> >From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
> >During the interview, he got quite upset about the fact that the >World
> >Bank is lending money to African countries so they can set up >their own
> >patent & trademark offices - protecting First World IP rent >at the expense
> >of some of the poorest countries on earth. Lovely, eh?
> >
> >Doug
>
> That is lovely. So African countries get to accumulate more debt in order to
> safeguard an IP regime undermining their own welfare and development.
>
> Cheers,
> Joseph
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Even the mafia must be jealous. Heck, only 12 CEO's and a handful of their lawyers wrote up the TRIPS agreement.
Ian