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UAEM Targets Accessible Medicines, R&D Financing, Publicly Funded Research

13/12/2016 by Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

From extracurricular creativity to global campaigns, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) continues in its activities to raise awareness and explore how universities can best direct their research and innovations towards promoting global access to medicines. In the next year, UAEM will extend its national and international campaigns to address the high prices of medicines, continue to gather support for a global agreement on research and development and build on the mapping alternative R&D initiatives.

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

WHO Director Candidates Nabarro, Szócska Speak On Medicines Prices And IP

22/11/2016 by Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch and William New Leave a Comment

Candidates from around the world vying to be the next director general of the World Health Organization in recent weeks have presented their views to member states on a range of public health issues. Two of the six candidates answered a question put to them by Intellectual Property Watch relating to medicines prices, innovation and intellectual property. Here are their answers.

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

WTO ‘Paragraph 6’ System For Affordable Medicine: Time For Change?

14/11/2016 by Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

A range of practitioners and representatives in the manufacture of medicines, intergovernmental officials, academics and civil society representatives last week gave diverse views on the effectiveness of a waiver to international trade rules intended to ease shipments of affordable medicines to low-income countries.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Themes, Venues, Development, English, Health & IP, Lobbying, Other International Orgs, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WHO, WIPO, WTO/TRIPS

Navigating Fragmented Laws And Systems Around Tobacco Packaging Lawsuits

03/11/2016 by Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Sitting between different rights, powers and principles at the intersection of differing legal regimes is the case of Philip Morris v Uruguay. The case, which concerns Uruguayan regulations that impose enlarged graphic health warning requirements on tobacco packaging and reduce the varieties of a tobacco brand that can be sold, has since its decision in July this year by an investor-state arbitration tribunal, has caused much discussion among legal practitioners and academia and attracted broader public attention.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, IP Law, Latin America/Caribbean, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

WIPO’s New Tool: Complex Patents Now Easily Translated

02/11/2016 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The World Intellectual Property Organization has developed a ground-breaking new “artificial intelligence”-based translation tool for patent documents, according to the organisation.

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

More Rigorous Patent Examination In US Than Europe And Australia?

02/11/2016 by Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

A recently published study finds that, contrary to a conventional view, the United States Patent and Trademark Office undertakes more rigorous patent examination than the European Patent Office and the Australian Patent Office.

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

GIs: US Industry Claims Harm From Misappropriation Of Common Food Names

28/10/2016 by Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Representatives from US dairy trade associations joined the cross-industry Consortium for Common Food Names (CCFN) recently to present an economic analysis on the impact of European Union policies regarding geographical indications on the United States and its dairy industry.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, English, Europe, North America, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge

Between Quick Wins And Long Roads Ahead On Antimicrobial Resistance

26/10/2016 by Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Raising awareness, creating effective stewardship, national action plans on antimicrobial resistance, building trust and getting onto the agenda of the G20 are critical to fostering access and appropriate use of antibiotics, according to speakers at yesterday’s joint technical symposium on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WHO, WIPO, WTO/TRIPS

Licensing, Choice And New Players: Keys To Fostering Local Film Production

17/10/2016 by Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Audiovisual producers at a side event to the recent World Intellectual Property Organization General Assemblies shared experiences and exchanged best practices in the use of copyright and related rights’ frameworks. Speakers said they seek an enabling environment, where makers of audiovisual works can achieve economic sustainability and contribute to local employment and growth through the creation and supply of local audiovisual works.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Africa, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Lobbying, Regional Policy, WIPO

Industry Seeks Policy Change To Strengthen Protection for GIs, Country Names Online

14/10/2016 by Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Calls for the international community to promote and strengthen the protection of geographical indications and country names on the internet were made at the first side event of the annual General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization that ended last week.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, English, Europe, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Lobbying, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WIPO

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