US Transition: Latest IP News Official Technology & Innovation Platform: Obama/Biden 23 October Kappos’ Early Days At USPTO: Many Changes, Few Funds 3 September Punke Nominated As WTO Ambassador; Stoll To Succeed Doll As US Patent Commissioner 29 July USPTO Nominee Kappos Appears To Clear First Senate Hurdle 29 July Rumoured New US Ambassador To UN In Geneva A Major […]
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Taubman Of WIPO Picked To Head WTO IP Division 04/02/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara and William New Antony Taubman, acting director and head of the Global Intellectual Property Issues Division at the World Intellectual Property Organization, has been named to the top IP position at the World Trade Organization, the WTO has confirmed.
Concern Erupts Over WTO System And Medicines Shipments; TRIPS Talks Rekindling 03/02/2009 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 8 Comments By William New The ambassadors to the World Trade Organization from Brazil and India on Tuesday charged that other WTO members had no grounds to block legitimate shipping of generic medicines on the basis of potential intellectual property rights conflicts in the transit country and said recent cases of doing so in the Netherlands call […]
IP Owners Face Tough Legal Issues In United States In 2009 30/01/2009 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Steven Seidenberg for Intellectual Property Watch 2009 could be a bad year for IP owners in the United States. For patent owners, it may be particularly tough. The US courts are likely to continue their recent trend of cutting back on patent rights, according to many experts. The question is: what rights may be cut back and by how much? Copyright and trademark owners in the United States face a different set of troubles. They are struggling to protect their rights in the digital world, and it is far from certain how they will fare.
El esperado consenso en torno al informe y al proyecto de resolución sobre falsificación de la OMS se aplaza hasta la Asamblea de mayo 29/01/2009 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Kaitlin Mara La semana pasada, un informe y un proyecto de resolución sobre la falsificación de productos médicos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) generaron acalorados debates, aunque aún no se han logrado avenencias para salvar las distancias en lo relativo al proceso de consultas que subyace en dicho informe y el […]
The Last Defence Of The IP System: An Interview With Jamie Boyle 28/01/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch 7 Comments James Boyle is a leading thinker on copyright and knowledge access, and is author of a new book called The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (available at thepublicdomain.org or here as a PDF).
WHO Global Strategy On IP And Health Considered, Implementation Advances 28/01/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara Progress made on the World Health Organization strategy on public health and innovation was highlighted to WHO members on Saturday, including the production of a key budgeting document detailing timeframes and estimated costs of implementing the strategy. The Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property was discussed […]
Hope For Consensus On WHO And Counterfeits Moves To May Assembly 27/01/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Kaitlin Mara A World Health Organization report and draft resolution on counterfeit medical products drew energetic debate last week, though no compromise has yet been found to bridge disagreements over the consultation process behind the counterfeit report and over the risk of confusing intellectual property violations with potentially dangerous misrepresentation of medicines. Members agreed […]