http://www.cas-ip.org Central Advisory Service for Intellectual Property Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:22:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Inviting Your Input into the Mid-Term Review and Future Scenarios of the CGIAR Central Advisory Service on Intellectual Property The Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the DGIS-funded project at the CGIAR Central Advisory Service on Intellectual Property (CAS-IP) is an internally commissioned and managed review originally designed to inform management of the project ... http://www.cas-ip.org/cas-ip-me/ MARKET DEVELOPMENT Branding, trademarks, geographical indications (or, in the USA, certification marks), copyrights and patents are all intellectual property tools that may - depending on the product or service - play a role in market development. Corporations and producer associations use these tools to build brands, establish and maintain reputations and, ... http://www.cas-ip.org/projects/market-development/ Traditional Knowledge Guidelines, prepared by CAS-IP     Download PDF Authors: S. Derwisch, V. Henson-Apollonio Year: 2008 Pages: 4 Language: English Staff of the CGIAR Centers are committed to following ethical practices in the way they carry out their research. This responsibility extends to awareness and respect of the rights associated with traditional knowledge (TK) acquired from indigenous peoples and ... http://www.cas-ip.org/resources/publications/traditional-knowledge-guidelines/ NPI Publications All the publications below are products of the CAS-IP project, the National Partners Initiative (NPI).  For more information visit the project page HERE. 2009 Case Studies Pre-Commercialisation and Licensing of Modified Virgin Coconut Oil. Authors: Guat Hong Teh, Intellectual Property Specialist.  CAS-IP, Malaysia.  Rafeah A. Rahman, Deputy Director.  MARDI, Malaysia.  Click HERE to ... http://www.cas-ip.org/projects/npi/npi-publications/ Potential Impact of U.S.-Based Seed Company Competition on Access to Seed in the Developing Country Context    Download PDF Authors: G. H. Teh, S. Derwisch, V. Henson-Apollonio, P. Bloch Year: 2009 Pages: 9 Language: English In August 2009, the US Department of Justice (DoJ), together with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a series of workshops intended ... http://www.cas-ip.org/resources/publications/publications-impact-of-seed-company-competition-on-access/ Model-based exploration of strategies for fostering adoption of improved seed in West Africa Download PDF file Authors: B. Kolpainsky, S. Derwisch Year: 2009 Pages: 19 Language: English Seed of improved varieties and other inputs are imperative to the transformation of the agricultural sector from subsistence farming to small-scale commercial agriculture in developing countries. This paper analyzes ... http://www.cas-ip.org/resources/publications/publications-model-based-exploration-of-strategies-for-fostering-adoption-of-improved-seed-in-west-africa/ Foreign Direct Investment and Spillovers in Seed Sector Development Download PDF file Authors: S. Derwisch, B. Kolpainsky, V. Henson-Apollonio Year: 2009 Pages: 19 Language: English The role of foreign direct investment and intellectual property rights in economic development is discussed widely in the literature. However, an integrating framework is missing to assess the role of FDI and IPR ... http://www.cas-ip.org/resources/publications/publications-foreign-direct-investment-and-spillovers-in-seed-sector-development/ Movies, audio slideshow and photos CAS-IP has a number of other media available in the forms of movies, audio slideshows and photos. CGIAR CAS-IP YouTube channel Latest videos: View movie» View movie» View movie» Watch more videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/CGIARCASIP Photos from CAS-IP meetings, visits, workshops and seminars Latest photos: National Partners Initiative - Annual Meeting 2010 14-18 June 2010 Washington DC, USA Photo ... http://www.cas-ip.org/resources/media/ http://www.cas-ip.org/sitemap/ Yellow Beans! CAS-IP celebrates CIAT’s success On Wednesday 16th September 2009, a petition from POD-NERS for a panel rehearing on the "Enola” decision was denied. This case is now closed. The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), an  international agricultural research Center of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), has ... http://www.cas-ip.org/enola-bean-case-study/