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Archives for October 2010

A Primer On Spotting IP Issues Associated with Social Media Websites and Content

30/10/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Most businesspeople and generalists understand that social media can be an important but risky part of doing business. This article seeks to identify how to spot potential intellectual property law issues associated with social media websites and content that can arise for a company.

Filed Under: Inside Views, IP Policies, Themes, Access to Knowledge/ Education, English, IP Law, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Compromise UN Protocol Treaty Against Biopiracy Adopted In Japan

29/10/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 10 Comments

With a standing ovation in the early hours of the morning of Saturday, in Nagoya, Japan, an international instrument aimed at preventing misappropriation of genetic resources was adopted by members of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. The protocol is also intended to ensure that benefits accrued from the use of those genetic resources are shared equitably with the provider country.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, Enforcement, English, Environment, Finance, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, United Nations - other

TRIPS Council Discusses Efficacy Of ACTA, Public Health Amendment

29/10/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments

A substantive review of a rarely-used amendment to the World Trade Organization intellectual property rules and enforcement trends that may threaten multilateral trade system topped the agenda this week in the Council on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).

Filed Under: IP Policies, News, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Development, Enforcement, English, Environment, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

US Would-Be GI Wins Solidarity Award From European GI Producers

28/10/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

European proponents of geographical indications have granted an award to a Hawaiian coffee lacking GI protection as a sign of solidarity with the producers, they said. Europe is a prominent actor in this type of intellectual property right on products linked to a specific regions, and the French government along with a GI lobby group last week held an informational event geared towards Africa.

Filed Under: IP Policies, News, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Enforcement, English, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

Bell Tolls For Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Treaty

28/10/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Today the negotiating group on a protocol aimed at stopping biopiracy and rewarding countries providing genetic resources had to admit, hours from the end of the high-level meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), that it has not reached an agreement on the draft text. The president of the convention gave them one more deadline of midnight in Nagoya, Japan, before ministers gather for the last time tomorrow.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, Language, English

Big Pharma Stranglehold: Thwarting India As Independent Maker Of Blockbuster HIV Drugs?

28/10/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

Daniele Dionisio writes: The current break-through of multinational drug corporations in India couples with the protectionist policies pursued by the US and EU and with India’s obligations as a WTO member. Taken together, these realities mean a heavy threat to India’s freedom as independent provider of lifesaving, affordable and state-of-the-art antiretroviral medicines to the resource-limited countries.

Filed Under: Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Enforcement, English, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WTO/TRIPS

UN And Internet Governance, Next Four Years: Better Cooperation Or Bigger Role?

27/10/2010 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

After three weeks of negotiations, member countries and the secretariat of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union hailed the consensus and success of the 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference, which sets the ITU work programme for the next four years. But even through the final rounds of applause, the tensions about how much the internet features in the core mandate of the Union remained audible.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, ITU/ICANN, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Ministers Arrive To Help Reach Outcome At UN Convention On Biodiversity

27/10/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

As ministers arrived in Nagoya, Japan, for the high-level segment of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity today, negotiators kept trying to reach consensus on remaining agenda items, such as a strategic plan, or an international legal instrument to prevent biopiracy and ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits accrued from the use of genetic resources.

Filed Under: IP Policies, News, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, English, Environment, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, United Nations - other

Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Treaty Negotiators Tackle New Text As Clock Ticks

26/10/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Another grace period has been given to negotiators trying feverishly to find agreement this week in Nagoya, Japan on an international instrument protecting countries against unlawful appropriation of their genetic resources and ensuring the fair sharing of benefits arising from the use of those resources. The delegates are to present their text Wednesday to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting so that it can be approved by ministers.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, Enforcement, English, Environment, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, United Nations - other

Food Security Rests On Wild Plant Genetic Diversity, Says UN

26/10/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The world’s future food security could ride on the ability to save the wild cousins of crops usually cultivated for human consumption, says a Food and Agriculture Organization report out today.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, English

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