WIPO Design Treaty Proposal Still On Horizon; Key Points Bared 15/03/2012 by Maricel Estavillo for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are working to stage a diplomatic conference on the adoption of a new industrial design treaty at the earliest opportunity. The treaty, at the minimum, could harmonise certain aspects in design law, an area in intellectual property marked by stark differences in national procedures.
More Foreigners Find Themselves Targets Of US Copyright Law 15/03/2012 by Steven Seidenberg for Intellectual Property Watch 5 Comments All the experts agree: US copyright law doesn’t apply outside US borders. But try telling that to Kim Dotcom, Aubrey Canning, or the growing number of other foreigners whose activities outside the United States have resulted in sanctions under US copyright law.
Take The Brussels University Survey On Beliefs About IP 15/03/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Free University of Brussels has set out to map predominant normative and causal beliefs regarding IP laws and policies. To give your input and participate in the survey, click on www.surveymonkey.com/s/IP_Community.
Intérêt de l’entreprise et choix stratégiques : les licences concédées par Gilead au Medicines Patent Pool 14/03/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Bien que Gilead ait apporté des améliorations considérables à ses précédentes licences volontaires portant sur des médicaments antirétroviraux essentiels, les licences que l’entreprise a concédées au Medicines Patent Pool, fondation créée par UNITAID, comportent des restrictions regrettables qui fragilisent leur impact sur l’accès à des antirétroviraux génériques de qualité garantie plus abordables dans les pays en développement.
WIPO To Discuss Role Of Patents In Access To Water 14/03/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The World Intellectual Property Organization has waded into the global debates over access to safe drinking water, with an upcoming workshop on patents and water purification technologies.
Ukraine WTO Trademark Dispute Vs. Australia Tests Public Health Measures 14/03/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments Ukraine yesterday filed a World Trade Organization dispute settlement case against Australia for its 2011 law requiring plain packaging on tobacco in an effort to address the severe public health problem related to its use. The case could represent an important measure of the power of trade interests versus public health decisions by governments.
Blocking Of Internet Traffic Common In Europe – EU Report 14/03/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Operators and internet service providers in Europe resort mostly to blocking voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) and peer-to-peer traffics to guard the security of and prevent congestion on their networks, according to a preliminary report from the European Union telecommunications regulator, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC).
US Aims To Boost Its Efforts Against Overseas Infringers 13/03/2012 by Steven Seidenberg for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment US President Barack Obama wants the country’s Justice Department to get by with a bit less money next fiscal year – but not when it comes to prosecuting overseas infringers of American IP rights.
WHO Under Siege By Private Sector, Group Asserts 13/03/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The World Health Organization is under siege by private sector forces using their financial leverage to gain undue influence in the financially beleaguered United Nations agency, a developing country-oriented group has said.
Costa Rican President Tells ICANN Of Concern Over Internet Restrictions 12/03/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla opened the 43rd meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in San Jose with concern about “attempts to regulate the network among which we have the Stop Online Piracy Act seeking protection of intellectual property by restrictions on the addressing and the Protect intellectual Property Act seeking to extend some national jurisdiction towards the entire cyberspace.”