Paediatric Cancer Drug Being Developed Entirely In The Open 12/10/2016 by Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments The term “Open” in science is all the rage these days.
EPO Staff Seek WIPO-Style Disciplinary Guidelines As Reports Show High Levels Of Discontent 11/10/2016 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments With management-staff relations at the European Patent Office still spiralling downward, staff members are pressing the office’s governing council to consider adopting proposed disciplinary and investigation guidelines currently under discussion in the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Which “Brazil” Will Chair The Marrakesh Treaty Assembly? 11/10/2016 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The supposedly impossible happened: The Marrakesh Treaty entered into force on 30 September, three months after reaching the necessary minimum of 20 ratifications. By then, 22 countries had done so – two more did so during the Marrakesh Assembly.
Interview With Brazilian Culture Minister Marcelo Calero 10/10/2016 by William New and Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment At last week’s first-ever Assembly of the Marrakesh Treaty, Intellectual Property Watch caught up with the Assembly Chair, new Brazilian Culture Minister Marcelo Calero. He talked briefly about the importance of libraries and of implementing the Marrakesh Treaty.
WIPO Workshop: African States Are Themselves To Blame, Should Compile, Publicize IP Statistics 10/10/2016 by Hillary Muheebwa for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Each year, the World Intellectual Property Organization Economic and Statistics Division sends out questionnaires, which intellectual property offices worldwide are expected to complete and return.
Facebook Crowned Privacy Villain Of 2016 By European Privacy Rights Group 07/10/2016 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments A European civil society group defending rights and freedoms in the digital environment awarded Facebook the Belgian Big Brother Awards 2016 yesterday.
Fall Is A Time For Farewells, Hellos At UN Agencies, Law Offices, NGOs, Industry 06/10/2016 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment As autumn rolled in, two United Nations agencies chose global figures to help them with their missions, another has a new website, and changed heads, while non-governmental organisations, law offices, and industry also saw numerous changes at management level.
Partial Revocation Of EPO Patent On Sofosbuvir, Key For Hepatitis C 05/10/2016 by Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments Following a public hearing at its headquarters in Munich, the European Patent Office (EPO) decided to reject in part the arguments made by Gilead Sciences to uphold their patent on sofosbuvir, according to a non-profit group.
Last Formal Tie To Historic US Internet Control Is Cut 01/10/2016 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment “The federal court in Galveston, Texas denied the plaintiffs’ application for declaratory and injunctive relief. As of 1 October 2016, the IANA functions contract has expired.” This two-sentence statement from Assistant US Commerce Secretary for Communications and Information and National Telecommunication and Information Administration Administrator Lawrence Strickling ended an era of direct United States oversight over changes to the authoritative root zone of the internet domain name system, and as a contractor for a set of core internet databases.
US Supreme Court To Decide If USPTO Refusal To Register Trademarks Breaches Free Speech 30/09/2016 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The US Supreme Court agreed on 29 September to take up the question of whether the Lanham Act, which allows the US Patent and Trademark Office to refuse to register disparaging trademarks, conflicts with the First Amendment right to free speech.