OMS pone en marcha grupo de trabajo intergubernamental sobre PI; organizará consultas públicas 10/10/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen La Organización Mundial de la Salud celebrará consultas públicas para sectores no gubernamentales involucrados en cuestiones de salud pública y propiedad intelectual acerca de un grupo de trabajo intergubernamental que examinará aspectos de este tema. La reunión tendrá lugar probablemente en noviembre, según comentó un funcionario de alto rango de […]
WTO TRIPS Council To Discuss Biodiversity, Enforcement, “Housekeeping” 10/10/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Developing countries say they will push their proposal on biodiversity and the European Union is sharply stepping up its call for enforcement, but otherwise the preliminary agenda of an upcoming World Trade Organization meeting on intellectual property seems to be reserved for “housekeeping” issues, according to sources. The meeting of […]
2007 : l’année de la réforme des brevets américains ? 10/10/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Sarah Lai Stirland pour Intellectual Property Watch Les efforts des entreprises américaines de technologie de l’information visant à remanier le système national de brevets d’invention ont peu avancé lors du Congrès américain en 2006, notamment en raison de l’opposition de la part des industries pharmaceutiques et biotechnologiques. Mais l’embauche de trois lobbyistes influents et […]
Are Plant Biotech Companies Misusing The Patent Law? 05/10/2006 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Niels Louwaars writes: Biotech companies, particularly those based in the United States consider that their patents on plant biotech inventions do not allow the use of the plants containing the invention as a source for further breeding, even if the invention has been eliminated in the plant variety resulting from this use. The reach of […]
WIPO Assembly Closes On Cooperative But Serious Note 04/10/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The 2006 annual assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization ended on 3 October with a somewhat rare spirit of cooperation and some stiff reminders about the policy and administrative work to be done in the coming year. WIPO’s 183 members in the 25 September to 3 October General Assembly reached agreement […]
Reforma del sistema de patentes de EE.UU.: ¿Se aprobará en 2007? 04/10/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Sarah Lai Stirland para Intellectual Property Watch La pujante intentona de las compañías de tecnología de la información en los Estados Unidos para transformar el sistema de patentes de su país avanzó poco en el Congreso estadounidense en 2006 debido a la contrarréplica de las industrias farmacéuticas y de biotecnología. Sin embargo, el hecho […]
Could An Ancient Remedy Solve The Contemporary Debate Over Europe’s Patent System? 03/10/2006 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Perhaps the biggest lobbying effort in the history of the European Union came in the 2005 fight to change the European patent system to include computer-related inventions, which ended in failure. Now, industry lobbyists are looking for new ways to address the problems of the patent system as they see it. Zuck writes: After the […]
WHO Plans Public Hearing On IP Group By December 02/10/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen The World Health Organization will organise public consultations for non-governmental stakeholders on a global public health and intellectual property working group most likely in November, according to a senior official. Meetings are being actively held within the WHO secretariat, which has set up a inter-departmental system involving a number of […]
Public Forum Debate On WTO’s Future Touches On IP Issues 02/10/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen The implementation process of global intellectual property rules was debated at a recent World Trade Organization public forum, which focused on the overall future of the organisation. According to the WTO, the 25-26 September forum drew some 1,000 participants from civil society who are not normally taking the centre stage […]
Questions Raised Over Proposed WIPO Secretariat Deals With FAO, IDB 01/10/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization has negotiated cooperation agreements with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and is seeking approval of its member countries at this week’s annual General Assembly. But at least one country, Brazil, has questioned on whose authority WIPO negotiated the arrangements, […]