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Archives for September 2018

Protection Against Broadcast Signal Theft Steps Forward At WIPO General Assembly

28/09/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

World Intellectual Property Organization members today reached consensus on the way forward on a potential treaty protecting broadcasting organisations from signal theft, elevating the prospect of a high-level diplomatic negotiating meeting on the horizon.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, WIPO

UN High-Level Meeting On Noncommunicable Diseases: A Call To Action

28/09/2018 by David Branigan, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted a high-level political declaration on noncommunicable diseases like cancer and unhealthy lifestyle. And while it gives an infusion of political energy to the issue, some are concerned it did not go far enough and are urging strong actions to follow.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, United Nations - other, WHO

UN General Assembly Adopts High-Level Political Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases

27/09/2018 by David Branigan, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly is meeting today for the Third High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases, and has adopted an ambitious political declaration, entitled, “Time to Deliver: Accelerating our response to address NCDs for the health and well-being of present and future generations.”

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, United Nations - other, WHO

Interview With The President Of Brazil’s Industrial Property Institute

27/09/2018 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Luiz Otávio Pimentel is president of the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Brazil. In Geneva this week for the annual World Intellectual Property Organization General Assemblies he took time to sit down with Intellectual Property Watch’s William New. INPI is part of the Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services. On a breaking issue, Pimentel talked about the case in Brazil involving sofosbuvir, marketed as Sovaldi, Gilead’s effective medicine against hepatitis C that has been known for its exorbitant prices.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, Human Rights, IP Law, Latin America/Caribbean, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, WTO/TRIPS

WIPO General Assemblies Mid-Week Notebook: Heating Up

27/09/2018 by Catherine Saez and William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

After two days of general statements, World Intellectual Property Organization delegates delved into more substantial subjects, and convened in small closed informal discussions to try to solve issues left open during the year. Among them is the composition of WIPO Coordination Committee and Program and Budget Committee, both WIPO governing bodies. Others include potential treaties on harmonising international applications by industrial designs creators, and on the protection of broadcasting organisations against signal theft.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Venues, Copyright Policy, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WIPO

Interview With The Korea IP Office’s Acting Commissioner

27/09/2018 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Acting Commissioner Kim Tae Man is attending the annual World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly this week. In that context, he sat down with Intellectual Property Watch, and in a mutually prepared Q&A, he described some of KIPO’s policies and future plans, collaboration with WIPO, international partnerships, and regional efforts toward global harmonisation.

Filed Under: Features, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Asia/Pacific, Development, Enforcement, English, Finance, Innovation/ R&D, New Technologies, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WIPO

World Leaders Commit To End Tuberculosis At Historic United Nations Meeting

27/09/2018 by David Branigan, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

NEW YORK — World leaders and senior representatives came together today for the first-ever High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis at United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting, heads of state adopted a political declaration with commitments to accelerate action and funding to end the tuberculosis epidemic by 2030.

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

WIPO And Pharma Industry Launch Medicines Patent Database For Easier Access To Medicines

25/09/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

A new initiative, the Patent Information Initiative for Medicines (Pat-INFORMED), was launched today at the World Intellectual Property Organization to help health agencies procure medicines. The collaboration between WIPO and the pharmaceutical industry, a free and open-access database, provides information on the legal status of patents on approved medicines.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WIPO

Brazil Signs Deal With Medicines Patent Pool To Share Patent Information

25/09/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Brazil yesterday signed an agreement with the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), through which the country will share patent information with the MPP. The Brazilian IP office joins several others in an effort to regular update of the MPP’s database on patent information. Separately, high-level representatives of Latin American and Iberian countries met on the side of the annual World Intellectual Property Organization General Assemblies taking place this week.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, Latin America/Caribbean, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer

WIPO In Good Health, IP Demand Rising, New Technologies Coming To Fore, Says Director

24/09/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The yearly World Intellectual Property Organization General Assemblies opened today. WIPO Director General Francis Gurry in his opening report to the member states underlined the rising demand for intellectual property protection, which continues to offer a healthy financial situation for the fee-financed organisation, but called on delegates to look into the future and start discussing questions linked to the use of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Finance, New Technologies, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, United Nations - other, WIPO

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