Chan Urges Innovation, Defends WHO Flu Response As New Group Approved 18/05/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan opened the annual World Health Assembly today with a welcome of the transparency in the “most closely watched pandemic in history,” and how the drive to meet the UN Millennium Development Goals would unleash a “host of innovations for improving health, especially among the poorest,” adding a call for vaccines as one of the “best life-saving buys on offer.”
EU Previews Digital Agenda To 2020 17/05/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The European Union today said half of its productivity gains since 1995 have come from information and communications technology (ICT), and gave some signals about its digital agenda to the year 2020, as part of a broader plan to be “launched shortly.” Europe remains the world’s biggest broadband market, the EU said, but must improve. […]
Nueva iniciativa ecuatoriana: combatir la piratería con programas informáticos libres 17/05/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Los programas informáticos libres se están utilizando como una alternativa legal para combatir la piratería de programas informáticos en un proyecto conjunto impulsado por una organización sin fines de lucro regional, en coordinación con el Instituto Ecuatoriano de la Propiedad Intelectual (IEPI). En este proyecto, se hace uso de las bibliotecas públicas para difundir los programas informáticos libres.
厄瓜多尔的新举措：用自由软件打击盗版 17/05/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment 一家地区性非盈利团体与厄瓜多尔知识产权局共同发起一个项目，用自由软件作为打击软件盗版的法律替代方案。该项目使用公共图书馆来传播自由软件。
Nouveau projet de l’Equateur : le logiciel libre pour lutter contre le piratage 17/05/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Le logiciel libre est actuellement utilisé comme une alternative légale au piratage de logiciels, dans le cadre d’un projet conjoint lancé par un groupe régional à but non lucratif et par l’office de propriété intellectuelle équatorien (IEPI). Ce projet s’appuie sur les bibliothèques publiques pour diffuser des logiciels libres.
WHO Members To Act On Research Financing, Pandemic Preparedness 14/05/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment How to proceed with the results of an initiative aimed at finding real alternatives for innovative health research financing is on the agenda at next week’s World Health Assembly (WHA). The assembly also is expected to approve the continuation of a working group on pandemic influenza preparedness.
Lamy Tells EU Parliament No (For Now) On ACTA 13/05/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy has answered a letter from members of the European Parliament asking that the WTO provide an “expert assessment and analysis of the current provision” of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) under negotiation. In his 4 May reply to the Parliament members’ letter dated 15 April, Lamy said “I […]
Brazilian Generic Drug Registration Sets Standard For ‘Pipeline’ Patents 13/05/2010 by Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch 5 Comments The first Brazilian generic drug against erectile dysfunction recently received registration at the National Surveillance Agency – a unit of the Health Ministry. The Viagra generic’s registration was only possible because of a decision of the Superior Court that will terminate the drug patent next month, said Odnir Finotti, president of the Pro-Generics Association.
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.
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.