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The Role of Patents in the Transfer of Technology to Under-Developed Countries

A/RES/1713(XVI)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
ConferencesEconomic DevelopmentIndustrial PropertyPatent LawPatentsTechnology Transfer

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 1964.

  • 1964E/3861The role of patents in the transfer of technology to under-developed countries report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with appropriate international and national institutions and with the concurrence of the Governments concerned, to prepare for the Committee for Industrial Development, the Economic and Social Council, and the General Assembly at its eighteenth session, taking into consideration any pertinent discussions which might take place in the United Nations Conference on the Application of Science and Technology for the Benefit of the Less Developed Areas, a report containing:
a
A study of the effects of patents on the economy of under-developed countries;
( b) A survey of patent legislation in selected developed and under-developed countries, with primary emphasis on the treatment given to foreign patents;
( c) An analysis of the characteristics of the patent legislation of under-developed countries in the light of economic development objectives, taking into account the need for the rapid absorption of new products and technology, and the rise in the productivity level of their economies;
d
A recommendation on the advisability of holding an international conference in order to examine the problems regarding the granting, protection and use of patents, taking into consideration the provisions of existing international conventions and the special needs of developing countries, and utilizing the existing machinery of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property.
19 December 1961.

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