Acuerdo comercial entre EE.UU. y Perú: primera puesta a prueba de las disposiciones renegociadas sobre PI 07/11/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Martin Vaughan para Intellectual Property Watch La Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos se dispone a aprobar esta semana el acuerdo de libre comercio entre los EE.UU. y Perú, en la primera puesta a prueba de la nueva “política comercial bipartidista”, que dio lugar a la renegociación de los acuerdos comerciales con Colombia, […]
WIPO Committees Casting About For Future Work 05/11/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization enforcement committee last week heard from a series of intellectual property rights enforcers and others before attempting unsuccessfully to agree on the future work and moving to consultations till February. Meanwhile, separate consultations are continuing for a mandate for the WIPO copyright committee whose meeting has been […]
WTO Biodiversity Amendment Backed; EU Seeks ‘New Thinking’ On GIs 26/10/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New A proposal to amend the World Trade Organization rules on intellectual property rights to require the disclosure of the origin of genetic resources in patent applications gained significant new support Wednesday when 50 least-developed countries signed on. The additional support for the proposed amendment came at the 23-24 October meeting of the […]
TRIPS Council Extends Health Amendment; Targets Poor Nations’ Needs 23/10/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The World Trade Organization committee on intellectual property rights on Tuesday gave a two-year extension for countries to ratify a public health agreement easing countries’ ability to import cheap medicines. It also addressed needs assessments for least-developed countries, which are to implement WTO rules on IP rights by 2013. The WTO Council […]
Officials Prepare For TRIPS Council As China Blocks US Dispute Panel 22/10/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The World Trade Organization committee on intellectual property rights issues this week is expected to discuss biodiversity and traditional knowledge, enforcement, geographical indications, and public health, according to participants. While no significant breakthroughs are predicted, the issues to be discussed are potentially highly charged. There will be at least two new documents […]
Developing Countries Get Perspective On IP And Enforcement 22/10/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New There is more to the story of enforcing intellectual property rights than one typically reads in the media, and developing country governments should defend themselves against unfair enforcement practices, officials and activists said recently. Speakers gave their views at a 9 October event of the intergovernmental South Centre entitled, Examining IP Enforcement […]
Reñido debate en torno al Director General de la OMPI: los empleados disienten y África alega racismo 19/10/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 16 Comments Por William New Cientos de empleados de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), un importante organismo de las Naciones Unidas, han firmado una petición a favor de que Kamil Idris, Director General de la OMPI, anteponga los intereses de la organización a los propios a la hora de responder a las acusaciones de […]
Le Protocole de Londres semble faciliter le dépôt de brevets dans l’Union européenne 19/10/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment David Cronin pour Intellectual Property Watch L’année prochaine, l’entrée en vigueur d’un accord réduisant les exigences relatives à la traduction en matière de protection des innovations devrait faciliter l’obtention de brevets applicables dans l’ensemble de l’Union européenne. En vertu du Protocole de Londres, les pays qui reconnaissent l’allemand, l’anglais ou le français comme l’une de […]
El acuerdo de Londres como facilitador de la presentación de patentes en Europa 19/10/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment David Cronin para Intellectual Property Watch A partir del año que viene debería ser mas fácil obtener una patente multinacional europea con la ratificación de un acuerdo que reduce los requisitos de traducción para la protección de una invención. Según el Acuerdo de Londres, los países que tengan el inglés, el francés o el alemán […]
US Renews Effort To Topple WIPO Director General 19/10/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 18 Comments By William New United States Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Tichenor on Thursday reiterated a call for answers to allegations surrounding the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization, who the US and others are pushing to resign out of concern for his leadership ability. WIPO Director General Kamil Idris has come under fire […]