WHO Members Inch Toward Consensus On IP, Innovation And Public Health 02/05/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Kaitlin Mara and William New Members of the World Health Organization (WHO) gathered this week to address innovation and intellectual property issues in public health saw hope for agreement on a strategy paper focused on the needs of developing countries, particularly on neglected diseases. But with two days remaining in the negotiations, difficult issues […]
El informe anual del USTR sobre propiedad intelectual da prioridad a la observancia 01/05/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Por William New El informe anual del Gobierno de Estados Unidos que evalúa la protección de los derechos de propiedad intelectual estadounidenses en los socios comerciales extranjeros y que, posiblemente, desalienta la inversión en países errantes se centró este año, una vez más, en China y Rusia. También alertó sobre la situación en Tailandia debido, […]
Rise Of Enforcement Priorities Reflected In Annual USTR IP Report 25/04/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The annual United States government report aimed at boosting global protection of US intellectual property rights and discouraging investment in errant nations this year again took sharpest aim at China and Russia, but also raised the alert on Thailand in part for its use of permitted compulsory licensing for public health, on […]
Clash Over World Customs Organization Efforts On IP Enforcement 25/04/2008 by David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS – Developing countries this week clashed with senior officials in the World Customs Organisation over an initiative designed to ensure that intellectual property rights are upheld at border posts, according to participants. Delegates to the 172-country WCO met in its Brussels headquarters on 24-25 April to prepare […]
Brazil Declares Patented AIDS Drug Of Public Interest, Could Expand Access 22/04/2008 by Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch The Brazilian government recently declared the drug Tenofovir, used against HIV/AIDS, to be of public interest. The announcement signals the country’s interest in using an option to avoid the patent on the drug and possibly beginning the process of issuing a compulsory license for the antiretroviral which is […]
Innovative Partnership To Create Another Patent-Free Malaria Drug 17/04/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Catherine Saez After an innovative partnership between a non-governmental group and a pharmaceutical company led to a new cheap non-patented drug against malaria being available in Africa in 2007, the model is being implemented again with another new non-patented anti-malarial drug being delivered to South American patients. The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), […]
German Enforcement Directive: Industry Favour Or Necessary First Step? 17/04/2008 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The German Parliament last Friday passed changes in copyright, patent and other intellectual property-related laws with the aim of better enforcement of IP violations in civil rights cases. The changes transpose the much-debated European Union IP Enforcement Directive (IPRED) into German law. IPRED contains general obligations, precautionary and corrective measures, damages and extended information rights for rights owners in civil law complaints aimed at third parties like internet service providers (ISPs).
Le Parlement européen rejette la proposition de coupure d’accès à Internet pour les pirates présumés 16/04/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Dugie Standeford pour Intellectual Property Watch Jeudi dernier, le Parlement européen a appelé les gouvernements à ne pas autoriser les coupures d’accès à Internet en cas de piratage portant atteinte à un droit d’auteur. L’objet du vote, un rapport d’initiative sur la promotion des industries culturelles en Europe rédigé par le député socialiste français Guy […]
El Parlamento Europeo rechaza la propuesta de que los ISP suspendan el servicio a presuntos piratas 16/04/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Por Dugie Standeford para Intellectual Property Watch El jueves, el Parlamento Europeo instó a los gobiernos a no autorizar la suspensión del acceso a Internet en el caso de que se sospeche de piratería lesiva del derecho de autor. El tema de la votación, un informe de propia iniciativa sobre la promoción de las industrias […]
European Parliament Rejects Proposal to Make ISPs Shut Off Suspected Pirates 10/04/2008 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch The European Parliament on Thursday urged governments not to authorise shut-off of internet access in cases of suspected copyright piracy. The subject of the vote, an own-initiative report on promoting European cultural industries by French Socialist Parliament Member (MEP) Guy Bono, has stirred up a hornet’s nest of […]