Siguen en aumento las solicitudes de patente en el mundo, pero podrían estabilizarse. Las naciones pequeñas decaen 12/08/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New A escala mundial, en particular en algunas naciones, la presentación de solicitudes de patente sigue creciendo, a medida que aumentan los problemas de procesamiento de solicitudes de gran volumen y de aseguramiento de calidad. Sin embargo, debe prestarse más atención a la introducción de las economías pequeñas en los sistemas de patentes, […]
Brazil Probes Pharmaceutical Industry For Building High-Cost Drug Demand 08/08/2008 by Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch RIO DE JANEIRO – An investigation was conducted recently by the civil police in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, against multinational pharmaceutical companies, in which the prosecution affirmed that laboratories pay lawyers to get patients the right to obtain high-cost medicines through the Brazilian health ministry. According to O […]
Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative Aimed At Protecting African Medical Industries 08/08/2008 by Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch West African people should establish a medical anti-counterfeiting task force to promote local herbal medicines by protecting indigenous knowledge and genetic property and establishing benefit-sharing systems in addition to tackling the spread of cheap, fake medicines that are causing an unnecessary loss of life, according to the communiqué […]
International Seed Treaty’s Goals Of Biodiversity, Food Security Tough To Implement 07/08/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Catherine Saez As the world struggles with a global food crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is working to support biodiversity as a way to contribute to food security. To that end, the FAO has launched an initiative to ensure that this global genetic diversity is accessible, in the […]
New US Voucher Prize System For Neglected Diseases Launches Amid Doubts 06/08/2008 by Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch As a novel prize system to encourage the development of treatments for diseases that disproportionately affect patients in developing countries launches in the United States next month, concerns are already being voiced as to whether it will provide the right incentives for desperately-needed drugs. Under system, drug developers […]
Global Patent Filings Continue Rise But May Level Off; Smaller Nations Slipping 05/08/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New Patent filings continue to rise globally, especially in a few nations, as do problems of high-volume application processing and quality assurance. But more attention is needed to bring smaller economies into the patent system, and patenting may slow down with tough economic times, officials at the World Intellectual Property Organization said last week.
Renouvellement du mandat de la CNUCED et renforcement de la collaboration dans le domaine de la propriété intellectuelle 04/08/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Catherine Saez Les questions liées à la propriété intellectuelle apparaissent comme un objectif clé des politiques mises en oeuvre par la Conférence des Nations Unies pour le commerce et le développement (CNUCED) au regard de la décision prise lors de la 12ème Conférence quadriennale, qui a eu lieu en avril, de renouveler son mandat […]
Summertime Changes For IP Policymakers In Geneva 04/08/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara It’s summertime, and that means many changing faces at the missions and the international organisations in Geneva. Read the latest on the comings and goings of some key IP policymakers.
Aumentan las actividades de PI de la UNCTAD gracias al mandato renovado; mayor colaboración 04/08/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Catherine Saez Las cuestiones relacionadas con la propiedad intelectual (PI) parecen ser un claro enfoque de políticas de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD), ya que la 12.va conferencia cuatrienal de la UNCTAD celebrada en abril reconfirmó el mandato sobre PI; la organización fue nombrada por otros dos organismos […]
ACTA: Negotiations Advance ‘Behind The Curtain’; Many Concerns 02/08/2008 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Representatives of industry and the public as well as intellectual property law experts are puzzled by the ongoing secrecy under which negotiations on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are being held. The ACTA negotiations, which could result in widely applicable escalated rules on piracy and counterfeiting, appeared […]