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EU Agrees To Accede To Controversial WIPO Agreement Raising GI Protection

20/03/2019 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

European Union member states today agreed to accede to an agreement negotiated under the World Intellectual Property Organization that raises protections for geographical indications, products whose names derive from a particular regions with certain characteristics. Joining the so-called Geneva Act establishes a GI register for agricultural and non-agricultural products and appears to have the effect of requiring EU members to protect registered GIs of other members.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Europe, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

Innovation And Regulation Of Gene-Edited Vegetables: An Interview With IP Lawyer Chris Holly

05/03/2019 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Chris Holly is a practicing intellectual property lawyer with extensive experience helping clients leverage IP portfolios in the agriculture, food, microbiology and biotechnology industries. Intellectual Property Watch’s David Branigan interviewed Holly to gain his perspective on the technological, regulatory and intellectual property considerations of next generation plant breeding techniques, in particular those that involve gene editing using CRISPR technology.

Filed Under: Features, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, New Technologies, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge

Asian NGOs Raise Concern Over IP And Seeds In RCEP Trade Deal

26/02/2019 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement under negotiation among Asia and Pacific nations must not include measures that would undercut countries’ ability to protect diverse local farming systems and sustainable plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, a range of Asian nongovernmental organisations argue. Groups in India, Malaysia and the Philippines this week specifically called for the RCEP not to include the high-level protections under the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV).

Filed Under: IP Policies, Themes, Venues, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, Human Rights, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD

WIPO Members Agree On Revision Of Draft Treaty On Protection of TK, Folklore

17/12/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

After weeklong negotiations on potential treaty language defining traditional knowledge and folklore, how they would be protected, and under which conditions, World Intellectual Property Organization member states agreed on draft articles, qualified as a work in progress by the committee chair.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Copyright Policy, English, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

WIPO: Facilitators Suggest First Revision Of Draft Articles On Protection Of TK, Folklore

13/12/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

This week’s first revisions of draft articles of potential treaties protecting traditional knowledge, and folklore were released midweek at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Changes included new elements on a tiered approach in the protection of traditional knowledge, whether it is restricted, narrowly diffused, or widely diffused.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

Indigenous IP And Climate Change Subject Of New Book

12/12/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

As this week opened with a meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization committee working on the protection of genetic resources and traditional knowledge, a new book was released that looks into indigenous rights and indigenous intellectual property, in the context of the Paris Agreement. The book also looks into Tesla’s open innovation strategy.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Copyright Policy, English, Environment, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, United Nations - other, WIPO

Indigenous Knowledge Misappropriation: The Case Of The Zia Sun Symbol Explained At WIPO

11/12/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

In 1925, New Mexico, which gained statehood in the United States in 1912, adopted a design for its flag featuring a sun symbol belonging to the Zia peoples. According to the tribe, the symbol was secret and stolen from the Zia, who lost both ownership and control over it, and were left to contemplate the sun symbol being widely used and sometimes desecrated.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Human Rights, North America, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

Traditional Knowledge, Folklore: How To Protect Them From Misappropriation – This Week At WIPO

10/12/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The ways to protect traditional knowledge and folklore against misuse and misappropriation are under discussion this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Member states are trying to find consensus on draft articles of a potential treaty, with a focus on core subjects, such as the scope of protection, and definition. Meanwhile, the fund which allows indigenous peoples to participate in the discussion is depleted, as calls for contributions have remained unanswered and some countries have refused in the past to allow WIPO’s ample revenues to pay for them.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Copyright Policy, English, Environment, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge

European Council Committee Agrees On Higher Protection For Spirit Drinks, Takes GIs Beyond TRIPS

10/12/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

An agriculture committee of the European Council today adopted an agreement on labelling of spirit drinks, giving them higher protection by adding seven years to the World Trade Organization minimum intellectual property standard.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Enforcement, English, Europe, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WTO/TRIPS

CBD Biennial Meeting Closes With Resolutions On Digital Sequence Data, Conflicts Of Interest, Global Benefit-Sharing

30/11/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The biennial meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its protocol on access and benefit-sharing closed yesterday with a list of adopted decisions. Among them was a decision to commission several studies on the impact of digital sequence data on the CBD for a recommendation at the next meeting in 2020. Delegates also agreed on a study to examine cases of genetic resources, and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, not yet covered by the protocol. Also adopted is the first decision on the management and prevention of conflicts of interest in expert groups.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD

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