Recommendations For Navigating IP Terrain Emerge From UNITAID Forum 17/10/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The third consultative forum of drug-purchasing mechanism UNITAID held in Geneva on 4-5 October resulted in a set of recommendations related to intellectual property rights and medicines access. The forum provided the opportunity for a wide array of global health actors, industry and country representatives to review the organisation’s progress in the last five years and to provide input on its future activities.
Tech Industry Raises Concern Over Protect IP Act 14/10/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments Several US trade associations representing the high-tech and communications industries raised concerns this week about a bill in Congress that would boost the US government’s ability to take down websites over fears of intellectual property infringement. The tech industry groups said the bill could have a negative impact on the economy and jobs, they said.
US IP Rights Holders Hail New FTAs With Colombia, Panama, Korea 13/10/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Groups representing intellectual property rights holders in the United States are hailing the newly passed bilateral free trade agreements between the US and Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.
Unpunished Human Rights Violations Challenge Right To Food, Activists Say 11/10/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Despite international frameworks and mechanisms to protect food security as a human right, a number of violations are committed in total impunity, according to the third edition of the “Right to Food and Nutrition Watch” issued today, this year with a focus on accountability issues.
German Police Used Trojan Horses In Investigations 10/10/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Europe’s biggest hacker organisation, the German Chaos Computer Club (CCC), has analysed trojan horse software used by the German police to spy on suspects in several cases. In its 20-page analysis, the club revealed that the software sent to the hackers for analysis allowed police to not only listen into Skype calls, but also to control and manipulate infected machines from a command server using IP address 207.158.22.134, sitting on a server of a commercial hosting provider in Columbus, Ohio, in the United States.
EPO, European Commission Renew Commitment To Unitary Patent 06/10/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The head of the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services today renewed their commitment to introduce a unitary EU patent, which they say would significantly ease workloads and reduce costs for patent applicants.
Nagoya Protocol On Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Has 64 Signatories 04/10/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The UN agreement struck last year to bolster access and benefit-sharing related to biodiversity has been gaining signatures rapidly and may on its way to an early approval, according to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity secretariat. However, while countries are signing, not one has yet had a chance to ratify it.
White & Case Expanding WTO Practice In Geneva 03/10/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment White & Case law firm is looking to hire two lawyers for its World Trade Organization (WTO) practice in Geneva, to work on trade areas including intellectual property rights.
New Website Allows Reporting On Violations Of Net Neutrality 26/09/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Civil rights organisations last week launched a website to allow users to report violations of internet neutrality. If users become aware that their telecommunications operators block access to certain content or services, they are invited to list this on respectmynet.eu.
ICC Conference On Changing Domain Name Landscape And New gTLDs 22/09/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) is organising a conference entitled, “The Changing Domain Name Landscape and New gTLDs” on 30 September in Paris.