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India: Caution On Classifying Traditional Knowledge Under IPRs

28/08/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

From The Hindu: Even as the government has initiated the process of vetting a draft Bill on the protection and management of traditional knowledge (TK), experts caution against creating monopoly rights on TK and classifying it under intellectual property rights.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Outside Sources, Regional Policy, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge

WHO Negotiations To Continue On Non-State Actors

21/07/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Third World Network reports: New Delhi, 20 July (K M Gopakumar) – Member States of the World Health Organization have decided to continue the negotiations on a Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA) as several key issues remain unresolved.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, English, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Lobbying, Outside Sources, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WHO

US Federal Judge Orders Cancellation Of Redskins’ Football Team Trademark Registrations

09/07/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The Washington Post reports: The Washington Redskins – an American football team – lost their biggest legal and public relations battle yet in the war over their name after a federal judge on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the NFL team’s federal trademark registrations, opposed for decades by Native American activists who call the moniker disparaging.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Enforcement, English, Human Rights, IP Law, North America, Outside Sources, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge

Report: European Patent Office Tapped Computers

11/06/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

A story in the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung says, according to an unofficial translation, that it has obtained an internal report that shows the European Patent Office (EPO) tapped two general use computers it had identified as a source for leaked information. The news comes on the eve of a meeting of the EPO president with the European Parliament.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, IP Law, Outside Sources, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

US Shifts Stance On Drug Pricing In Pacific Trade Pact Talks, Document Reveals

10/06/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

From the New York Times: WASHINGTON — Facing resistance from its Pacific trading partners, the Obama administration is no longer demanding protection for pharmaceutical prices under the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to a newly leaked “transparency” annex of the proposed trade accord.

But American negotiators are still pressing participating governments to open up the process that sets reimbursement rates for drugs and medical devices. Public health professionals, generic drugmakers and activists opposed to the trade deal, which is still being negotiated, contend that it will empower big pharmaceutical firms to command higher reimbursement rates in the United States and abroad, at the expense of consumers.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Health & IP, Latin America/Caribbean, North America, Outside Sources, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Did The WHO Just Invite Corporates To Set Health Policy?

20/05/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

From the New Minute: The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Margaret Chan has invited the private sector, civil society and academia among others, to join a dialogue on how non-state players can work with the global body to enhance public health work. A leading voice in this configuration is the United States-based Global Health Council (GHC) whose strong and spirited response to the invitation has set the cat among the pigeons in some countries (including reportedly with India) and certain sections of non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Filed Under: Themes, Venues, Finance, Health & IP, Lobbying, Outside Sources, WHO

Can The Internet Be Saved Without Harming Democracy?

20/04/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

[From The Guardian-] Citizens of the internet: here is some welcome news. Your downtrodden digital rights might be getting a well-overdue booster shot. But it comes with some warnings.

Last week in the Hague, a high-level group of 29 internet policymakers and influencers – including prominent ex-US and UK security and intelligence officials Michael Chertoff, Joseph Nye, Melissa Hathaway and David Omand – issued a clarion call for the protection and promotion of human rights online. Self-styled the Global Commission on Internet Governance, the group made this call as part of the broader objective of restoring trust and confidence in the internet.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Europe, ITU/ICANN, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Lobbying, Outside Sources, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Don’t Keep The Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Secret

14/04/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

[From the New York Times Opinion pages, by Margot Kaminski:] COLUMBUS, Ohio — WHEN WikiLeaks recently released a chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, critics and proponents of the deal resumed wrestling over its complicated contents. But a cover page of the leaked document points to a different problem: It announces that the draft text is classified by the United States government. Even if current negotiations over the trade agreement end with no deal, the draft chapter will still remain classified for four years as national security information. The initial version of an agreement projected by the government to affect millions of Americans will remain a secret until long after meaningful public debate is possible. [Note: article mentions a US FOIA case by IP-Watch]

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Copyright Policy, English, Human Rights, North America, Outside Sources, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Whistleblowers: Little UN Protection For Exposing Wrongdoing

10/04/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

From AP: High-profile whistleblowers have joined forces for the first time in demanding that the United Nations change a global system they say deters its thousands of staffers from exposing crime, corruption and other wrongdoing.

In a letter sent to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, nine current and former U.N. workers say current policies offer “little to no measure of real or meaningful protection” from retaliation that can include firing, harassment and intimidation.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Finance, Human Rights, Outside Sources, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, United Nations - other, WIPO

CJEU Renders Landmark Decision On Private Copying Levies

16/03/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

From Hogan Lovells: Private copying levies in the Member States have occupied the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) quite a few times, previously for example in decision C‑521/11 from 2013. With the current decision in Nokia vs. Copydan Båndkopi (C‑463/12), the CJEU answers some of the most discussed questions surrounding copyright levies […]

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, English, Europe, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Outside Sources, Regional Policy

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