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Archives for October 2013

Industry Questions Canadian Courts’ Overturning Of Patents

31/10/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

In a new blog post, Michelle Wein, research analyst with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, criticises a series of decisions by the Canadian courts overturning certain patents based on a re-evaluation of the usefulness criterion that a patent must meet. She argues that this trend reduces the effectiveness of the international patent system, inhibits innovation and reduces the distribution of life-saving medications.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, IP Law, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WTO/TRIPS

USTR Froman: FTAs A Way To Get Higher IP Standards Into Global Trade “Bloodstream”

31/10/2013 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

United States Trade Representative Michael Froman today said that bilateral and regional agreements offer a way to get higher standards in areas such as intellectual property rights protection “into the bloodstream” of the global trading system, when it is not possible to do it through multilateral agreements.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Finance, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

New Trans-Pacific Partnership Caucus In US Congress

30/10/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 9 Comments

A new caucus of supporters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement under negotiation was launched yesterday in the US Congress.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Farmers’ Groups Warn ARIPO About Implementing UPOV 91 In Africa

30/10/2013 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

A collective civil society group has raised concerns about a draft Africa Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) plant variety protection law, which is based on the 1991 version of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). The draft law, which may come up for adoption in November, would criminalise farmers’ rights and undermine the seed systems in Africa, they said.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Africa, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, English, Environment, Human Rights, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD, United Nations - other

Farmers’ Rights At Heart Of Plant Breeding IP Debate; UPOV Ponders New Members, Communication Strategy

29/10/2013 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The international organisation providing and promoting intellectual property protection for new plant varieties held the annual meeting of its governing body last week. New member requests were examined while civil society warned against a draft African legal framework on plant variety protection that they said could impact the dominant subsistence farming systems in some African states.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, English, Environment, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, UPOV / CBD, United Nations - other

US Film Industry Gives USTR List Of Biggest IP Infringers

28/10/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The Motion Picture Association of America has provided a list to the US Trade Representative’s office of the global websites and other sources the US film group says are the most copyright-infringing in the world.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Lobbying, North America

At IGF, Glimpses Of Future IP Governance Overshadowed By Mass Surveillance

28/10/2013 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

Away from traditional free trade agreement negotiations with secret chapters on stricter intellectual property protection, perceptions are slowly evolving about the need to make IP systems work better. One of 100+ sessions at the 8th United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Bali, Indonesia last week featured “intellectual property exchanges” as marketplaces for knowledge. But IP policy did not take centre stage and neither did other access topics in Bali, which instead was overshadowed by the recent revelations of mass surveillance by US intelligence services.

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

Antigua Creating Platform To Monetise Suspended US IP Rights From WTO Case

24/10/2013 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 6 Comments

The government of Antigua and Barbuda is said to be taking steps to set up a platform to allow the tiny Caribbean nation to monetise or otherwise take advantage of the suspension of US intellectual property rights, as it is permitted to do by a World Trade Organization dispute panel. The WTO panel had ruled that Antigua could make up its loss in IP rights for US measures blocking Antiguan online gambling in the US.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Finance, IP Law, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

WHO Performance Undermined By Inadequate EU Collaboration

23/10/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Though the WHO is among the recipients of EU contributions, support should be scaled up now that the WHO fears program cuts because of a persistent funding crisis. Revenues from a Financial Transaction Tax would be a resource for the EU to partly allocate for WHO needs, writes Daniele Dionisio.

Filed Under: Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Europe, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WHO

European Parliament: No More Bank Data Transfers To US For Anti-Terror Investigations

23/10/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The European Parliament is showing some teeth again. Following the ongoing revelations of mass surveillance by US intelligence agencies, the Parliament plenary today passed a resolution calling on the EU Commission to temporarily suspend all data transfers according to the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) with the United States Treasury Department.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Finance, Human Rights, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, North America, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

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