. Both organisations intend to appeal directly to the European Commission and the Indian government to stop negotiations as long as there is no access to negotiating positions and documents for all affected parties. Related Articles: EU-India Trade Talks Resume Under Cloud Of Concern For Public Health German Parliament Members Seek Limited Patent Terms In EU-India FTA European Parliament Votes To Rein In Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Human Survival Depends On Shared Technology, Says New UN Climate Chief In between climate change conferences, Christiana Figueres, newly appointed executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), was in Geneva yesterday to attend a ministerial meeting convened by the Swiss and Mexican governments on climate change finance. Related Articles: IP References Left Out Of Last-Minute, Weak Global Climate Deal In Copenhagen New Text Shows Delegates Must Overcome Conceptual Differences On IP, Climate Technology Transfer Will Be Part Of Copenhagen Climate Deal US Looking For New Tack On IP Rights With BRIC Countries Developed countries are looking for ways to address the ongoing lack of intellectual property enforcement and efforts to bypass international trade obligations in the four biggest emerging global economies, as well as emulation of this behaviour by other emerging economies in particular as the four countries have a stronger voice in international fora, a panel of United States trade experts said this week. Related Articles: As WTO Reviews China, EU, US Criticise Its Policy On Innovation, IP Rights European Union Prepares A New Intellectual Property Rights Strategy Year Ahead: Range Of IP Policy Issues May See Action In United States In 2010 Third Try Set For CBD Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Treaty The third attempt at concluding negotiations on a draft protocol text on international biodiversity access and benefit-sharing will take place in Montreal on 18-21 September, according to official sources. Delegates at the meeting will try to agree on the text, before the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Nagoya, Japan, in October. [...] Related Articles: Biodiversity Negotiators Seek To Finalise Draft Access, Benefit-Sharing Regime Hopes Fading For Concluding Biodiversity Access And Benefit Sharing Negotiations? UN Biodiversity Talks Resume, Last Chance For Agreement Before October Deadline Brazil Copyright Reform Comment Period Ends With Push There was significant activity at the close of the public comment period on Brazil’s proposed reform of its copyright law, according to blogger Volker Grassmuck, who has followed the reform effort closely. Grassmuck detailed a last minute rush in submissions on 31 August from a network of civil society and artists groups aiming to legalise [...] Related Articles: Copyright Law Reform in Brazil: Anteprojeto or Anti-project? Brazil’s Discussion On Copyright Law Reform – Response To The Digital Era? US, WIPO Officials Assess Patent Reform, PCT, Copyright Priorities

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