IGIR

12/12/2013

Here's a fascinating, if somewhat confusing, leaked document related to the TPP:http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/1296_001.pdf It purports to be a breakdown of country negotiating positions on all the TPP issues. But what are all these issues? What is the "organics annex" of...

10/12/2013

Maastricht Law Professor and IGIR FellowPeter van den Bossche reappointed as judge at the World Trade Organization

10/12/2013

For young climate experts from developing countries interested in conducting a project in Germany and developing long-term collaborations

09/12/2013

A junior professional officer is sponsored by his/her national government for a limited period.

08/12/2011

Even if the facts may be a little suspect, this still is a perfect example of the kind of knowledge movement that is difficult to control. This seems more like a contract problem (non-compete contract etc) rather than an IP problem per se.

Private companies have been the prime engine of China’s economic miracle, and economists warn that the Chinese government’s eagerness to control more of that wealth could stifle innovation.

02/11/2011

IGIR Fellow Anselm Kamperman Sanders is quoted in the Macau Daily Times on Macau's implementation of its obligations under the WIPO Copyright Treaty and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

24/10/2011

Is the US finally smarting up about China and Copyright? Check out the blog post by Rogier Creemers on the new information request by USTR.

Rogier Creemers As the financial crisis is progressing, relations between China and the United States are becoming increasingly strained. As the US struggles to get its economy back on the rails...

18/10/2011

IGIR Fellow Leila Choukroune presents Study on EU-China Trade Relations to European Parliament

The China miracle? The China threat? China is at the core of every economic conversation and more than ever before perceived as THE strategically important market. Ten years after Beijing’s accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), this raises a number of crucial issues about EU compani...

17/10/2011

ICIS-Maastricht University Graduate School on Sustainability Science (MUST) together with SENSE are organizing a 2 day course on Global Change, Complexity and Sustainability. The course of 1.3 ECTS is particularly interesting for PhD students working on the human dimensions of global change, modelling complex societal dynamics, transitions and transitions management, and issues of sustainable development and sustainability science at large

ICIS-Maastricht University Graduate School on Sustainability Science (MUST) together with SENSE organize a 2 day course on Global Change, Complexity and Sustainability. The course of 1.3 ECTS is particularly interesting for PhD students working on the human dimensions of global change, modelling com...

11/10/2011

“Negotiating trade agreements between Asia and Europe: Example of Korea-EU FTA.” An informal evening talk by South Korean Ambassador H.E. Amb. Mr. Ho-Young Ahn, Ambassador of South Korea to the EU, at the European Parliament on November 9, 2011 at 7PM, European Parliament, Brussels.
Co-organizers: Asia-Europe Foundation University Alumni Network (ASEFUAN, www.asefuan.org) and the Yong Professionals for Foreign Policy (YPFP, www.ypfp.org). A cocktail reception will take place after the presentation.
If you are interested in attending, it please email Sungjin Kang ([email protected]) with your Name, Date of Birth, ID number up to 7 days before the event (November 2) in order to obtain badges at the entrance to the EP building.

11/10/2011

IGIR Fellow Paolo Vergano speaks on "The Life of a Trade Lawyer in Brussels"
on 14 October 2011, Faculty of Law B1.113 (Feestzaal) / Time: 17:30 -19:00

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10/10/2011

Peter van den Bossche gave a lecture at Kazakh State Judicial University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2 September 2011, at the occasion of the official presentation of the Russian edition of his book The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization. This is, so far, the only non-English language translation of the best-selling educational text on WTO Law.

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