China, US Hold High-Level Discussions On IP Issues 17/12/2007 by Liza Porteus Viana, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch China and the United States last week held high-level discussions on a host of topics including intellectual property rights, reaching agreements to cooperate on IP rights protection, stopping counterfeit medicines and devices, reducing copying of patented biotechnology, and sharing innovation. The 18th US-China Joint Commission on China […]
New Push Emerges For An Indian Patent Database 17/12/2007 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Two years after India’s implementation of international trade rules on intellectual property rights, a lawyers group is rekindling a decade-old push to organise India’s patent applications into an electronic database. IP law blog (“blawg”) Spicy IP has sent a petition to the India Patent Office (IPO). Citing India’s […]
WHO To Continue High-Priority Revision Of Pandemic Flu System 14/12/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By William New Members of the World Health Organization worked for days recently under the steady gaze of the WHO director general in an attempt to develop a new framework for the global influenza-sharing system designed as a safeguard against a pandemic.
Tratado de radiodifusión: el Consejo de Europa retoma las negociaciones a partir de donde quedaron en la OMPI 13/12/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Monika Ermert para Intellectual Property Watch El Consejo de Europa está deliberando sobre la posibilidad de negociar un tratado para proteger a los organismos de radiodifusión contra la piratería de señales y, de ese modo, abordar la cuestión tratada por la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), donde las negociaciones sobre un tratado […]
Le Congrès américain veut renforcer la protection des droits d’auteur et augmenter la redevance des radios satellite 13/12/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Dugie Standeford pour Intellectual Property Watch Un projet de loi présenté la semaine dernière par un groupe bipartisan de représentants américains prévoit l’application de sanctions plus importantes en matière civile et pénale en cas de violation des droits d’auteur ou du droit des marques. Dans le même temps, le US Library of Congress Copyright […]
Legisladores de EEUU en busca de organismo encargado de la observancia de las normas de PI 12/12/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Dugie Standeford para Intellectual Property Watch Un grupo bipartidista de legisladores estadounidenses solicita sanciones civiles y penales más severas para la violación de los derechos de autor y marcas registradas mediante un nuevo proyecto de ley presentado la semana pasada. Por otro lado, la Junta de Regalías por Derechos de Autor (CRB) de la […]
Traité sur la radiodiffusion : le Conseil de l’Europe prend le relai des négociations de l’OMPI 12/12/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Monika Ermert, pour Intellectual Property Watch Le Conseil de l’Europe examine actuellement la possibilité d’élaborer une convention destinée à protéger les signaux de radiodiffusion contre le piratage. L’organisation prendrait alors le relai des négociations de l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) relatives à une proposition de traité sur la radiodiffusion, qui ont tourné court […]
Disparities Seen In Developing Countries’ TRIPS Implementation 11/12/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Catherine Saez There are considerable differences in developing countries’ implementation of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and their use of flexibilities in it, according to speakers at a recent South Centre event. Although developing countries have strong concerns about the TRIPS agreement, a significant number of […]
Broadcasting Treaty: Council of Europe Picks Up Where WIPO Left Off 10/12/2007 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The Council of Europe is deliberating on whether to negotiate a convention to protect broadcasters’ signals against piracy and thereby take up the issue from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) where negotiations on a proposed broadcasting treaty came to a standstill earlier this year. The Council’s decision […]
US Lawmakers Seek IP Enforcement Agency; Satellite Radio Royalties Set 10/12/2007 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch A bipartisan group of US legislators is calling for tougher civil and criminal penalties for copyright and trademark infringement through new legislation introduced last week. Meanwhile, the US Library of Congress Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has set royalties for satellite radio services, as webcast radio companies lobbied for rate parity. The “Prioritising Resources and Organisation for Intellectual Property Act of 2007 (PRO IP),” introduced 5 December, would create an IP enforcement czar, establish a new IP division in the Department of Justice, and authorise the appointment of IP officers to help foreign countries combat piracy and counterfeiting.