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Title: An Evaluation of the Technical Cooperation Activities of the United Kingdom under Article 67 of the TRIPS AgreementAbstract
This paper critically evaluates the technical cooperation activities of the United Kingdom pursuant to the obligation contained in Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement which mandates Members of the WTO that are developed countries to provide, on request and on mutually agreed terms, technical and financial cooperation to developing and least-developed countries. The objective of the technical and financial cooperation required by Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement is to facilitate the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement. In reality, and in the absence of any effective mechanism for evaluating the activities of WTO Members in this regard, developed countries typically label various activities, initiatives, and events as ‘technical cooperation’ in their annual reports to the TRIPS Council on technical cooperation activities under Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement. Nevertheless, these annual reports filed by developed countries provide a means of assessing the compliance of developed countries with their obligations under Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement. This paper therefore examines the annual reports on technical cooperation activities that have been submitted by the United Kingdom to the TRIPS Council in the post-Brexit era (i.e. 2020 to 2024). The paper critically analyses the extent to which the activities reported by the United Kingdom during this period actually facilitates the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement in developing and least-developed countries (including African countries).
| Period | 20 Aug 2025 → 21 Aug 2025 |
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| Event title | Technical Assistance as an Enabler of the Constitutionalizing of Intellectual Property Norms in Africa (TACIP) Conference - Intellectual Property and Technical Cooperation in Africa: Law, Policy and Path |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Turku, FinlandShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |