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Archives for March 2017

France Reaches Agreement With Gilead To Drop Prices Of Hepatitis C Treatment

31/03/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

The French Ministry of Social Affairs and Health announced today that the ministry has negotiated with pharmaceutical company Gilead to bring down the prices of hepatitis C medicines.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Europe, Finance, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy

US Congress Considers Plan For Presidential Appointment Of Copyright Register

31/03/2017 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Legislation authorising the president to appoint the Register of Copyright in the United States Copyright Office is working its way through Congress. The “Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act” garnered strong bipartisan support in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee as well as from the content community, but others fear it will politicise the […]

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Finance, Lobbying, North America, Regional Policy

NGOs Detail Changes For Public Health In RCEP Asian Trade Pact

31/03/2017 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Concerns continue to grow among civil society about provisions in a major trade agreement in the Asian region. Of specific worry is the intellectual property chapter containing in particular a data exclusivity clause, and the linkage between the investment chapter and the IP chapter.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Asia/Pacific, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, English, Health & IP, Human Rights, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer

Funding Injection For New Antibiotics: The CARB-X Transatlantic Partnership

30/03/2017 by Kim Treanor for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

A partnership of government agencies and organisations in the United States and United Kingdom have announced an investment of up to US$48 million into the development of new antibiotics and products to fight antibiotic resistant bacteria, with the aim of having two new antibiotics in human trials in the next five years.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Europe, Finance, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, United Nations - other, WHO

WTO Job Opening For Legal Analyst On TRIPS Agreement

30/03/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The World Trade Organization has issued a call to hire a legal analyst specialised on intellectual property law, including the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, English, Finance, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

17 Civil Society Groups Urge EU To Support WHO Resolution On Cancer

30/03/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

A range of civil society organisations today issued a letter to European Union leadership urging support for a World Health Organization resolution that mandates a feasibility study on a fund for cancer research and development that delinks R&D costs from the price of health technologies.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Europe, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, WHO

USPTO Director Lee Emerges From Silence, Praises Latin America For Joining Patenting Scheme

29/03/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

The director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Michelle Lee, today resurfaced after weeks of silence, speaking after the trilateral meeting of the US, European and Japan patent offices. Among her remarks was praise for Latin American countries for joining the Patent Prosecution Highway, which she said has already resulted in much faster patents in the region.

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

New Draft Work Programme On GIs At WIPO; Industrial Design Pushed To General Assembly

29/03/2017 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

A tentative way to continue conversing about geographical indications (GIs) at the World Intellectual Property Organization committee on trademarks and GIs was tabled by the committee chair today. The suggested approach includes a questionnaire to member states on the different ways GIs are addressed by national and regional systems. Meanwhile, a potential design law treaty was pushed off to the next WIPO General Assembly, held in autumn.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Enforcement, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

Developing Countries Weigh Restarting Talks For TRIPS Amendment On Biological Resources

29/03/2017 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

NEW DELHI, India — Biopiracy is ongoing in many developing countries, and as long as there are no international obligations for patent applicants to disclose the origin of the genetic resources or traditional knowledge they use, the issue will endure, according to speakers at a recent conference in New Delhi. The broken conversation at the World Trade Organization needs to be rekindled so that an international regime of protection is set up, they said.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Asia/Pacific, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, Enforcement, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WTO/TRIPS

Large Amount Of Consumer Tech Is Counterfeit, OECD Report Finds

29/03/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

Nearly 20 percent of mobile phones and 25 percent of video game consoles sold internationally are counterfeit, and the numbers are rising, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Enforcement, English, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Other International Orgs, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

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