WIPO Committee On Patents Struggles To Decide On Future Work 25/05/2012 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments On the last day of the weeklong meeting of the WIPO committee on the law of patents, discussions are ongoing to find consensus on the future work of the committee. The week has been a theatre of strong stances dividing developed and developing countries on areas such as patents on health, patent flexibilities and the quality of patents.
World Health Assembly: R&D Drafting Group Documents Show Country Differences 24/05/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment A set of documents in use by today’s closed-door negotiations on research and development for neglected diseases at the World Health Assembly lay out the core differences between WHO members. Negotiations are expected to last into the night as members try to agree on how to take forward recommendations from a key report – including to negotiate a binding convention on R&D for diseases left behind in the marketplace.
WIPO Patent Committee Moves To Strategic Consultations 24/05/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The chair of the World Intellectual Property Organization patent committee today circulated informal suggestions on ways forward for this week’s wide-ranging committee agenda.
World Health Assembly Draft Decision On NCDs 24/05/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Members of the World Health Organization tonight will consider a draft decision on how the organisation will address the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, such as tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol.
US, China To Hold Landmark Intellectual Property Adjudication Meeting 24/05/2012 by Maricel Estavillo for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The United States and China will hold early next week what is becoming the largest bilateral programme between their courts in the area of intellectual property adjudication. Set to gather more than a thousand participants, the discussions will largely revolve around patent litigation, according to a top US judge.
Group Looks At Effects Of America Invents Act On Plant Breeders 24/05/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment CIOPORA, an international association of plant breeders, held its annual meeting recently with a focus on novelties in plant patents introduced by the America Invents Act, to become effective on 16 March 2013.
World Health Assembly: Drafting Group Works To Combine Proposals On R&D 24/05/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A drafting group has embarked on the task of combining four different proposals on the table at the annual World Health Assembly aimed at financing research and development for neglected diseases mostly afflicting poorer populations.
WHO Members To Address Proposals For Financing Developing Country R&D 22/05/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Members of the World Health Organization at their annual meeting tomorrow will address proposals for ways to finance research and development for diseases which afflict mainly developing countries but for which there are not lucrative markets.
Nobel Laureate, Other Experts Hail WHO Effort On Medicines R&D Framework 22/05/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The annual World Health Assembly being held this week has a rare chance to achieve a breakthrough on health research for the global poor if it can agree to move forward on a proposed convention, proponents said at a recent meeting.
WIPO Committee On Law Of Patents Walks A Fine Line 22/05/2012 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The law of patents is being discussed this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization with a focus on the potentially difficult issues of limitations and exceptions, high quality patents, and patents related to public health.