WTO Announces Next Step For Azevedo To Become New Director 08/05/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The World Trade Organization today announced that the three facilitators charged with consulting WTO members have recommended Brazilian Amb. Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo become its next director general.
Viewing Cached Copyrighted Content Isn’t Infringing, UK Supreme Court Says 07/05/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Internet users who merely read or view copyright-protected webpages enjoy a temporary copying exception under European Union and United Kingdom law and do not need permission from rights holders, the UK Supreme Court said in a 17 April ruling.
Joint Task Force Formed On Global Networked Media 07/05/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Three media standards bodies have formed a Joint Task Force on Networked Media (JT-NM) to define a strategy to develop a packet-based network infrastructure for the professional media industry.
Infojustice.org: US, EU Demand TRIPS-Plus Concessions From Poorest Countries 06/05/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Sangeeta Shashikant writes: “Developed countries, particularly the United States and the European Union, have offered a poor and impractical deal of an incredibly short extension of 5 years with restrictive conditions to least developed countries that are entitled to be exempted from implementing the WTO TRIPS Agreement. Particularly problematic is their demand that the LDCs agree to a ‘no-roll-back’ clause, a TRIPS plus condition that will prevent LDCs from rolling back (i.e. providing a reduced degree of IP protection) their current laws, even if they adversely impact their development concerns.”
Cuba Files WTO Dispute Against Australia Over Tobacco Plain-Packaging 06/05/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Cuba has joined several other World Trade Organization members in filing a dispute settlement case against Australia over its new rules requiring tobacco products to be sold in plain packages. The measure was instituted this year as a means of reducing use of tobacco products.
Petition Fights Proposal For Digital Rights Management In Internet Core 03/05/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Just days after the celebration of 20 years of an open WorldWideWeb, more than two dozen advocacy group are circulating a petition to prevent the World Wide Web Consortium from accepting a proposal to allow restrictive new copyright measures on the key technology for accessing the internet.
ASEAN Launches Portal To Facilitate IP Awareness 02/05/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has launched an intellectual property portal to serve as a hub for ASEAN on IP-related issues.
CERN Marks 20 Years Of Making Available WorldWideWeb Technology 30/04/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Twenty years ago the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) put its WorldWideWeb technology in the public domain.
IP-Watch Readers Save $200 On LES Spring Meeting, 14-16 May In Seattle 29/04/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment LES (USA & Canada) 2013 Spring Meeting IP Matters In Every Deal May 14-16 | Seattle, WA Look Who’s Attending the 2013 LES Spring Meeting The LES Spring Meeting, 14-16 May in Seattle, Washington, USA is your best opportunity to learn about the latest trends in licensing and network with the industry’s leading IP, licensing and business development dealmakers. CONNECT with your next partner, LEARN new strategies and practices, COLLABORATE with your colleagues during one of many networking sessions. You don’t want to miss out! IP Watch readers SAVE $200! Use code IPW13 when registering. REGISTER! DOWNLOAD THE BROCHURE! View the full agenda here. Join this Growing List of Participants: (This is a partial list of confirmed attendees.) Company Title 343 Industries IP Licensing Manager Adobe VP, IP and Litigation Allen Institute for Brain Science General Counsel Aruze Gaming America Executive Vice President, General Counsel Augme Technologies Director and CEO Autodesk VP, Legal Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Lab Commercialization Manager Bayer MaterialScience LLC Manager IP/Library Information Services Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Associate General Counsel Boeing IP Licensing Company Business Development Boston University Licensing Director, Life Sciences California Technology Ventures Founding Managing Director Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Asset Manager Center for Infectious Diseases Executive VP of BD and External Affairs Cryptography Research, Inc. Director Eli Lilly and Company VP, Corporate Business Development Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center VP, Industry Relations and Clinical Research Support HealthPartners Institute IP Marketing and Licensing Manager hipcricket Chief Executive Officer HP VP & Associate General Counsel HTC Sr. Director of Legal Affairs, IP Strategy IBM Director of IP Strategy Integrated Diagnostics Director of IP and Contracts Intellectual Ventures VP, Acquisitions Jet Propulsion Laboratory & Caltech Associate Director John Deere Manager IP Market Transactions Joint BioEnergy Institute Director of Commercialization Juniper Networks Inc Assistant General Counsel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Business Development Executive Lehigh University Associate Director Lexington Technology Group, Inc. CEO LI-COR Biosciences VP Business Development and Intellectual Property Merck Executive Director, Corporate Licensing Microsoft Associate General Counsel NeoMedia Technologies CEO Nike Corporation VP, Chief IP Counsel Northwest Energy Angels Board Member & Angel Investor OncoSynergy Co-Founder Oracle Patent Counsel Oregon Health & Science University Interim Director Pacific Northwest National Lab Director Technology Commercialization PhaseBio Chief Business Officer Purdue Research Foundation, OTC Senior Project Manager Rockwell Collins, Inc. Senior Director, Intellectual Property Management Rutgers University Licensing Manager SanDisk IP Counsel Sanrio Vice Chairman SAS Head of Corp Development & Planning Schlumberger Manager of IP Licensing Seattle Genetics Chief Operating Officer Stanford University Senior Associate Tech Bridge International, Inc. VP & Director of Operations Textron Inc. Intellectual Property Director The Boston Consulting Group Senior Advisor The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Executive Director The University of Oklahoma Senior Director of IP & Staff Attorney T-Mobile Senior Vice President, National Accounts Tuxera CEO UCSF QB3 Institute Director Industrial Alliances Univalor, L.P. Manager, Project and Technology Portfolio University Health Network Senior Technology and Patent Analyst University of Arizona Office of Tech Transfer Licensing Associate University of California – Berkeley Licensing Officer UW Center for Commercialization Associate Director, Technology Licensing – Engineering Ventures West Capital General Partner Washington Research Foundation Director of Licensing WBBA President Weyerhaeuser Director, Technology Licensing WMS Gaming Executive Director IP Licensing and Development Don’t Miss these Featured Sessions: Hello Kitty as a Global Licensing & Marketing Phenomenon Solving the World’s Imminent Problems with Innovative Science Secondary Patent Market – Trends and Practices IP Perspectives from a Northwest Angel Investor West Coast Software Giants Focus on IP Life Sciences: A Guide to Turning a Strategic Partnership into an Acquisition View the full agenda here.
European Parliament Trade Committee Backs Cultural Exclusion From EU-US FTA 26/04/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The International Trade Committee (INTA) of the European Parliament yesterday passed a resolution welcoming negotiations for a Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union and the United States (23 in favor, five against, one abstention). While most of the 198 amendments to the report of the rapporteur, the INTA Committee Chair Vital Moreira (Socialists and Democrats Group) were rejected by the majority, an amendment asking for the “exclusion of the cultural and audiovisual services, including those provided online” in the negotiation mandate was adopted.