Experts: L’Application D’un Nouveau Protocole Sur La Biodiversité Repose Sur Les Réglementations Nationales 21/02/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment PARIS – Récemment adopté, l’accord international pour faciliter l’accès aux ressources génétiques et le partage équitable des ressources en découlant a été ouvert à la ratification la semaine dernière. Le texte a d’ores et déjà reçu des commentaires mitigés des parties prenantes.
WHO, WTO, WIPO Combine Forces To Improve Patent Information For Public Health 18/02/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Patents and public health are sometimes seen as a mismatch, but three prominent international organisations today stepped up their collaboration on ways to facilitate access to medicines by making a better use of the patent system. Effective, reliable and transparent information on patents is necessary to help decision-makers take the best public health approaches for global health coverage, panellists said.
Retired US Copyright Chief On Copyright Clearance Center Board 17/02/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The appointment of former United States Register of Copyrights to the board of directors of the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) was announced yesterday.
Parliament Approves European Directive Against Falsified Medicines 16/02/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The European Parliament today approved a new law aimed at preventing falsified medicines from entering the legal supply chain, according to a Parliament press release. The law needs to be formally approved by the Council of Ministers.
Senior Changes At The Gates Foundation With An IP Twist 16/02/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Program intends to retire from his position in June, according to a press release. Meanwhile, Microsoft’s leading international advocate for intellectual property rights has joined the Gates Foundation Global Health Program.
WTO GI Discussions Gather Speed, Parties Watchful Until Negotiations 15/02/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The international protection of wines and spirits named after geographical locations has seen renewed attention at the World Trade Organization since the beginning of the year as part of a push to conclude the Doha Round of trade liberalisation. Legal effects and costs of a register for such wines and spirits were addressed last week.
Report: Nanotechnology Patents Spreading But Regulatory Framework Needed 11/02/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The non-profit ETC Group has released a report on global governance of nanoscale technologies that showed that thousands of patents are being granted on this still little understood area of science.
Economist: Breadth Of Patent Portfolio Better Than Betting On One Winner 11/02/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Determining the value of patented inventions is akin to a guessing game, said a speaker at the World Intellectual Property Organization yesterday. Companies should try to spread their patents over related technological innovations rather focusing on one patent, hoping it will be “the philosopher’s stone”.
International Patent Filings Begin To Bounce Back; China Rocketing, US At Half-Mast 09/02/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The storm appears to be subsiding for international patent filings as 2010 showed a cautious recovery in growth, the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization said today. After the first-ever drop in applications in 2009, 2010 filings almost returned to their 2008 level. And China holds pole position in growth numbers.
New Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Protocol Relies On National Rules, Experts Say 07/02/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment PARIS – The recently agreed international instrument to facilitate access to genetic resources and the equitable sharing of benefits accrued from those resources opened for signature last week, and the text is already getting mixed reviews from stakeholders.