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Medical R&D Treaty Debated At World Health Assembly

30/05/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Experts attending the U.N. World Health Assembly this month debated a proposal to create an international treaty on medical research and development aimed at making medical treatment affordable globally while ensuring continuing innovation in the area. The proposed treaty was created in consultation with a variety of non-governmental and government experts, and in February, 162 […]

Filed Under: English, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, United Nations - other, WHO

WHO Board Delays Decision On Trade-Related Proposal

27/05/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The World Health Organisation Executive Board on Friday postponed to January a proposal urging governments to adopt national policies on international trade and health. The draft resolution led by Thailand had the support of Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Nepal, Sudan, Thailand, Tonga, Viet Nam, and others, but the board put […]

Filed Under: English, Health & IP, United Nations - other, WHO

Health Assembly Officials Watch For Last-Minute Amendments

20/05/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

At the U.N. World Health Assembly negotiations in Geneva, officials have been watching carefully for the last-minute introduction of any amendments they view as unfavourable. This is true for all of the texts being developed, only some of which have a direct relation to intellectual property issues. The assembly, which runs from 16 to 25 […]

Filed Under: English, Health & IP, United Nations - other, WHO

WIPO Development Seminar Informs But Impact Unclear

09/05/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Many of the top experts on the subject of intellectual property and global development shared views in Geneva last week at a World Intellectual Property Organisation seminar. But while the event may have served to spell out the current debate on the issue, it is unclear how the two-day event advanced the issue from a […]

Filed Under: English, WHO

WIPO Development Agenda: Developing Countries Submit New Proposals

06/04/2005 by Carolyn Deere, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

On the eve of high-level meetings next week on development and intellectual property, the fourteen co-sponsors of the proposal for the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s new Development Agenda today submitted detailed elaborations of their proposals for incorporating development into WIPO’s work. The fourteen so-called Friends of Development asked the WIPO Secretariat to distribute the proposal […]

Filed Under: Themes, Development, WHO, WIPO

Consensus Slips On WIPO Patent Harmonisation Talks

10/03/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

A key group of developing countries this week sent a potential shockwave through fledgling efforts at the World Intellectual Property Organisation to restart talks on the international harmonisation of national patent laws. The 14-member “Group of Friends of Development” issued a statement on the outcome of a recent WIPO consultation in which general agreement was […]

Filed Under: Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, WHO, WIPO

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