Conference Debates Strategic Patenting, Innovation & Public Health 21/05/2010 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment MUNICH – Whether strengthening patent protection and extending data exclusivity is the way to more innovation in the pharmaceutical and diagnostic sector was the subject of a recent conference here.
Indian Official: ACTA Out Of Sync With TRIPS And Public Health 05/05/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch All the “noble announcements” made by EU and US officials about respect for the Doha Declaration on intellectual property trade and public health when negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) does not match the ACTA text, warned Ashutosh Jindal, adviser at the Embassy of India to the EU […]
EU-India Trade Talks Resume Under Cloud Of Concern For Public Health 27/04/2010 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment BRUSSELS – Negotiations on the EU-India free trade agreement continue tomorrow in Brussels amid warnings from non-governmental organisations from India and Europe about possible negative consequences for the public health of poor citizens in India. But European negotiators sought to assuage fears.
Medicrime: Another Anti-Counterfeiting Convention Emerges In Europe 24/04/2010 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments While the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is getting a lot of attention with its draft consolidated version just published, there is another convention dealing with one major aspect it was always said ACTA would tackle. The Medicrime Convention of the Council of Europe sets the first international standard for criminalising the manufacturing and distribution of counterfeited medicine risking public health. And Medicrime will overtake ACTA, as the draft convention text is ready to be signed by the Committee of Ministers in May and be opened for signature in November.
Negotiators: ACTA Text To Be Public This Week 19/04/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch ACTA will be public. During the eighth round of negotiations for an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in Wellington, New Zealand that ended Friday, the negotiating countries decided to give in to persistent calls for greater transparency.
Public ACTA Declaration Open For Signature 11/04/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments When government negotiators start the next round of closed meetings on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) this week in Wellington New Zealand, they will be served a declaration by “Public ACTA”, an initiative by New Zealand’s country code registry InternetNZ.
Europe Learns The Truth(s) About ACTA 07/04/2010 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments The truth about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is different depending on which side you are on.
Leaked ACTA Text Shows Possible Contradictions With National Laws 29/03/2010 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments “No changes in domestic” law promised the partners currently negotiating the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A leaked 56-page recent consolidated version of the much-discussed agreement shows that this might not be completely true. The draft version with a lot of bracketed text in it shows that some countries are more open about the potential need to change their domestic laws than others.
EU To Request Publication Of ACTA Documents To Stop “Rumours”; Civil Society Meeting Planned 22/03/2010 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Europe will request the publication of the current drafts for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) at the next ACTA negotiating meeting in New Zealand in April, EU trade official Luc Devigne said today. Speaking at the third EU stakeholder meeting on the hotly debated ACTA today in Brussels, Devigne also said there is also a meeting with civil society planned to take place alongside the New Zealand round.
Court Finds German Data Retention Law Unconstitutional 02/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 6 Comments By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The German Constitutional Court today declared German data retention legislation a violation of the fundamental right to privacy of correspondence and telecommunication (Article 10 of the German constitution). The law that is a transposition of the EU data retention directive from 2006 therefore is null and void, said […]