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A simple guide to patents and trademarks
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| Jan 17, 2007
Patents and trademarks—otherwise known as IP (intellectual property)—and why it is so important for poor countries.
Ethiopian coffee farmers show commitment to trademark initiative
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| Jan 12, 2007
Hundreds turn out and ask Starbucks to respect their rights.
Small investments, big changes
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| Jan 09, 2007
Oxfam America's Saving for Change program in Mali is helping more than 24,000 women save money, invest in small businesses, and become more active in their communities.
Oxfam builds support for human rights at meat processing plant
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| Dec 19, 2006
Oxfam America is concerned about the human rights of the thousands of employees who work at a blinding pace at the facility without any of the protections a union could offer them.
In Jiabi, Chinese government and local people build dike together
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| Dec 19, 2006
Oxfam partner invites villagers and county officials to share ideas about development and the environment.
Access to medicines means access to life
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| Dec 08, 2006
During a US tour, Thai activists explain how a trade agreement could limit access to affordable HIV and AIDS drugs.
Women are key to solving AIDS crisis in Southern Africa
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| Dec 06, 2006
Discrimination is at the root of the disproportionate burden of the disease on women.
From drought to floods: nine months in Ethiopia
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| Nov 21, 2006
One of Oxfam America's humanitarian press officers recounts her time in Ethiopia in 2006.
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