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As Global Fund Board Meets To Choose New Director, Sands Seeks To Reinstate Candidacy

13/11/2017 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Days after withdrawing from consideration to be the next director of the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the UK’s Peter Sands has asked to be reinstated. The actions come as the Fund’s Board gathers this week to choose among the final candidates for head of the international health funding organisation based in Geneva.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, English, Exclusive, Health & IP, Health Policy Watch, Lobbying, Other International Orgs, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets

Are The UN And WIPO Drifting Apart?

23/09/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

NEW YORK – As some of the most powerful people on earth prepare to gather here later this week at the United Nations to discuss the biggest problems and opportunities facing humankind for the next 15 years, mention of a key issue underlying many themes – intellectual property – is hard to find. Also hard to find is reference to the UN agency responsible for the issue, the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Environment, Exclusive, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, United Nations - other, WIPO

Geneva IP Delegates

06/03/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

As a reference for IP-Watch subscribers, a substantive list of government delegates, alphabetised by country, responsible for intellectual property issues in Geneva.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Copyright Policy, English, Exclusive, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains Tagged With: #noshare

Special Report: Geneva, Public Health Capital Of The World

30/08/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

International public health in Geneva is no longer just the province of the World Health Organization. Dozens of intergovernmental and non-governmental agencies, along with financing organisations and partnerships, have headquartered their operations in Geneva, making the mid-sized Swiss city a public health capital of the world. Many of these organisations are engaged in addressing the critical interface between public health, development and innovation, including intellectual property rights. The following is a backgrounder and guide to many of the organisations working on these issues in town.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, English, Exclusive, Health & IP, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WHO, WIPO, WTO/TRIPS Tagged With: #noshare

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