Minutes - TRIPS Council - View details of the intervention/statement

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1. Meeting date

2. Chairperson

Ms Irene Young (Hong Kong, China)

3. Intervention by

Australia

4. Agenda item

12 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST: COMPULSORY LICENSING

5. Statement/summary of statement

327. Australia notes the communication from Brazil, China, Fiji, India and South Africa regarding Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Compulsory Licensing. Australia notes existing TRIPS flexibilities and welcomes, in particular, the recent entry into force of the TRIPS Protocol. Australia supports full utilisation of TRIPS flexibilities. We are open to hearing the views of other Member States in this regard.

6. Documents referred to in intervention

7. Conclusion

The Council took note of the statements made.

8. Summary of the agenda item (if available)

34. The Chairperson invited the co-sponsors to introduce their submission on "Intellectual Property and the Public Interest".10

35. The representatives of South Africa; India; Brazil; China; Fiji; Ecuador; the Plurinational State of Bolivia; the United States; Indonesia; Colombia; Japan; Switzerland; the European Union; Republic of Korea; and Australia took the floor.

36. The Council took note of the statements made.

9. Document symbol and date of distribution

IP/C/M/86, IP/C/M/86/Add.1
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