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WHO To Form Expert Panel On Challenges Of Human Gene Editing

17/12/2018 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The World Health Organization has announced it will be establishing a global multidisciplinary panel of experts “to examine the scientific, ethical, social and legal challenges associated with human gene editing.”

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Health & IP, Human Rights, New Technologies, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WHO

Four Million EU Voters Sign Call Against Upload Filters, Protection Of ‘Snippets’

13/12/2018 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Ahead of the 5th trilogue meeting on the future copyright regulation between the rapporteurs of the European Parliament, member states and the European Commission on 13 December in Strasbourg, France, copyright activists collected over 4 million signatories to a petition to amend the draft legislation. Meanwhile, a court decision in Germany today puts use of its auxiliary copyright law for press publishers in question.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Europe, Human Rights, ITU/ICANN, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Lobbying, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Indigenous Knowledge Misappropriation: The Case Of The Zia Sun Symbol Explained At WIPO

11/12/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

In 1925, New Mexico, which gained statehood in the United States in 1912, adopted a design for its flag featuring a sun symbol belonging to the Zia peoples. According to the tribe, the symbol was secret and stolen from the Zia, who lost both ownership and control over it, and were left to contemplate the sun symbol being widely used and sometimes desecrated.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Human Rights, North America, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

EU Members Push For Private Censorship Of Terrorist Content On The Internet

06/12/2018 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

Big platform providers and small hosters alike shall be obliged to censor, according to a draft regulation presented by the European Commission in mid-September and accepted by EU member states at their Council meeting today.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Human Rights, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Lobbying, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Health Advocacy Groups Appeal EPO Decision To Uphold Gilead Hepatitis C Patent

05/12/2018 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Six organisations, including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders), today appealed a European Patent Office decision to uphold Gilead Science’s patent on hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Europe, Health & IP, Human Rights, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy

Study Finds Arthritis Drug Enbrel Overpatented, Overpriced in US

04/12/2018 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK) released a new study yesterday showing that the rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel has been overpatented by drugmaker Amgen, which has filed a total of 57 patents on the drug in the United States. Together, these patents were said to delay market competition by 39 years, rather than the standard 20 years for one patent. The study found that this market exclusivity for Enbrel resulted in US$ 8 billion dollars in sales in 2017 alone.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy

Gene Editing: Fears Lead To Call For Moratorium At CBD, Discussions Ongoing

23/11/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

Gene editing techniques have opened the way to a new world of innovations. One of them is the potential eradication of malaria-carrying mosquitoes. What appears as a very attractive way to help with malaria eradication is denounced by civil society groups arguing that the technology is in its infancy. Wiping out entire species could have unforeseen environmental, health, and social consequences, they say. They are calling for a moratorium preventing the release of gene drive organisms in the wild. They also describe the gene drive mosquitoes as a Trojan horse, hiding broader interests of agricultural multinational corporations.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Africa, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Lobbying, New Technologies, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD

UN Committee Adopts ‘Landmark’ Declaration Reinforcing Peasants’ Rights To Seeds

23/11/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

The social, humanitarian and cultural committee of the United Nations meeting this month adopted a UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. The declaration includes the right to save, exchange, and sell farm-saved seeds, a contentious issue for which small farmers have been campaigning for years.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Africa, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, Human Rights, Lobbying, New Technologies, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD

African Civil Society Outcry Over ARIPO’s Closed Decision-Making On Health And IP

22/11/2018 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

As the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Administrative Council meets this week, more than 60 civil society groups are calling for greater inclusion and more transparency on access to medicines and diagnostics. Signatories are asking for a review of the Harare Protocol on patents and industrial designs, and raised concern about over-reliance on advice of the United Nations intellectual property agency for decisions affecting broader public health in the region.

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Africa, English, Health & IP, Human Rights, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, WIPO

Key Hepatitis C Drug Licensed To Medicines Patent Pool, Access Expanded For LMICs

12/11/2018 by David Branigan, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

A key drug to treat hepatitis C has been licensed to the Medicines Patent Pool, enabling generic production and expanding affordable access to the drug in low and middle-income countries, excluding the very largest. The agreement between the Pool and AbbVie had been over a year in the making, MPP Executive Director Charles Gore told Intellectual Property Watch.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, English, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Other International Orgs, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WHO

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