Oxford Task Force To Examine Global Knowledge Governance 10/12/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments Intellectual property rules are the predominant tool to manage knowledge ownership and diffusion, but the complexity of IP regimes at the bilateral, regional or multilateral levels as well as the strengthening of these rules is a source of tension between stakeholders, according to a newly launched task force at the Oxford University Global Economic Governance […]
Copenhagen Attendees: Techies, Greenies, Political Posturers, Commerce Opportunists 10/12/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The provisional list of registered participants to the 7-18 December United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen is out, and a look at it reveals the variety of people considered relevant to the timely and cross-cutting issue. A look at the United States delegation alone shows the wide representation from across the Obama administration […]
Financement de la recherche-développement de médicaments contre les maladies oubliées : l’OMS s’apprête à publier ses recommandations 09/12/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Le groupe d’experts sur les financements innovants pour la recherche et le développement, réuni sous les auspices de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé (OMS), a tenu sa troisième et dernière réunion du 30 novembre au 2 décembre. Le rapport de ce comité très secret devrait être communiqué aux Etats membres dans les semaines qui viennent, selon certaines sources.
GAO Reviews US Overseas IP Attachés 09/12/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The placement of specialised United States government intellectual property attachés overseas, such as in Beijing and Guangzhou, China; New Delhi, India; and Bangkok, Thailand, has had an overall positive impact on coordination of international IP enforcement efforts, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified to Congress today. The GAO is an independent research arm of […]
Confidential Documents From WHO R&D Finance Group, Industry, Raise Concern 09/12/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 9 Comments Confidential documents related to the World Health Organization Expert Working Group on innovative financing for research and development surfaced today, revealing the group’s thinking as well as pharmaceutical industry thinking about the WHO process. The documents immediately raised concern about possible undue access to the process by industry, but the WHO told Intellectual Property Watch the industry group was not supposed to have them.
IP Issues May Go To ‘Higher Political Level’ In Copenhagen Amid Difficulties 09/12/2009 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments COPENHAGEN – While intellectual property rights has been ‘the elephant in the room’ in the climate change negotiations so far, officials predict that it could become the subject of heated negotiations – even at a higher political level – during the ongoing high-level meeting in Copenhagen. On the third day of the meeting, IP issues had already appeared in a proposed negotiation text.
New WTO TRIPS Special Sessions Stand-In Chair 09/12/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Following Ambassador Trevor Clarke’s appointment at the World Intellectual Property Organization and departure from the Barbados delegation, Ambassador Karen Tan of Singapore will chair the World Trade Organization Council on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) “Special Sessions,” until February, according to a WTO source. The TRIPS Council special sessions are working on the […]
IP5 Launch Website; Trilateral Offices Meet On Trademarks 08/12/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The world’s five “major” intellectual property offices, the so-called “IP5,” have launched a website to detail their joint projects, the European Patent Office reported today. In particular, the website will document progress on ten projects agreed to last year on “harmonising the global environment for patent searches and examination and enabling work-sharing,” the EPO release […]
Industry Intellectual Property Enforcers Named To New Posts 08/12/2009 by Catherine Saez and William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) today announced the appointment of a new director of intellectual property and trade, effective 7 December. Meanwhile, in the United States, new coordinator for IP enforcement has been cleared.
HIV/AIDS Treatment Access Policies: Emerging Incentives for Pro-Poor Changes to IP? 08/12/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Daniele Dionisio argues some perspectives on health and IP might change now that controversial practices at the WTO, World Bank and IMF are increasingly under pressure, and that new government policy choices and actors on the world chessboard are emerging.