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General Information on Existing Patent Pools

31 January 2005. Proposal by Essential Inventions to Commission for Africa formed by the British Government. This includes four documents:

Cover Letter

Memorandum of Understanding between Essential Patent Pool for AIDS and Company "A"

Memorandum of Understanding between Essential Paten Pool for AIDS and the Minister of Health on Behalf of Country "A"

Essential Patent Pool for AIDS (EPPA) - Background Information.

17 January 2005 proposal by Essential Inventions to WHO, UNAIDS and the Global Fund, for the creation of an Essential Patent Pool for AIDS. This includes three documents:

Cover Letter

Memorandum of Understanding between Essential Paten Pool for AIDS and Company "A"

Memorandum of Understanding between Essential Paten Pool for AIDS and the Minister of Health on Behalf of Country "A"

May 20, 2005. Andrew Jack and Frances Williams piece in the Financial Times. Patent pools spread ripples in research.