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New Draft Resolution On Counterfeits At WHO

20/05/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch and William New Leave a Comment

A new conference paper has been submitted to the World Health Assembly committee addressing the World Health Organization work on counterfeit and substandard medicines. It offers a way forward on this week’s most controversial issue by involving governments directly in the activities through an intergovernmental working group.

Filed Under: IP Policies, News, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WHO

Counterfeit Medicines In WTO Dispute Process, Heating Up At WHO

12/05/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

The international policy debate over counterfeit medicines and legitimate generics escalated today. Brazil and India took the first step in the World Trade Organization dispute settlement process for treatment of generics medicines falsely labelled counterfeit in Europe, and non-governmental organisations from both sides of the issue issued new releases stating their positions on the issues at the neighbouring World Health Organization.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, Enforcement, English, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WHO, WTO/TRIPS

Biotechnology Consultant To Lead WIPO Global Challenges Division

12/05/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

A leader for the World Intellectual Property Organization Global Challenges Division – tasked with connecting intellectual property to critical issues such as public health, food security, and climate change – has been named more than a year and a half after the division’s creation.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, United Nations - other, WIPO

US, WIPO Officials Assess Patent Reform, PCT, Copyright Priorities

10/05/2010 by Liza Porteus Viana, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

NEW YORK – Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the United States are “hotlining” colleagues to ascertain if there is any objection to moving patent reform quickly through the US Senate, a representative of a major stakeholder in the debate said here Friday. Meanwhile, the US Copyright Office is working to get its priorities through a restructured Congress, and a World Intellectual Property Organization official warned of a possible divide in WIPO’s norm-setting activities.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Innovation/ R&D, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WIPO

Coordination Mechanism Adopted For WIPO Development Agenda Implementation

01/05/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

A mechanism to watch the continuing implementation of development-oriented principles into the World Intellectual Property Organization’s work has now been found. For many, the Development Agenda is the most important agreement in WIPO’s recent past, and the mechanism – which will monitor, assess and report on its implementation – was a critical area of importance in ensuring it reaches its full potential.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, News, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WIPO

Negotiators Begin To Find Common Ground In WIPO IP Development Talks

30/04/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

A coordination mechanism and a project on transfer of technology will dominate much of the last day of the World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, but with two new projects approved the group has already made progress this week, according to sources.

Filed Under: IP Policies, News, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WIPO

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.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

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.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Enforcement, English, Europe, Health & IP, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WHO

Special Report: The Significance Of Europe’s Ruling On Google Ads And Trademarks

07/04/2010 by Steven Seidenberg for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The European Court of Justice’s recent ruling in Google v. Louis Vuitton Malletier SA has been hailed a major legal victory for Google and other search providers. That, however, is only part of the story.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Enforcement, English, Europe, IP Law, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, North America, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

ITU In A Converging World — Interview With ITU Strategist Alexander Ntoko

06/04/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

The International Telecommunication Union, based in Geneva, is a 191-member United Nations body. Intellectual Property Watch recently spoke with Alexander Ntoko, a top strategist in the organisation about priorities in this critical year, inclusion of the public interest, and how convergence is bringing more issues related to digital content to the traditional telecom body.

Filed Under: Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Development, English, ITU/ICANN, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

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