Dear All,<div><br></div><div>Please see below an organisers' email about the postponement of the Africa IP Summit which was to be held in April in Cape Town.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For the civil society sign-on letter sent to WIPO and some commentaries on the IP Summit, please see this link: <a href="http://www.ghwatch.org/africa-IP-summit" target="_blank">http://www.ghwatch.org/africa-IP-summit</a>. </div>
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<br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Heba<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sangeeta Shashikant</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sangeeta@twnetwork.org" target="_blank">sangeeta@twnetwork.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:49 AM<br>Subject: IP Summit postponed<br><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="font-size:14px"><font face="arial"><span style="font-size:small"><br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 24, 2012 3:42 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Postponement of Africa IP Forum in Cape Town April 3-5, 2012<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
<u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Dear Delegates,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">The Africa Intellectual Property Forum organizers would like to thank you again for your interest in this event, originally slated for April 3-5, 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Africa IP Forum will be rescheduled. Organizers are committed to ensuring that all stakeholders – in government, private business, the arts and the development community – are represented and engaged in the conference organization and agenda. We apologize for any travel and scheduling inconveniences these unforeseen developments may cause you. We hope that you will remain interested in attending the program at a later date. We will reach out to you as soon as we have a new date; however, please continue to check the program web site (</span><a href="http://www.cldp.doc.gov/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">www.cldp.doc.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">) for future details concerning the rescheduling.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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