Recent presentations

Innovation as Imperative to Sustainable Development: Meeting the New Challenges, Citenel V Congress on Technological Innovation in Electrical Energy, June 22, 2009, Belem, Brazil

The China Enforcement Case and Trends in International IP Protection, presented at Ninth Annual WTO Conference, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, May 20, 2009 (listen here)



Industrial Policy, Innovation and Economic Stress: opportunities and risks, 200 years of Intellectual Property in Brazil: Seminar on Intellectual Property as an Instrument of Industrial Policy: Lessons and Challenges,
Brazil Ministry of External Relations, in partnership with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation (FUNAG) and the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Brasilia, April 29-30, 2009

Seizures of generic pharmaceuticals in transit: Re-breaking the Doha compact?
Access to Medicines, IP and Health Innovation, ICTSD, MSF, Univ. of Amsterdam (Reflecting on Recent Developments and Future Challenges in the Areas of Access to Medicines, IP and Health Innovation), Geneva, 27 March 2009 (related ICTSD Bridges comment here)

Innovation and Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change: lessons from global policy development on intellectual property and public health, ICTSD Dialogue, Climate Change, Transfer of Technology and IPRs: The Challenge of Evidence-based Policy, WIPO, Geneva, 27 March 2009
listen here)




Unweaving our tangled patent web: Negotiating a framework for the sharing of influenza viruses with human pandemic potential, Presentation at Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Berne, March 26, 2009

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Most recent publications

Seizure of Generic Pharmaceuticals in Transit Based on Allegations of Patent Infringement: A Threat to International Trade, Development and Public Welfare, 1 W.I.P.O.J. 43 (2009)

Innovation and Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change: Lessons from the Global Debate on Intellectual Property and Public Health, ICTSD Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development, Issue Paper No. 24 (2009), International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva

Cross-Retaliation in TRIPS: Options for Developing Countries, ICTSD Programme on Dispute Settlement and Legal Aspects of International Trade, Issue paper No. 8, April 2009, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva

Review of Ellen F.M. 't Hoen, The Global Politics of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Power, Drug patents, access, innovation and the application of the WTO Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health, KEStudies, Vol. 3 (2009)



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Frederick M. Abbott is the Edward Ball Eminent Scholar Professor of International Law at Florida State University College of Law. He also serves as consultant to a number of international organizations and foundations, and as dispute settlement panelist for the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center.

Curriculum Vitae

Roundtable on Global Pharmaceutical Regulation 2007: Tacking Regional Priorities

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