Difícil aplicación de metas de biodiversidad y seguridad alimentaria en tratado internacional sobre semillas 15/08/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Catherine Saez Mientras el mundo lucha contra una crisis global de alimentos, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) está trabajando para apoyar la biodiversidad, como una forma de contribuir a la seguridad alimentaria. Con ese fin, la FAO ha lanzado una iniciativa para garantizar que esta diversidad […]
Le volume des demandes de brevet continue d’augmenter mais risque de se stabiliser – les petits pays sont sous-représentés. 14/08/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par William New Les dépôts de demandes de brevet poursuivent leur courbe ascendante, de même que les problèmes liés à l’assurance qualité et au traitement du volume croissant des demandes. Comme l’ont fait remarquer des représentants de l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle, des efforts doivent être consentis pour faciliter l’accès des petits pays au […]
Traité international sur les ressources phytogénétiques pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture: des objectifs difficiles à mettre en œuvre 13/08/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Catherine Saez Alors que le monde est confronté à une crise alimentaire, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’agriculture et l’alimentation (FAO) tente de défendre la biodiversité afin de contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire. À cette fin, elle a lancé une initiative visant à garantir la diversité génétique agricole mondiale dans l’espoir que cela favorise […]
Siguen en aumento las solicitudes de patente en el mundo, pero podrían estabilizarse. Las naciones pequeñas decaen 12/08/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New A escala mundial, en particular en algunas naciones, la presentación de solicitudes de patente sigue creciendo, a medida que aumentan los problemas de procesamiento de solicitudes de gran volumen y de aseguramiento de calidad. Sin embargo, debe prestarse más atención a la introducción de las economías pequeñas en los sistemas de patentes, […]
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 […]
Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative Aimed At Protecting African Medical Industries 08/08/2008 by Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch West African people should establish a medical anti-counterfeiting task force to promote local herbal medicines by protecting indigenous knowledge and genetic property and establishing benefit-sharing systems in addition to tackling the spread of cheap, fake medicines that are causing an unnecessary loss of life, according to the communiqué […]
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 […]
Global Patent Filings Continue Rise But May Level Off; Smaller Nations Slipping 05/08/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New Patent filings continue to rise globally, especially in a few nations, as do problems of high-volume application processing and quality assurance. But more attention is needed to bring smaller economies into the patent system, and patenting may slow down with tough economic times, officials at the World Intellectual Property Organization said last week.
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 […]