WIPO Study: Informal Economy Important To Developing Country Growth, But No IP 07/06/2013 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments During a recent meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), a study on innovation in the informal economy was presented by the organisation’s secretariat. The exercise was conducted in an effort to better understand how innovation occurs and how intellectual property is relevant in that context.
Copyright Summit: Collaboration And Protection: Digital Management For The 21st Century 06/06/2013 by Kelly Burke for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Washington, DC – Collaboration, protection, and data were keywords during the second and final day of this week’s World Creators Summit (WCS) as discussions about innovative solutions to online infringement and improving collection rights management dominated the day.
Pallante, Goodlatte Lay Framework For US Copyright Review 06/06/2013 by Kelly Burke for Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments Washington, DC – United States Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante, US House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia), and US House Representative Anna Eshoo (D-California) this week outlined the priorities and challenges of an anticipated comprehensive review of US copyright law at the World Creators Summit (WSC).
Data From Clinical Trials Identify Gaps In Health R&D 05/06/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Lower-income countries receive much less attention in terms of clinical trial research, according to a study published in this month’s World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin. The study also underscored the value and importance the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) provides as a resource for evaluating the distribution of clinical trials around the world, and for providing information for future policy on health R&D.
Copyright Experts Discuss Future Of Content Creation, IP Protection 05/06/2013 by Kelly Burke for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Washington, DC – The state of creative industries and importance of intellectual property protection for content creators in the digital age was on display on 4 June at the 2013 World Creators Summit (WCS) in Washington, DC.
European Commissioner Kroes Hints At Actions To Preserve Open Internet 04/06/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Neelie Kroes, vice-president of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda, today gave some hints about upcoming regulations intended to ensure competition in cross-border European internet.
EU Anti-Terror Data Retention Directive Meeting Resistance In EU Courts 01/06/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The European Court of Justice in a decision dated 30 May ordered Sweden to pay a lump sum of €3 million euros for its delay in transposing the controversial 2006 EU data retention directive into national law in time.
Latest EU Mandate For EU-US FTA Shows Priorities 31/05/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Audiovisual content should be out of scope for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), but protection of European geographical indications is covered and intellectual property issues in general “explored,” European Union governments wrote in their draft negotiation mandate for the Commission, dated 21 May.
Report Finds Positives, Weaknesses In US AIDS Relief Programme 31/05/2013 by Brittany Ngo for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A US report released this week found that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has helped to make antiretroviral drug supply chains more efficient and reliable, but still contains several weaknesses that need to be addressed.
MPAA, US Blind Federation Urge Narrow Focus In WIPO Treaty For Blind 30/05/2013 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments The US film industry and advocates for the blind joined forces today to urge World Intellectual Property Organization negotiators to keep treaty talks focussed on the core issue of making more books available to the blind and visually impaired. The joint statement appeared to be aimed at reining in stakeholders on both sides of the international debate.