High US Court Reconsiders Policy Of Patenting Business Methods 15/05/2008 by Drew Clark for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Drew Clark for Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC – The chief US appeals court that rules on patent disputes has squarely reconsidered whether the United States’ 1998 decision to allow greater berth for business method patents was the right intellectual property policy. Adding heft to the position of changing course on business method patents was the US Patent and Trademark Office, which challenged a patent application on a method for financial hedging by inventors Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw. The USPTO urged the court to reject the patent as ineligible subject matter. It offered a standard for invalidating the patent that demonstrated a dramatic change of course for the US government over the past 10 years.
Suspensión de obligaciones en virtud del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC: una nueva alternativa de retorsión de la OMC 15/05/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Catherine Saez Cuando un país infringe las normas de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), la retorsión contra dicho país mediante la imposición de sanciones a sus actividades en un sector comercial no relacionado puede ser una opción más eficaz para los países en desarrollo que una retorsión aplicada dentro del sector de la […]
EU Internal Market Chief: Counterfeiting and Piracy Need Industry-Led Solutions 14/05/2008 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch The European Commission wants practical, pragmatic suggestions for fighting the “modern-day highway robbery” known as piracy and counterfeiting, Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said at a 13 May commission-sponsored high level conference on the issues. McCreevy stressed that more regulation is not the answer, and that solutions lie […]
European Patent Forum Weighs Usefulness Of IP System For Climate Change 14/05/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara This year’s European Patent Forum concluded with a clear consensus on the importance of addressing the problem of climate change but with no clear way forward on how the intellectual property system might help. But leading figures at the forum suggested that more innovation and significant improvements in the IP system might […]
Francis Gurry Of Australia Wins Nomination To Be Next WIPO Director General 13/05/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 6 Comments By one vote, Francis Gurry of Australia tonight won a hard-fought election to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Third Round Of Formal Voting Leaves Graça-Aranha Versus Gurry 13/05/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Candidate Votes Francis Gurry (Australia) 35 José Graça Aranha (Brazil) 29 Masood Khan (Pakistan) 19 The final vote is expected this evening.
WIPO Director General Election: Field Dramatically Drops To Three Candidates 13/05/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The field of candidates vying to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization dramatically plummeted from the original 15 candidates to three frontrunners on the first day. The race is now between Francis Gurry of Australia, José Graça Aranha of Brazil, and Masood Khan of Pakistan. The drastic […]
WIPO Election: Ali, Odek Exit; Three More Face Elimination 13/05/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New With the second official round of voting still open, two more candidates have exited the race to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, and three others face near elimination. All voting results are being posted to www.ip-watch.org. The number of candidates has dropped from 15 last Friday […]
First Round Results Of Voting For WIPO DG 13/05/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Candidate Votes Francis Gurry (Australia) 24 José Graça Aranha (Brazil) 16 Masood Khan (Pakistan) 13 Yoshiyuki Takagi (Japan) 6 Jorge Amigo Castañeda (Mexico) 4 Philippe Petit (France) 4 Alicja Adamczak (Poland) 3 Enrique Manalo (Philippines) 3 Toufiq Ali (Bangladesh) 2 James Otieno Odek (Kenya) […]
Voting Results: Gurry, Graça Aranha, Khan Take Straw Poll 13/05/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Candidate First Place Votes Second Place Votes Alicja Adamczak (Poland) 1 2 Toufiq Ali (Bangladesh) 4 5 Jorge Amigo Castañeda (Mexico) 4 13 José Graça Aranha (Brazil) 13 2 Gjorgji Filipov (Macedonia) 1 0 Francis Gurry (Australia) 24 11 Masood Khan (Pakistan) 10 11 Enrique Manalo […]