R&D Resolution Formally Submitted To WHO Board Meeting 24/01/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Brazil and Kenya have officially submitted a resolution on a new global framework for research and development (R&D) to the 23-28 January World Health Organisation Executive Board meeting and the resolution has been placed under an agenda item to come up later this week. The resolution (EB117/Conf.Paper No.3) was formally submitted on Monday afternoon, a […]
Bird Flu Pandemic Priority For WHO Board As Nations Scramble For Supplies 24/01/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Pandemic influenza preparedness figures prominently on the agenda of the World Health Organisation’s board meeting this week, and countries are still deeply concerned about the lack of supply, according to sources. One of them is Egypt. A domestic media debate erupted after it became known that the country has only been supplied with some 1,000 […]
WHO IP Commission Seeks To Overcome Leak Of Report To Industry 23/01/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen and William New A closed-door World Health Organisation commission appears to have reached tentative agreement on a draft report on intellectual property rights and public health, according to sources familiar with the situation, despite an alleged earlier leak of the draft or some portion of the draft to industry. The […]
US Official: Vigilance Needed To Prevent Re-Opening Of Internet Governance Debate 19/01/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Prague – A senior Bush administration official said on 17 January that “constant vigilance” is required this year to prevent new efforts to change the governance of the Internet. David Gross, US coordinator for international communications and information policy at the US State Department, made the comment at an event sponsored by the Progress and […]
Kenyan R&D Proposal Possibly Among IP Issues For WHO Board 17/01/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Kenya has submitted a proposal for a new global framework for research and development to the World Health Organisation Executive Board, but procedural issues may prevent it from being included on the agenda of the board’s 23-28 January meeting, according to sources. The Kenyan proposal is one of several intellectual property issues that could come […]
WIPO Committee Puts Brakes On New Construction As Secretariat Lashes Out 14/01/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A key committee of member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organisation this week halted progress on a disputed new construction project at the UN body that has been the subject of a criminal investigation. The WIPO Program and Budget Committee (PBC), which met 11-13 January, also increased member states’ ability to scrutinise WIPO’s budget […]
Disagreements Further Delay WHO IP Commission Report 13/01/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A World Health Organization commission on intellectual property rights has failed to meet its deadline for a report that was to be presented to the WHO Executive Board later this month because of disagreement among its members. The WHO Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH) was set up in February 2004 […]
La propiedad intelectual ausente en el programa de la Cumbre de Túnez 09/12/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Monika Ermert para Intellectual Property Watch La segunda fase de la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información (CMSI) de las Naciones Unidas, evento que se prolongó durante cinco años, se desarrolló en Túnez. Durante la sesión de clausura de esta segunda fase, la propiedad intelectual no ocupó un primer plano. Y algunos […]
Intellectual Property Issues Kept Off WSIS Agenda 30/11/2005 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The issue of intellectual property did not make the headlines during the concluding session of the five-year-long UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis. And some critics are concerned it was intentional. Discussing the future of the information society without talking about intellectual property seems […]
L’UNESCO adopte une convention sur la diversité culturelle malgré l’opposition des États-Unis 25/11/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Paris – En octobre, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO) a approuvé une convention sur la protection de la diversité culturelle malgré les efforts acharnés des États-Unis pour convaincre les gouvernements de s’y opposer. La convention a été adoptée par 148 voix contre deux et quatre abstentions au terme […]