New Geneva Think Tank Features Developing Nation Research On IP 03/09/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara A new think-tank in Geneva has found a unique way to bring the collective power of leading developing country thinkers and researchers to bear on Geneva policy-making, while allowing those thinkers to remain current by staying within their own national contexts. Its name is IQsensato. “We realised there was a missing component,” […]
India’s Section 3(d) Conundrum 02/09/2008 by Intellectual Property Watch 7 Comments Editor’s Note: This submission refers to the 2005 patent law in India, which amended India’s 1970 patent law and implemented the 1994 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). India allowed proposed patent applications to be submitted in advance to a mailbox before the law’s passage. By Kamakhya Srivastava The […]
Experts Discuss The Role Of IP In Environmental Technology Transfer 29/08/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Experts Discuss The Role Of IP In Environmental Technology Transfer
Brazil Probes Pharmaceutical Industry For Building High-Cost Drug Demand 08/08/2008 by Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch RIO DE JANEIRO – An investigation was conducted recently by the civil police in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, against multinational pharmaceutical companies, in which the prosecution affirmed that laboratories pay lawyers to get patients the right to obtain high-cost medicines through the Brazilian health ministry. According to O […]
International Seed Treaty’s Goals Of Biodiversity, Food Security Tough To Implement 07/08/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Catherine Saez As the world struggles with a global food crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is working to support biodiversity as a way to contribute to food security. To that end, the FAO has launched an initiative to ensure that this global genetic diversity is accessible, in the […]
New US Voucher Prize System For Neglected Diseases Launches Amid Doubts 06/08/2008 by Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch As a novel prize system to encourage the development of treatments for diseases that disproportionately affect patients in developing countries launches in the United States next month, concerns are already being voiced as to whether it will provide the right incentives for desperately-needed drugs. Under system, drug developers […]
Summertime Changes For IP Policymakers In Geneva 04/08/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara It’s summertime, and that means many changing faces at the missions and the international organisations in Geneva. Read the latest on the comings and goings of some key IP policymakers.
Abrupt End To Ministerial Leaves Questions On Future Of IP Issues At WTO 31/07/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By William New The World Trade Organization Doha Round is over, and bitterly, at least for now, but negotiators left town with the general consensus that hard-earned work to date should not be lost and that there might be resumption of talks sometime in the future. The fate of intellectual property issues at the WTO […]
Panel Shows Flaws In Global IP Enforcement Push, Especially For Developing Countries 31/07/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara Intellectual property is the last real comparative advantage that rich countries have, said a panellist at a recent International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) joint event. This may explain an increasing global drive for enforcement of these rights, but does not mean […]
First Arab Satellite Channel On IP Rights Launched In Egypt 29/07/2008 by Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch CAIRO – In a bid to promote awareness of intellectual property rights issues and provide information about IP in the Arab world, the first dedicated IP Arab satellite channel has been launched. Based in Smart Village in Cairo with offices in most major cities of the world, the […]