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Archives for November 2012

ITU’s Touré Urges Syria To Restore Internet Access

30/11/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

UN International Telecommunication Union Secretary General Hamadoun Touré used a press conference on the eve of the much-anticipated World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) which starts in Dubai next week to call on the Syrian government to investigate problems of access to the mobile network and internet in Syria and do “anything necessary to restore the access.”

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Human Rights, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, United Nations - other

WIPO Members To Decide On GI Protection: Revised Agreement Or New Treaty?

30/11/2012 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

For most people, champagne evokes a sophisticated bubbly white wine, associated with luxury and celebration. Champagne is also a region of France where this particular wine originates. The protection of geographical indications, such as champagne, but also Darjeeling tea or Idaho potatoes, is being discussed in several fora, and next week at the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, English, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

WIPO, EPO Leaders At OECD: Adjust The Patent System For The Globalised, Knowledge-Based Society

30/11/2012 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The international intellectual property rights system must urgently make headway toward an easier-to-use, globally agreed upon, inclusive and effective architecture, a high-level panel of IP policy leaders said on 29 November.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, English, Europe, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WIPO

WHO Members Agree On “Strategic Work Plan” On Health R&D – But No Convention

29/11/2012 by Rachel Marusak Hermann, Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments

After three days and two nights of tough negotiations to address the global gap in research and development for neglected diseases at the World Health Organization, member states agreed to endorse a strategic work plan that includes proposals on the coordination, financing, and monitoring of R&D expenditures separately, but not to advance the idea of an overarching framework. The recommendation for a global R&D convention proved divisive to the very end of the negotiations.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, English, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WHO

US Ambassador On WCIT: “ITU Is Not The Problem”

29/11/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

United States Ambassador Terry Kramer, head of the US delegation to the upcoming UN-led World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT) in Dubai, in a press call today warned against proposals that would invite the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to get into the business of internet governance, be it routing interventions, content control issues, or changes in accounting for internet traffic. Yet reacting to an earlier call by ex-White House official Andrew McLaughlin at a New America Foundation conference to “dismantle the ITU”, Kramer said: “I do not think the ITU is the problem.”

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, North America, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, United Nations - other

EU Parliament To Vote On Measure Against Biopiracy; Focus On UN Protocol

29/11/2012 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

European Union lawmakers will vote soon on a non-binding measure aimed at protecting genetic resources and fighting biopiracy, or misappropriation. Despite the critical importance of these issues, efforts to draw the European Parliament’s attention to the resolution have been difficult and its outcome is less than clear, its author says.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, Enforcement, English, Environment, Europe, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, United Nations - other

WHO Negotiations To Address Medical R&D Global Gaps Head Deep Into Night

29/11/2012 by Rachel Marusak Hermann, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Negotiations on the follow-up of the report of the expert group on research and development for neglected diseases tonight were continuing in a late-night session at the World Health Organization. At press time, member states were discussing options to address the research coordination, financing, and monitoring of medical R&D expenditures for the health needs of developing countries.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Development, English, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WHO

Reshaping The International Copyright System To Facilitate Education In Developing Countries

28/11/2012 by Tiphaine Nunzia Caulier for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

International copyright flexibilities are ill-suited to the need of developing countries to create effective access to printed materials in schools, a new book argues. The author, whose work was presented last week at the World Intellectual Property Organization, urges a normative and institutional rethinking of the current system.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Africa, Asia/Pacific, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Human Rights, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Latin America/Caribbean, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WIPO

Fast-Tracking Green Patents Reduces Wait Time, Appeals To Start-Ups, Study Finds

28/11/2012 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Several countries have established fast-track programmes to expedite the examination of environmentally oriented, or “green,” patents. Preliminary findings from a study assessing the success of those programmes were presented last week to Geneva intellectual property professionals.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Development, English, Environment, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, United Nations - other

International Instrument On Medical R&D Still On Negotiating Table At WHO

28/11/2012 by Rachel Marusak Hermann, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

World Health Organization member states gathering this week at the WHO headquarters in a meeting to address global gaps in the drug development system said that there is still much work to be done before consensus can be reached on a resolution. For now, the latest draft resolution keeps a wide range of monitoring, coordinating, and financing options on the table, not yet setting a clear direction.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Development, English, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WHO

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