USTR: Mexico Agrees To Raise IP Enforcement Standards With The US 27/08/2018 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Mexico and the United States have reached a preliminary agreement to raise standards of enforcement of intellectual property rights, according to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR). Among the terms, the agreement appears to toughen requirements for internet service providers in protecting against copyright theft and extend copyright terms, and might make it harder for Mexico to agree elsewhere to strengthen its protection of geographical indications.
WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee Begins Work On Core Issues; Indigenous Peoples May Be Left Out 27/08/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The World Intellectual Property Organization’s committee seeking to find solutions against misappropriation of traditional knowledge opened this morning. While delegates are expected to negotiate wording of a potential treaty, the fund allowing indigenous peoples to participate in the discussions is empty with no foreseeable new donors, described by the chair as a historical situation. The committee is also trying to agree on recommendations for the upcoming WIPO General Assembly next month. On core issues, such as what the protection should cover, who would benefit from it, and under which conditions, delegates still have to find common positions.
Negotiators On UN TB Resolution May Have A Deal 23/08/2018 by William New and David Branigan, Intellectual Property Watch 23 Comments NEW YORK – Negotiators for a United Nations declaration on tuberculosis, meeting intensively in New York this week, may have reached agreement today on a key sticking point related to intellectual property, innovation and access to new medicines, according to sources. An agreement, if accepted by other delegations, could allow the text to proceed to the high-profile High-Level Meeting scheduled to take place at the UN General Assembly next month.
USPTO Seeks Comments On Draft Strategic Plan 2018-2022 23/08/2018 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking comments on its draft strategic plan for the years 2018-2022. The draft plan covers a range of goals, including optimizing patent and trademark quality and timeliness, and providing “domestic and global leadership to improve intellectual property policy, enforcement, and protection worldwide.”
Wearable Tech: Intellectual Property Opportunities, Risks 23/08/2018 by David Branigan, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment In wearable technology, product development converges with information and communication technology, presenting new opportunities for patents, as well as new risks, according to legal experts.
Can A Surge In Activism Defeat American Big Pharma? 22/08/2018 by Guest contributor for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Vinayak Bhardwaj – Not a day passes in America without news of a drug company raising prices on prescription drugs. Americans pay two to six times more for prescription drugs than those living in other developed countries, who earn the same income.
Civil Society And TRIPS Flexibilities Series – Translations Now Available 20/08/2018 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Patients around the world, in developing and developed countries, are encountering barriers to access to affordable medical products, in part due to patents and resulting high prices. This is occurring despite longstanding protections built into international trade rules to allow smaller economies to act on behalf of their people and make such medical products available regardless of patents. These protections are often referred to as flexibilities in the 1994 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). The prevailing view is that knowledge, understanding and use of them remains limited among policymakers and many potential beneficiaries, even as patent-strong nations and their industries work to narrow the reach and ability to use these flexibilities. In the face of this, global civil society in recent years have increasingly begun work to change the direction of this trend, with the ultimate goal of helping people everywhere – but particularly poor populations – obtain drugs they need that exist but are out of their reach. Now, the series of Intellectual Property Watch stories on this subject sponsored by Make Medicines Affordable have been translated into five languages.
TRIPS Flexibilities Series – Translations The Role Of Civil Society In TRIPS Flexibilities Implementation Series made possible by Make Medicines Affordable Below are translations into five languages of the original articles in this series. View the original articles in English here. FRENCH: La société civile au cœur de la mise en œuvre des flexibilités de l’Accord sur les ADPIC Examen […]
ห้าปีหลังคำพิพากษาของศาลฎีกาอินเดียกรณีโนวาร์ทิส 10/08/2018 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment เมื่อวันที่ 1 เมษายน 2013 ในห้องที่เต็มไปด้วยผู้คนภายในศาลฎีกาของอินเดีย อันเป็นอาคารสง่างามด้วยสถาปัตยกรรมอินโดบริติช ผู้พิพากษาสองท่านได้อ่านคำพิพากษาซึ่งจะได้ส่งผลกระทบต่อสิทธิบัตรและผู้ป่วยทั้งในระดับประเทศและระดับโลก
Вердикт Верховного суда Индии в решении по Novartis: пять лет спустя 10/08/2018 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment 1 апреля 2013 года в заполненном зале Верховного суда Индии, величественного здания в индо-британском стиле, два судьи огласили решение, повлиявшее на национальные и международные дискуссии о патентах и пациентах.