WHO Documents From Counterfeit Meeting Now Online 12/04/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The World Health Organization secretariat record of a International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT) meeting that took place 26 March are now available online. Intellectual Property Watch reported on the meeting earlier, including statements made by stakeholders (IPW, WHO, 31 March 2010). The new documents are from the WHO secretariat and include the meeting agenda […]
WHO Review Of Pandemic Flu Response Underway 12/04/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan today opened an expert review process on the way WHO handled the outbreak of a pandemic influenza virus last year. In her opening speech, Chan called it the “most closely watched and carefully scrutinized pandemic in history.” She added that “in planning and organizing this review, WHO aimed […]
Public ACTA Declaration Open For Signature 11/04/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments When government negotiators start the next round of closed meetings on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) this week in Wellington New Zealand, they will be served a declaration by “Public ACTA”, an initiative by New Zealand’s country code registry InternetNZ.
Brazil, US Reinvigorate Talks On Trade Retaliation 07/04/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Brazil’s imposition of trade countermeasures against United States products and intellectual property rights, following a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling, might be averted as the two countries are working toward a negotiated settlement.
Semicolon Leads To Breakthrough In Long-Stalled Negotiations 01/04/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments Applause burst from the plenary chamber this week as delegates at last found, in a semicolon, the solution to a long-running and at times sharply divided multilateral negotiation.
US Court Ruling Casts Gene Patenting Into Doubt 30/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment A New York federal court ruled yesterday that patents on genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer are invalid, in the first time a court decided that patents on genes are unlawful, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
USTR Names New Ambassador To WTO; Ag Negotiator 29/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Two officials have been appointed to the Office of the United States Trade Representative: Michael Punke as deputy USTR and permanent representative to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, and Isi Siddiqui as the new chief agricultural negotiator.
Lamy: “Not Where We Wanted To Be” In WTO Round 28/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Friday said that there are “technically no insurmountable obstacles” in resolving the long-struggling Doha Round of trade liberalisation talks this year, but that this timeline was always a political rather than technical one. In the so-called WTO stock-taking, regarding the size of the gaps that remain “we […]
Right To Food Mandate Renewed By UN Agency 25/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The UN Human Rights Council yesterday extended the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food for three years. The resolution, A/HRC/13/L.17, adopted without a vote, requests that the special rapporteur “continue to monitor the evolution of the world food crisis and to maintain the council informed of the impact of the crisis […]
Google Claims Ads Found Not Infringing Trademarks 23/03/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments The European Court of Justice has ruled that Google did not infringe trademark law “by allowing advertisers to bid for keywords corresponding to their competitors’ trademarks,” according to the Google blog. The internet search engine said it is satisfied with the ruling which, “confirmed that European law that protects internet hosting services applies to Google’s […]