Mobile Phone Cases Test Royalties’ Link To Patent Quality 22/02/2007 by Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch When should a patent be considered higher quality? Qualcomm, the United States mobile technology firm at the heart of countless patent infringement court cases, has justified the royalties it charges on mobile phone patents in a paper released earlier this month.
Reunión del Consejo de los ADPIC: se potencia el debate sobre propiedad intelectual en la reanudación de las negociaciones comerciales y Estados Unidos presenta una propuesta 22/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Los participantes de una reunión sobre propiedad intelectual celebrada el pasado 13 de febrero en la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) señalaron que se intensificarán en las próximas semanas las consultas sobre propiedad intelectual como parte de la reanudación general de las negociaciones comerciales internacionales. Durante esa reunión, Estados Unidos […]
WIPO Panel Features Views On Patent System Flexibilities 22/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New A well-balanced colloquium at the World Intellectual Property Organization allowed views from two sides to be heard on the subject of flexibilities in the patent system. The presenters at the 16 February event appeared to split along lines of a developing country view and a view from developed countries, the primary patent […]
Investigation Finds WIPO Head Repeatedly Misreported His Age 20/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By William New Over the past 24 years, World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Kamil Idris repeatedly signed official documents showing his birth date to be nine years earlier than it is, and may have moved up the ranks at WIPO based on the error, according to the report of an independent internal WIPO investigation. […]
Négociations sur la radiodiffusion à l’OMPI : c’est maintenant ou jamais ! 20/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par William New Selon certains représentants officiels, des efforts considérables devront être consentis pour que les Membres de l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) soient disposés à engager des négociations formelles sur un traité visant à renforcer les droits des organismes de radiodiffusion et de distribution par câble. Toutefois, le président qui dirige les […]
WIPO Development Meeting Will Base Talks On Chair’s Text 20/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen This week’s meeting on a World Intellectual Property Organization Development Agenda started on a positive note, with member states agreeing to base negotiations on a text prepared for the meeting by the WIPO General Assembly chair, according to participants. This means that the content of the meeting, rather than process, […]
Negociaciones en la OMPI sobre radiodifusión: ahora o nunca 19/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New Será necesaria una importante labor para acercar las posiciones de los miembros de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) a fin de que entablen negociaciones formales sobre un tratado destinado a actualizar los derechos de los organismos de radiodifusión y de difusión por cable, según informaron ciertos funcionarios. Pero el […]
Patent Debates Continue Worldwide In 2007 19/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen and William New Patents are bound to be another hot issue this year. But although many parties are pushing for changes in this area – from global patent harmonisation and proposals for better patent protection of biodiversity and traditional knowledge, to ways to control soaring patent filings, to national reform of patent laws – actual implementation of these changes may be harder to obtain.
Drug Company Reacts To Thai License; Government Ready To Talk 16/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen One of the companies whose patent may be overruled by Thailand’s issuance of a compulsory license said it was caught off-guard by the Thai move, which was aimed at reducing drug prices. The Thai government says it is determined to execute the three such licenses it has issued recently, but […]
WIPO Development Agenda Meeting Gets Head-Start 16/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen A United Nations meeting next week on proposals to improve developing countries’ benefit from intellectual property rights got a head start when participants from nearly two dozen countries met informally in India and agreed on some priorities, according to government sources. Meanwhile, member governments are preparing to discuss papers drafted […]