Activists from around the world are telling governments to do the right thing and stop blocking the #TRIPSWaiver.
#NoCovidMonopolies
Help us make some noise👇
https://t.co/auF5sDkv90
⚠️ Negotiators meet TODAY to prepare a report for the @wto General Council on progress of the #TRIPSWaiver.
Ask wealthy countries NOW to stop blocking the proposal to override monopolies on #COVID19 medical tools until the pandemic is OVER!
https://t.co/mkAMv4YaLC
저작권법 개정안(도종환 의원안)에 대해 100만원 피해 입증 못하면 고소를 못하고, 불법 텍본 못 막고, 조정신청하면 고소 취소된다는 가짜 뉴스가 너무 많이 나돈다. 누가 선동하지 않고서야 이렇게 잘못된 정보에 작가들이 넘어갈 수 있을까? https://t.co/1k836Te3Gc
FT on lack of #transparency for COVID contracts.
“Once [secrecy is] peeled away, what you see is a massive privatisation of billions of dollars of government funds,”
https://t.co/mSllRoXBWI
THREAD: During this pandemic, treatment providers and governments have faced shortages of #COVID19 drugs, test reagents, masks, and ventilator valves caused by corporations controlling supply using patents, trade secrets or other IP.
We compiled examples of such shortages⬇️
“Intellectual property is promoted as a necessary condition for innovation, but in reality, we often see that IP is a barrier to innovation, including #vaccines.”MSF’s Sid Wong in 🇪🇺@EU_Environment public hearing on #COVID19 vaccine access.
Interesting manifesto by the @EU_Commission calling on its #covid19 R&D grantees to share knowledge and IP resulting from EU-funded research to IP sharing platforms/patent pools. They should put this in their funding agreements. @MedsPatentPool@jamie_love https://t.co/aRpdGeFAQo
.@echo_pbreyer: The amount of #TerroristContent online is decreasing but #EU governments are still calling for #UploadFilters, reveal internal documents released by the EU Commission this week. 👎 https://t.co/aVj5JMeFkP
Global health is a shared responsibility, in which each member state must play its role.
🇺🇳 Belgium therefore reaffirms its continued support for the @WHO.
#COVID19 knows no borders. International cooperation is the way forward to face this crisis.
ℹ️ https://t.co/0c4qYgWBio