US, China Fail To Resolve Differences In Consultations On WTO IP Cases 11/06/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The United States and China last week failed to resolve differences raised by the US dispute at the World Trade Organization over China’s intellectual property protection and market access for US copyrighted material, according to the Chinese government. The United States filed two WTO disputes on 10 April (IPW, Subscribers, 24 April, […]
Countries Get Set For Second WIPO Development Agenda Meeting 08/06/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen with William New Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are gearing up for the second and final meeting next week of a committee addressing proposals to increase the development orientation of WIPO’s mandate. A preparatory meeting in Singapore and several non-papers have set the stage for a key […]
G8 Summit Agrees On Africa Declaration With Weakened TRIPS Language 08/06/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen The Group of Eight (G8) final declaration on “growth and responsibility” in Africa is being met with initial reactions from observers that it contains a weaker approach to address patents and medicines to ensure “universal access.” Discussions about patents and medicines in any forum appear to lead to the World […]
G8 Summit Strengthens IP Protection; May Undercut Compulsory Licensing 07/06/2007 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch, and Tove Gerhardsen The strengthening of intellectual property rights protection in “a new dialogue” between Group of 8 and emerging economies moderated by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the possible establishment of an “IPR Task Force focussing on anti-counterfeiting and piracy” are among decisions […]
Se divisa avenencia sobre el Programa de la OMPI para el Desarrollo. La armonización de patentes avanza lentamente 07/06/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New Los negociadores de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) podrían iniciar la última ronda de negociaciones de este año sobre la propuesta de un Programa para el Desarrollo con un espíritu de avenencia. Por su parte, los países desarrollados presionan para que se establezca una fecha límite en un esfuerzo […]
Commerce et propriété intellectuelle à l’honneur de l’Assemblée mondiale de la santé 07/06/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Les droits de propriété intellectuelle ont été l’une des principales thématiques abordées par l’Assemblée générale de la santé, qui s’est tenue du 14 au 23 mai 2007. Les Etats sont parvenus à se mettre d’accord sur différentes résolutions en rapport avec l’innovation et l’accès aux médicaments. Mais les débats ont […]
TRIPS Council: Big Boost For Biodiversity Amendment; Enforcement Debated 06/06/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Broad new support emerged this week for a proposal to amend World Trade Organization rules on intellectual property to better protect countries’ biological resources, while efforts to increase discussions on intellectual property protection remain unresolved. The issues led the agenda at the 5 June meeting of the WTO Council on […]
EU Urged To Back Poor Countries’ Use Of TRIPS Flexibilities 06/06/2007 by David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS – The European Union should stop demanding that poor countries apply its intellectual property rules to medicines through trade negotiations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) bloc, legal experts argued at a 4 June event here. The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, is hoping to […]
June Edition of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available 05/06/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter features the most important news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the IP community at the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Geneva missions, regional and national IP offices, industry and non-governmental organisations, plus News Briefs on reports and events that do not […]
La Asamblea afronta numerosos debates, consensos casi unánimes y acuerdos sobre cuestiones de propiedad intelectual 04/06/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen La propiedad intelectual constituyó un tema fundamental en la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud de 2007, celebrada en mayo, en la que se llegó a un acuerdo sobre diversas resoluciones relativas a la innovación y al acceso a los medicamentos. Sin embargo, Estados Unidos se desvinculó de una resolución específica […]