| Dr R.A.Mashelkar FRS,
DGCSIR, has been nominated as a member of the International Commission
on Intellectual Property Rights set up by the United Kingdom. Other members
are the Chairman Prof John Barton ( Stanford University) , Mr Daniel Alexander
( IPR Barrister,UK), Prof Carlos Corea (Buenos Aires) , Dr Gill Samuels
(Pfizer,UK) and Dr Sandy Thomas ( Nullfield Council for Bioetics).The Commission
will consider the views of NGOs and experts as to how national IPR laws
be best designed to benefit developing countries within the TRIPS. The
Commission will submit its report in December 2001 to the UK Secretary
of State for International Development.It is hoped that our experts and
concerned public men will take time and place their views before the Commission
as part of the national efforts to mitigate the less-than-friendly implications
of the New Indian IPR Regime.
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