New Push Emerges For An Indian Patent Database 17/12/2007 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Two years after India’s implementation of international trade rules on intellectual property rights, a lawyers group is rekindling a decade-old push to organise India’s patent applications into an electronic database. IP law blog (“blawg”) Spicy IP has sent a petition to the India Patent Office (IPO). Citing India’s […]
WHO To Continue High-Priority Revision Of Pandemic Flu System 14/12/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By William New Members of the World Health Organization worked for days recently under the steady gaze of the WHO director general in an attempt to develop a new framework for the global influenza-sharing system designed as a safeguard against a pandemic.
EU Acceptance Of TRIPS Health Amendment Adds 28 Members 01/12/2007 by David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch The European Union has taken steps to ratify a 2005 decision by the World Trade Organization designed to ensure that intellectual property does not limit access to medicines in developing countries. Peter Mandelson, the EU’s trade commissioner, announced on 30 November that the Union has formally told the […]
Comite de Naciones Unidas cuestiona las disposiciones sobre propiedad intelectual del CAFTA por motivos de derechos humanos 30/11/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Kaitlin Mara para Intellectual Property Watch En una reunión reciente, el Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales de las Naciones Unidas (CESCR) se hizo eco de las preocupaciones planteadas por los opositores costarricenses del tratado de libre comercio entre Centroamérica y Estados Unidos, en particular, de cuestiones relacionadas con los derechos de propiedad […]
EU Parliament Urges Change In IP Rules For Environmental Technology 29/11/2007 by David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS – Intellectual property rules should be reshaped to ensure that they do not hinder developing countries from gaining access to technology considered vital for addressing climate change, the European Parliament has declared. Members of the Parliament (MEPs) on 29 November approved a report that urges examination of […]
UN Committee Questions CAFTA’s IP Provisions On Human Rights Grounds 29/11/2007 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in a recent meeting echoed concerns raised by Costa Rican opponents of the Central American free trade agreement with the United States, particularly with regards to intellectual property rights. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias signed the Central […]
L’Indonésie envisage de délivrer des licences obligatoires pour trois nouveaux médicaments contre le VIH/sida 29/11/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Sinfah Tunsarawuth pour Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK – L’Indonésie envisage actuellement d’exercer les droits prévus par sa législation pour produire, sans l’autorisation des titulaires de brevets, des versions meilleur marché de trois nouveaux médicaments contre le VIH/sida. Le pays a déjà fait usage de ce droit pour fabriquer trois médicaments similaires. Selon le docteur Samsuridjal […]
L’OMS place les questions de propriété intellectuelle sous l’autorité du Bureau du Directeur général, provoquant le départ de Howard Zucker 28/11/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par William New L’Organisation internationale de la Santé (OMS), qui a beaucoup débattu des questions relatives aux droits de propriété intellectuelle ces dernières années, a procédé à une réorganisation de ses activités en plaçant le groupe chargé de ces questions sous l’autorité du Bureau du Directeur général. « [Cette réorganisation] montre l’importance que le Directeur […]
La OMS eleva las cuestiones de la Propiedad Intelectual a la oficina de la Directora General; partida de Zucker 28/11/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New La Organización Mundial de la Salud, que ha estado inmersa en un intenso debate sobre los derechos de la propiedad intelectual en los últimos años, ha reestructurado su gestión de estas cuestiones al elevar la Propiedad Intelectual a la oficina de la directora general. “[La reestructuración] traduce la importancia que la directora […]
Indonesia considera licencias obligatorias para tres medicamentos más contra el VIH/SIDA 28/11/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Sinfah Tunsarawuth para Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK – Indonesia está considerando ejercer el derecho amparado por sus leyes de producir versiones más económicas de tres medicamentos adicionales patentados contra el VIH/SIDA sin el permiso de los titulares de patentes, tras haber utilizado esta medida anteriormente para tres medicamentos similares. En Indonesia se necesitan tres […]