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Intellectual Property Rights In Trade – To Be Rethought?

15/12/2017 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

After two decades of intellectual property regimes in trade agreements, one could have some second thoughts, according to a number of panellists at the Trade and Sustainable Development Symposium, organised by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and held alongside the 11th World Trade Organization Ministerial in Buenos Aires, Argentina this week.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Development, Enforcement, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Latin America/Caribbean, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

EU-MERCOSUR FTA Puts At Risk Access To Medicines In Brazil, New Impact Assessment Study Finds

01/12/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments

The European Union (EU) is currently negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) with the four founding members of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay), which comprises a chapter on intellectual property rights (IPR). A new round of negotiations is taking place from November 29th to December 8th in Brussels[1]. Word is that they aim to announce the closure of the agreement at the next World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference that will be held from 10-13 of December in Buenos Aires and the clock is ticking to close all the chapters before that. The authors have conducted a study that shows the adoption of the measures proposed by the EU could put the sustainability of access to health policies in Brazil at risk, as they could sharply increase public expenditures on medicines.

Filed Under: Features, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, Development, English, Europe, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Latin America/Caribbean, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer

Freedom Of Expression – Paper Looks At ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ In Latin American Context

15/11/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

It’s hard to escape the watchful eye of the internet – it will follow you through life. But if something put on the internet about you is wrong, misrepresents you or even endangers you, should you have a right to remove it from the internet? A new paper from the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, DC […]

Filed Under: IP-Watch Briefs, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, Europe, Human Rights, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Latin America/Caribbean, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer

Tribute To An IP Community Influencer Brings Together IP Experts In Geneva

20/06/2017 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Inspiring, generous, humanist, nobody was short of praise and anecdotes at an event last week to celebrate the lifelong contribution of Pedro Roffe, well-known Geneva thinker and writer on intellectual property. A conference on the evolution of intellectual property, trade and development had been organised for the occasion, congregating many IP experts offering their perspective on the role of IP in fields, such as public health, innovation policy, and competition law.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WIPO

The Global Debate On IP, Trade And Development: Past, Present and Future

29/04/2017 by Guest contributor for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Register Now for The Global Debate on Intellectual Property, Trade and Development: Past, Present and Future – A Conference in Honour of Pedro Roffe, taking place on 15 June at the University of Geneva, Uni-Bastions, Geneva, Switzerland. Registration is open and free, see details.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Europe, Latin America/Caribbean, Paid Content, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, United Nations - other, WIPO, WTO/TRIPS

What To Watch Out For In The EU-Mercosur FTA Negotiations: Consequences For Access To Medicines

22/03/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 6 Comments

As negotiations take place this week, an evaluation of the impact of one of the TRIPS-plus measures of the Mercosur/EU FTA on the prices of medicines in Brazil has been released. Based on the draft of the agreement, by their calculations, an additional USD 444 million would be necessary to be spent by the public health system for the purchase of six medicines alone, write Marcela Fogaça Vieira and Gabriela Costa Chaves.

Filed Under: Features, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Bilateral/Regional Negotiations, English, Europe, Finance, Health & IP, Human Rights, Innovation/ R&D, Latin America/Caribbean, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer

Chile: Civil Society, Members Of Congress Urge Issuance Of Compulsory Licences

21/03/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Representatives of Chilean civil society and Congress this week presented the Chilean health minister with a proposal urging the government to take advantage of international trade law and a newly passed congressional resolution to issue compulsory licences on high-priced drugs for hepatitis C and prostate cancer.

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

Brazilian Legend Celso Amorim Recounts Negotiation For TRIPS Flexibilities

16/03/2017 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments

Minister Celso Amorim of Brazil has had a significant impact on the state of global negotiations in his professional lifetime, including on global intellectual property rights.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, Development, English, Finance, Latin America/Caribbean, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

Argentinian Copyright Office Proposes To Add Exceptions And Limitations To Copyright Act

17/02/2017 by Guest contributor for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

On 12 December, the Argentinian Copyright Office and the Ministry of Culture invited a group of stakeholders, among which was this author, to discuss the final draft of the Exceptions and Limitations Bill (Proyecto de Ley de Excepciones) to modify current Copyright Act no.11.723 of 1933. One wonders whether it would be better to draft from scratch a modern Copyright Act instead of patching up the old 1933 Act. Nevertheless, the bill is welcomed. Argentina, as this author has already expressed, has one of the most restrictive copyright laws in the world (see Propuestas para ampliar el acceso a los bienes públicos en Argentina – Estableciendo el necesario balance entre derechos de propiedad intelectual y dominio público, Maximiliano Marzetti, Buenos Aires, 2013).

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Contributors, Copyright Policy, English, Latin America/Caribbean, Regional Policy

Hepatitis C Patent Challenges In India, Argentina To Allow Generic Production

14/02/2017 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Resistance to high prices for hepatitis C drugs is ongoing as five new challenges against patents have been filed in India and Argentina, according to sources. Those challenges aim at allowing the production and distribution of affordable generic versions of new hepatitis C medicines (direct-acting antivirals).

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Asia/Pacific, English, Health & IP, Human Rights, IP Law, Latin America/Caribbean, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy

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