Parlamento aplaza acuerdo de OMC sobre PI y Salud Pública hasta que la UE dé un impulso al acceso bilateral a medicamentos 19/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por David Cronin para Intellectual Property Watch Los miembros del Parlamento Europeo han decidido aplazar la aceptación del protocolo a un acuerdo de la Organización Mundial del Comercio en materia de patentes sobre medicamentos, a la espera de que los gobiernos de la Unión Europea otorguen un mayor respaldo político y financiero a los países […]
UE: Se desvanece armonización de patentes, insuficiencia en DRM, silencio respecto a flexibilidades en ADPIC 17/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment ¿Está cerrándose la oportunidad de lograr armonización de patentes en la UE? Por Monika Ermert para Intellectual Property Watch MUNICH- A juzgar por los comentarios de algunos funcionarios, tras varios años de debates, podría estarse cerrando la ventana de oportunidad para la siguiente etapa de armonización del sistema europeo de patentes a través de la […]
WIPO Committee Extends, Adjusts Mandate On Traditional Knowledge, Folklore 13/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen After intense, last-minute discussions, a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) committee decided to renew its current mandate, with a slightly stronger emphasis on the direction of its future work. Meeting Chair I Gusti Agung Wesaka Puja, the Indonesian ambassador, told Intellectual Property Watch that “the old mandate still exists” but […]
WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee Informal Text Under Debate 12/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Below is the draft chair’s text under discussion at the 3-12 July World Intellectual Property Organization Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC). The committee has been in informal and “informal informal” (very small group of key delegations) meetings since late morning on 11 July. Discussion has been mainly […]
July Edition of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available 11/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter features the most important news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the IP community at the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Geneva missions, regional and national IP offices, industry and non-governmental organisations, plus News Briefs on reports and events that do not […]
Se espera que el Plan de Acción de la OMPI sobre Patentes se renueve en 2008 11/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New Luego de un paréntesis de un año, es probable que la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual renueve su plan de acción sobre cuestiones relativas a la política de patentes en 2008, después de que los miembros aprobaran de manera informal a fines de junio que la Secretaría de la OMPI lleve […]
WIPO TK Committee Moves To Consultations To Map Out Future Work 11/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen With a day remaining in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) committee meeting on traditional knowledge and genetic resources, the chair has moved to informal consultations with regional coordinators to discuss the future of the committee, whose mandate expires this year. Meanwhile, the African Group has submitted a new paper […]
Panelists Predict Future International IP Protection Of Traditional Knowledge 11/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen National intellectual property protection regimes for traditional knowledge in Peru and China were seen as somewhat effective by panelists at a side-event to a World Intellectual Property Organization meeting this week, but the general message was that there still is need for an international system. Speakers also predicted that new […]
Rising Friction On Whether To Move To WIPO Talks On Global TK Regime 09/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Halfway into a 10-day committee meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), friction was rising between members seeking to prod the slow-moving committee to begin consideration of an international instrument for the protection of traditional knowledge and those who continue to resist the acceleration. Developing countries calling for global […]
China, India Discuss National IP Strategies, Local Innovation 06/07/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Officials from the governments of China and India discussed challenges in developing national strategies for intellectual property and innovation at a recent colloquium, but common to both countries were aims to boost local innovation by stressing research, and build on technology transfer. Patent applications seem to be on the rise […]