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Archives for July 2015

IP-Watch Seeks Part-Time Fundraising/Outreach Expert

31/07/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Intellectual Property Watch is seeking a dynamic person to help expand our fundraising and outreach activities. [Position closed]

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Copyright Policy, Development, Enforcement, English, Environment, Europe, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, IP Law, ITU/ICANN, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD, United Nations - other, WHO, WIPO, WTO/TRIPS

WHO Heralds Breakthrough On Ebola Vaccine: “Turning Point In History Of Health R&D”

31/07/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The World Health Organization announced today that a vaccine preventing Ebola has proved efficacious in Ebola-stricken Guinea, hailing it as a “turning point in the history of health R&D.”

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WHO

Medicines Patent Pool At 5 Years: Promises Kept, Changes Ahead – An Interview With Greg Perry

30/07/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The Medicines Patent Pool in Geneva is celebrating five years of existence this month. MPP Executive Director Greg Perry sat down with Intellectual Property Watch Catherine Saez to describe progress made since its inception, the success of its licensing agreement model, and plans for the future, including a possible extension to other diseases such as tuberculosis and hepatitis C.

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

Special Feature: Differences Over GIs Threaten 2016/2017 WIPO Budget Approval

30/07/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

The UN World Intellectual Property Organization is a member-driven agency set up to protect IP rights worldwide. In recent years, an area of dissension and debate has been how to make the organisation – and IPRs – friendlier to developing countries. This year, however, it has become a hotspot for the global debate between developed countries over protection of geographical indications, products of distinctive character deriving from specific locations.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Enforcement, English, Finance, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

WIPO Model Law Needs Revision, Developing Countries Say; Developed Countries Reluctant

30/07/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

The World Intellectual Property Organization provides legislative assistance to developing countries and least-developed countries upon request by individual member states. This week at the WIPO patent law committee, the Latin American and Caribbean Group tabled a proposal to revise the 1979 WIPO model law for developing countries on inventions, arguing it is obsolete.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Development, English, IP Law, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WIPO

WIPO Patent Committee Searching For Common Ground For Future Discussions

29/07/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

After a slow start this week due to late approval of the agenda, the World Intellectual Property Organization patent law committee is now sailing through the proposed schedule. However, previous positions remain unchanged and the core issue of the session is to find common ground on the future work of the committee.

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

Panel: Biotech Industry Executives Shine Light On Their IP Management Strategies

29/07/2015 by Rishi Dhir for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

“IP is a very crucial part of our business and I can’t imagine being in biotech without a very strong emphasis on intellectual property,” a biotech industry executive said during a panel organised at the World Intellectual Property Organization yesterday.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Finance, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, UPOV / CBD, WIPO

South Africa Draft Copyright Amendment Bill Published For Public Comment

28/07/2015 by Linda Daniels for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

The publication for public comment of the much-anticipated South African draft Copyright Amendment Bill has cautiously been welcomed by some stakeholders, who believe that parts of the draft are unworkable.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Africa, Copyright Policy, Development, Enforcement, English, Human Rights, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer

The TPP’s Reckless Proposals For Damages Will Have Negative Impact On Future Reform Of IPR Regimes

28/07/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch 13 Comments

James Love writes: This week negotiators from a dozen countries are meeting to finalize the rules for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. When or if concluded, this massive regional trade agreement will set new standards for the grant of property rights in knowledge, and the enforcement of those rights.

The TPP chapter on intellectual property covers all intellectual property types included in Part II of the WTO’s TRIPS agreement, plus some others, including not only patents, copyrights and trademarks, but also “undisclosed information”, test data for the registration of drugs, industrial designs, layout-designs of integrated circuits. The rules in the TPP are intended by the United States to become global norms, effectively replacing TRIPS.

While there are plenty of issues in the TPP IP Chapter, this note only addresses one set of issues — those relating to the remedies for the infringement of intellectual property rights. The remedies include such topics as injunctions, damages, and the seizure or destruction of infringing goods.

Filed Under: Features, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Finance, Human Rights, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Ukraine Open Access Initiative Roils Local Authors Seeking Copyright Protection

28/07/2015 by Eugene Gerden for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

It may be an open access initiative, but Ukrainian writers and authors are on the verge of massive protests, due to a recent initiative of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) to conduct digitalisation and online publishing of all of the books and documents stored in the national archives and libraries.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, Regional Policy

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