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Archives for March 2015

Panel: Open Data, Open Access, And Open Education – Key To Open Innovation?

31/03/2015 by Elena Bourtchouladze for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Intellectual property stimulates creativity but at the same time holds back innovation, speakers said at a recent event on open innovation and alternative business models. The roundtable looked a range of models, such as open source and open data, and their advantages, to “all rights reserved” protection.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Supplier of Essential Medicines Supports TRIPS Waiver For Least-Developed Countries

30/03/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 5 Comments

The IDA Foundation, a worldwide supplier of essential medicines to low-and medium income countries, has backed the request by least-developed countries to extend a waiver that allows them to forfeit the obligations to protect intellectual property on pharmaceutical products. UNITAID, the UN-related drug purchasing mechanism, also issued a statement in support of the extension. The request is expected to be discussed at the World Trade Organization in June.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Development, Enforcement, English, Health & IP, Human Rights, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WTO/TRIPS

Manila Principles On Intermediary Liability Offer Vision For Balance

27/03/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

A new set of principles launched this week by a range of global non-governmental organisations attempts to set out guidelines for internet intermediaries’ liability for content of communications. The six principles, which are seeking endorsement from organisations and individuals worldwide, address freedom of expression, freedom of association, and the right to privacy.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Africa, Asia/Pacific, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Human Rights, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Latin America/Caribbean, Lobbying, North America, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

IP Industry Issues Report On Intermediaries’ Role In Fighting IP Infringement In Supply Chain

27/03/2015 by Elena Bourtchouladze for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

A leading business group has published a report that it says shows how intermediaries can help keep fake and pirated products out of the supply chain and off the internet. The International Chamber of Commerce BASCAP (Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy) released the 120-page report on 26 March. The paper is titled “Roles […]

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Lobbying, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

How The Leaked TPP ISDS Chapter Threatens Intellectual Property Limitations and Exceptions

26/03/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch 6 Comments

By Prof. Sean Flynn, Associate Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP), American University Washington College of Law Reposted with permission from Infojustice.org, original here. I released a statement earlier today opining that the today’s leak of the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) chapter proposed for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement (available […]

Filed Under: Features, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Human Rights, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

UN Human Rights Council Approves Expert On Privacy In The Digital Age

26/03/2015 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The UN Human Rights Council at its 28th session today in Geneva adopted a resolution that establishes a new mandate for a Special Rapporteur on Privacy in the Digital Age. The Council also approved a resolution extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights for 3 years, and took note of the current rapporteur’s recent report raising concerns about the impact of copyright on human rights.

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

Busy Year At WTO: 20th Anniversary, Doha Round, Dispute Settlement Overload

26/03/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

This year is an auspicious moment for the World Trade Organization and the multilateral trading system, WTO Director General Roberto Azevêdo told journalists today. In particular, he said, the WTO, after a hiatus last year, is implementing the results of the 2013 Bali agreement on trade facilitation and finalising work on the work programme to conclude the Doha Round of trade liberalisation negotiations.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Development, Enforcement, English, IP Law, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

Indian Draft Pesticides Bill Contains TRIPS-Plus Data Exclusivity, Indian Pharma Says

26/03/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

India is considering legislation on pesticides containing data exclusivity provisions that would raise the level of intellectual property protection above the minimum required by international trade agreements and could act as a precursor for pharmaceutical products in the country, a leading Indian industry representative warned this week. India is sensitive to restrictions on the use of marketing data of patented pharmaceuticals as it is seen as the world leader in generic medicines, which use such data.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Health & IP, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, UPOV / CBD, WTO/TRIPS

Cuba, Large Friends, Trying To Corner US Into Compliance With WTO Rum Trademark Ruling

25/03/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Better relations may be on the way for Cuba and the United States, but the thaw has yet to be seen in a longstanding World Trade Organization dispute over a Cuban rum trademark. As it has done for years, the United States today casually reported that there are several pieces of legislation in the US Congress that might bring it into compliance with a longstanding WTO ruling that found it in violation of WTO rules for a 1998 measure blocking a Cuban trademark from receiving due legal process in the US, where a US-friendly firm is using it.

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

Slifer Named USPTO Deputy Director

25/03/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

A veteran technology industry and innovation patent attorney has been named the new deputy director has been named at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Enforcement, English, Innovation/ R&D, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

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