Informative Debate On IP And Drug Price Model, Flexibilities 26/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New An informative event this week pitted key proponents of opposite views on how to best protect the intellectual property rights of pharmaceutical companies while also addressing the needs of poor patients around the world unable to afford necessary treatments. The 20 February panel entitled, “Debating Pharmaceutical IPRs,” jointly sponsored by the UN […]
Débat sur les droits de propriété intellectuelle et leur application au Conseil ADPIC 26/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Des personnes présentes à une réunion de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) sur les droits de propriété intellectuelle qui s’est tenue le 13 février dernier nous ont informés que les consultations sur les questions de propriété intellectuelle seront intensifiées dans le cadre de la reprise générale des discussions commerciales. Nous […]
Según una investigación, el Director de la OMPI proporcionó repetidas veces información errónea sobre su edad 26/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New Durante los últimos 24 años, el Director General de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) firmó repetidas veces documentos oficiales en los que se consignaba su fecha de nacimiento nueve años antes de la fecha real. Es posible que Idris haya ascendido a distintos cargos en la OMPI sobre la […]
WIPO Committee Approves Proposals For Development Agenda 23/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By William New Two-and-a-half years after the introduction of proposals to make the World Intellectual Property Organization more favourable to developing countries, a preliminary agreement has been reached. “What we got was meaningful and balanced,” a Brazilian official said afterward. “So what we get in the next meeting becomes less of an issue.” Brazil was […]
Text-Based Negotiations On A WIPO Development Agenda Pick Up Pace 22/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are moving quickly on negotiating draft texts aimed at improving the organisation’s development focus, as a week-long meeting nears its end. Four days into the 19-23 February special session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda […]
Study Highlights Needed Improvements For IP And Technology Transfer 22/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New A high-profile researcher in the United States this week presented analysis showing that work needs to be done to improve flows of technology transfer to developing countries, and is related to intellectual property rights. The author, Professor John Barton, emeritus of Stanford University Law School, presented the report at a 21 February […]
WIPO Members Move Closer To Narrowed Text On Development 22/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Member countries of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) discussing proposals to strengthen WIPO’s orientation towards development this week are moving closer to a draft text they could report to the September General Assembly. But there are still major disagreements about the content of such a text as well as […]
Mobile Phone Cases Test Royalties’ Link To Patent Quality 22/02/2007 by Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch When should a patent be considered higher quality? Qualcomm, the United States mobile technology firm at the heart of countless patent infringement court cases, has justified the royalties it charges on mobile phone patents in a paper released earlier this month.
Reunión del Consejo de los ADPIC: se potencia el debate sobre propiedad intelectual en la reanudación de las negociaciones comerciales y Estados Unidos presenta una propuesta 22/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Los participantes de una reunión sobre propiedad intelectual celebrada el pasado 13 de febrero en la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) señalaron que se intensificarán en las próximas semanas las consultas sobre propiedad intelectual como parte de la reanudación general de las negociaciones comerciales internacionales. Durante esa reunión, Estados Unidos […]
WIPO Panel Features Views On Patent System Flexibilities 22/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New A well-balanced colloquium at the World Intellectual Property Organization allowed views from two sides to be heard on the subject of flexibilities in the patent system. The presenters at the 16 February event appeared to split along lines of a developing country view and a view from developed countries, the primary patent […]