IP-Watch Seeks Part-Time Fundraising/Outreach Expert31/07/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentIntellectual Property Watch is seeking a dynamic person to help expand our fundraising and outreach activities. [Position closed]
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 CommentThe 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.”
Medicines Patent Pool At 5 Years: Promises Kept, Changes Ahead – An Interview With Greg Perry30/07/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentThe 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.
Special Feature: Differences Over GIs Threaten 2016/2017 WIPO Budget Approval30/07/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 CommentsThe 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.
WIPO Model Law Needs Revision, Developing Countries Say; Developed Countries Reluctant30/07/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 2 CommentsThe 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Caribbean Group tabled a proposal to revise the 1979 WIPO model law for developing countries on inventions, arguing it is obsolete.
WIPO Patent Committee Searching For Common Ground For Future Discussions29/07/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentAfter 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.
Panel: Biotech Industry Executives Shine Light On Their IP Management Strategies29/07/2015 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.
South Africa Draft Copyright Amendment Bill Published For Public Comment28/07/2015 by Linda Daniels for Intellectual Property Watch 3 CommentsThe 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.
The TPP’s Reckless Proposals For Damages Will Have Negative Impact On Future Reform Of IPR Regimes28/07/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch 12 CommentsJames 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.
Ukraine Open Access Initiative Roils Local Authors Seeking Copyright Protection28/07/2015 by Eugene Gerden for Intellectual Property Watch 1 CommentIt 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.
