WIPO, WTO to hold 2nd technical symposium on patents, access to medicines

World Trade Organization: "World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and World Trade Organization (WTO) will hold a technical symposium on “Access to Medicines, Patent Information and Freedom to Operate” on 18 February 2011 at the World Health Organization in Geneva. Before this second in a series of joint symposiums, an optional workshop on “Patent searches and freedom to operate” will be offered on 17 February 2011."