Copyright Summit: Collaboration And Protection: Digital Management For The 21st Century 06/06/2013 by Kelly Burke for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Washington, DC – Collaboration, protection, and data were keywords during the second and final day of this week’s World Creators Summit (WCS) as discussions about innovative solutions to online infringement and improving collection rights management dominated the day.
Pallante, Goodlatte Lay Framework For US Copyright Review 06/06/2013 by Kelly Burke for Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments Washington, DC – United States Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante, US House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia), and US House Representative Anna Eshoo (D-California) this week outlined the priorities and challenges of an anticipated comprehensive review of US copyright law at the World Creators Summit (WSC).
Author Cites Persistent Tobacco Industry Attempts To Influence WHO 05/06/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Thirteen years after publication of the landmark report, “Tobacco Company Strategies to Undermine Tobacco Control Activities at the World Health Organization,” little has changed and industry manipulations continue, one of the lead authors has said.
Data From Clinical Trials Identify Gaps In Health R&D 05/06/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Lower-income countries receive much less attention in terms of clinical trial research, according to a study published in this month’s World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin. The study also underscored the value and importance the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) provides as a resource for evaluating the distribution of clinical trials around the world, and for providing information for future policy on health R&D.
Copyright Experts Discuss Future Of Content Creation, IP Protection 05/06/2013 by Kelly Burke for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Washington, DC – The state of creative industries and importance of intellectual property protection for content creators in the digital age was on display on 4 June at the 2013 World Creators Summit (WCS) in Washington, DC.
White House Takes Major Action Against “Patent Trolls” 04/06/2013 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments The White House today announced “major steps to improve innovation in high tech patents” by restricting activities of “patent assertion entities,” also known as “patent trolls.” The list included five executive actions and seven legislative recommendations.
European Commissioner Kroes Hints At Actions To Preserve Open Internet 04/06/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Neelie Kroes, vice-president of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, today gave some hints about upcoming regulations intended to ensure competition in cross-border European internet.
Protection Of Local GI Products Can Benefit Women, Speakers Say 04/06/2013 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Geographical indications, a European invention, have attracted interest in a number of developing countries. According to several speakers at a recent industry conference on the subject, GIs can provide economic sustainability for rural families. In Africa, two cases were provided to illustrate the role of the valorisation of a particular resource and the ancestral know-how of women, promoting their social and financial autonomy.
EU Anti-Terror Data Retention Directive Meeting Resistance In EU Courts 01/06/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The European Court of Justice in a decision dated 30 May ordered Sweden to pay a lump sum of €3 million euros for its delay in transposing the controversial 2006 EU data retention directive into national law in time.