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Archives for March 2010

Pointed Exchange Of Views At WHO Briefing On Counterfeit Drugs

31/03/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Work to address counterfeit medicines continues at the World Health Organization, but a meeting late last week revealed ongoing concerns about the way it is being conducted.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, Enforcement, English, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WHO, WTO/TRIPS

March/April Edition Of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available

31/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Intellectual Property Watch Monthly EditionThe Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Edition features top news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the international IP community, news briefs and more. The March/April edition is now available for subscribers at: http://www.ip-watch.org/user/newsletter.

Filed Under: Features, Language, Subscribers, English

Proponents Seek To Develop Policy Potential Of US Geographical Indications

31/03/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Advocates of stronger protection of geographical indications are working to develop greater awareness in Geneva policy circles, trying to win over countries reluctant to adopt a specific GI protection system.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Lobbying, North America, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WTO/TRIPS

WHO Undertakes Independent Review Of Its Pandemic Flu Efforts

30/03/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The World Health Organization’s handling of the recent pandemic influenza outbreak will be examined by an independent panel of experts beginning in April. Meanwhile, new reports from the WHO are available on influenza and on intellectual property and innovation.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, English, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WHO

US Court Ruling Casts Gene Patenting Into Doubt

30/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

A New York federal court ruled yesterday that patents on genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer are invalid, in the first time a court decided that patents on genes are unlawful, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, Language, English

USTR Names New Ambassador To WTO; Ag Negotiator

29/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Two officials have been appointed to the Office of the United States Trade Representative: Michael Punke as deputy USTR and permanent representative to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, and Isi Siddiqui as the new chief agricultural negotiator.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, Language, English

Leaked ACTA Text Shows Possible Contradictions With National Laws

29/03/2010 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments

“No changes in domestic” law promised the partners currently negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A leaked 56-page recent consolidated version of the much-discussed agreement shows that this might not be completely true. The draft version with a lot of bracketed text in it shows that some countries are more open about the potential need to change their domestic laws than others.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, IP Law, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

British Official To Lead UPOV As Civil Society Interest Rises

28/03/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), an intergovernmental agency that provides technical advice and guidelines for the identification and protection of new plants, will have a new leader for the first time in a decade, it was decided Friday.

Filed Under: Language, News, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, UPOV / CBD, WIPO

Lamy: “Not Where We Wanted To Be” In WTO Round

28/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Friday said that there are “technically no insurmountable obstacles” in resolving the long-struggling Doha Round of trade liberalisation talks this year, but that this timeline was always a political rather than technical one. In the so-called WTO stock-taking, regarding the size of the gaps that remain “we […]

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, Language, English

Right To Food Mandate Renewed By UN Agency

25/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The UN Human Rights Council yesterday extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food for three years. The resolution, A/HRC/13/L.17, adopted without a vote, requests that the special rapporteur “continue to monitor the evolution of the world food crisis and to maintain the council informed of the impact of the crisis […]

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, United Nations - other

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