U.S. Seeks “High Level” IP Agreements In Middle East 14/03/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Washington, D.C.–U.S. trade negotiators working toward bilateral free trade agreements with Middle Eastern countries are seeking to maintain the same level of intellectual property rights protection achieved in other bilateral deals, a U.S. trade official said Monday. “We want to have high standards” on intellectual property, Catherine Novelli, assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and […]
Consensus Slips On WIPO Patent Harmonisation Talks 10/03/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A key group of developing countries this week sent a potential shockwave through fledgling efforts at the World Intellectual Property Organisation to restart talks on the international harmonisation of national patent laws. The 14-member “Group of Friends of Development” issued a statement on the outcome of a recent WIPO consultation in which general agreement was […]
Clash Continues On U.S.-Central America Trade Deal 01/03/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Protection of pharmaceutical patents may not be the biggest reason the Bush administration is struggling to line up congressional votes for a free trade agreement with five Central American countries and the Dominican Republic, but it remains critical to its passage. The issue pits two sides against each other within a larger, ongoing struggle to […]