17 Year Exemption From Pharmaceutical Patents Agreed At WTO – TWN 03/11/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment From Third World Network: London, 3 Nov (Sangeeta Shashikant) The United States and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at the World Trade Organization have reached agreement ad referendum on a pharmaceutical patent exemption for a duration of 17 years, according to trade diplomats.
Russia To Better Protect IP Of Its Innovative Companies Abroad 02/11/2015 by Eugene Gerden for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Russian government is considering a package of measures aimed at better protecting intellectual property of Russian innovative companies abroad, according to an official spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Communications.
High-Level Negotiations On LDC Pharma IP Waiver Extension At WTO 30/10/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Negotiations have been ongoing at the World Trade Organization over the extension of a waiver allowing least-developed countries not to grant or enforce intellectual property rights on pharmaceutical products.
WIPO, WTO, WHO Heads Underline Need For Better Access To Medicines 28/10/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Trade, health, and intellectual property came together today as the heads of three specialised international organisations held an annual symposium to stimulate discussions on how the three can best help public health, and notably access to medicines in developing countries.
HIV Medicine Aluvia Stock-Out Dogs South Africa, Raising Patent Concerns 28/10/2015 by Munyaradzi Makoni for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment CAPE TOWN, South Africa – While Médecins Sans Frontières have blamed stock-outs of ‘Aluvia’ on the refusal to licence a patent for a generic of the HIV medicine in South Africa by AbbVie pharmaceutical company leading to persistent supply problems, the company said it has taken measures to address the problem.
Russian Parliament May Suspend Reform Of IP System 26/10/2015 by Eugene Gerden for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The ongoing reform of the Russian system of intellectual property may be suspended, due to recent criticism of some of its aspects by the Russian Parliament (State Duma).
US Copyright Office Draft Strategic Plan For Next Five Years 23/10/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The United States Copyright Office has issued a draft strategic plan for 2016-2020, with a 30-day comment period. The draft strategic plan is available here. The United States Copyright Office “supports a vibrant marketplace of creativity and innovation that, in recent years, has been worth trillions of dollars to the global economy and immeasurable value […]
After TTIP Round, “Important” Differences Remain On GIs, Negotiators Say 23/10/2015 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment At the conclusion of another round of talks for a bilateral trade agreement in Miami today, Europe and the United States negotiators said they remain far apart on the issue of protection of geographical indications. But they made progress on pharmceuticals and medical products, they said.
Book Review: How ‘Dialogue Of The Deaf’ Produced A Sound Tool For Policy-Making 22/10/2015 by Peter Ungphakorn for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments International trade agreements are sometimes demonised as the Grand Plan imposed by major powers in cahoots with multinational corporations. Intellectual property rights is a particular target, as is the case currently with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and previously with the World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). “The Making of the TRIPS Agreement”, the insightful, unofficial collected memoirs of 17 of the agreement’s key authors, plus one editor, challenges that view in two ways, writes Peter Ungphakorn.
CEIPI Event – Is Copyright In The EU Fit For The 21st Century? 21/10/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) of the University of Strasbourg welcomes the Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip, for a conference-debate on the topic of the future copyright reform in the EU: “Is copyright in the EU fit for the 21st century?”.