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

A/RES/1713(XVI)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1962.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 1964

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
1964	E/3861	The role of patents in the transfer of technology to under-developed countries report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/1713(XVI)

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Conferences Economic Development Industrial Property Patent Law Patents Technology Transfer

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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 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;

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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