Hackers To The Rescue: Defining Good Hacking19/09/2018 By Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentNoci, the fictional city attacked by malevolent hackers during ICON2018, was saved and the challenge was won by a Swiss team. What is a hacker, how do they define themselves? Two members of ICON, a young non-governmental organisation in Geneva, answered that question for Intellectual Property Watch, with the same affirmation: a hacker is first and foremost a curious mind. View the IP-Watch video interviews below.
UN Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases Upholds Intellectual Property Flexibilities19/09/2018 By David Branigan for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentAfter weeks of uncertainty among civil society organisations as to whether or not the United Nations political declaration on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) would uphold language on intellectual property flexibilities for affordable access to medicines, the document was finalised today with even stronger language affirming the use of these flexibilities.
Analysis: Move To Contain Global Challenge By Ascending China At Play In Escalating Trade War Between Washington And Beijing19/09/2018 By John Zarocostas for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentThe latest escalation in US-Sino trade tensions following the announcement by President Donald Trump on 17 September that the US will slap 10 percent punitive tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods imports effective on 24 September and increase them to 25 percent on 1 January 2019, and China’s counter-salvo announced on 18 September to impose tariffs of between 5 and 10 percent on $60 billion worth of US goods imports to kick in on 24 September may prove difficult to ease back from the brink.
WIPO, Global Protector Of Creators’ Rights, Hosts A Sizeable Art Collection Itself13/09/2018 By Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment
Brazilian Supreme Court Refuses To Judge Its Biggest Case On IP And Access To Medicines, And Benefits Big Pharma With Undue Monopolies13/09/2018 By Intellectual Property Watch 5 Comments
Welcoming People In Fresh Roles In The IP Community11/09/2018 By Adithi Koushik for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment
Hackers For Good, Gathering Stakeholders To Find Answers To Cyberspace Challenges18/09/2018 By Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment
Negotiated Deal Stands For UN Tuberculosis Declaration18/09/2018 By David Branigan for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment
South Africa: Copyright Amendment Bill Could Be Finished Next Month17/09/2018 By Linda Daniels for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment
Can A Surge In Activism Defeat American Big Pharma?22/08/2018 By Guest contributor for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentBy Vinayak Bhardwaj – Not a day passes in America without news of a drug company raising prices on prescription drugs. Americans pay two to six times more for prescription drugs than those living in other developed countries, who earn the same income.
