IP And Competition Policy Can Help Each Other, Officials Say 26/10/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Intellectual property and competition policy are sometimes seen as counterweights, but an efficient patent system and effective competition policy are ultimately complementary in nature, speakers said at an event today at the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Flexibility In Government Procurement Needed For Developing Countries 22/10/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments If public procurement for innovation is to be seen as part of developing countries’ industrial-policy portfolio, a recent paper argues accession to the GPA would not help, and advises against it, writes Riaz K. Tayob.
Emerging Economies’ New Initiative On Falsified And Substandard Medicines 22/10/2010 by William New and Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Several major generic-medicine producing nations last week held a discussion on the dangers of compromised medical products and joined together to urge new steps such as defining terms, focussing on public health and strengthening national regulatory capabilities beyond strictly enforcement actions that they say have been manipulated and at times counterproductive.
Indigenous Groups Allege Canadian Obstructionism To Biodiversity ABS Protocol 21/10/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment NAGOYA, JAPAN – With the clock ticking and less than a day to go before a draft of a legally binding instrument to prevent biopiracy is due to be presented to the assembly of a major United Nations meeting on biodiversity, delegations kept trying to find acceptable language, with different echoes coming from the negotiating room. Meanwhile, Canadian indigenous people convened a press briefing today (21 October) to charge that Canada was trying to block the negotiations and deny their human rights.
Minister: India Anticipates European Fix To Law Delaying Generics Shipments 20/10/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Europe has promised at the “highest levels” to fix laws that caused generic medicine seizures in the Netherlands, the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry said today. The minister is in Geneva for meetings on the ongoing Doha Round trade liberalisation talks at the World Trade Organization.
Copyright Industry Makes Pitch For Economic Benefit Of Anti-Piracy In Developing Countries 20/10/2010 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Copyright law is not always a barrier to access to knowledge, but lack of adequate or predicable copyright enforcement in developing countries can prevent the evolution of their own local creative industries, said several representatives from such industries yesterday.
As Negotiators Launch Talks On Biodiversity, Industry Requests IP Protection 15/10/2010 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment This week, global attention will be focussed on hopes to reach an international agreement aimed at giving the world a better chance to reduce the loss of biodiversity and ensure benefits are being shared. Intellectual Property Watch will be in Nagoya, Japan to report on the negotiations.
Latest News-Convention On Bio Diversity Negotiations The UN Convention on Biological Diversity is meeting 18-29 October in Nagoya, Japan. This Conference of the Parties to the CBD is the deadline for a negotiation of an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing. 29 October: Compromise UN Protocol Treaty Against Biopiracy Adopted In Japan 28 October: Bell Tolls For Biodiversity […]
Near-Finished Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Pact Could Have Broad Reach 12/10/2010 by William New and Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The countries that own most of the world’s intellectual property rights have all but completed an agreement among themselves that raises the level of protection of those rights while appearing to reduce obligations placed on rights holders. Now they’ll need to find ways to apply it to the countries of the world seen as responsible for much of the infringing material.
October Edition Of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available 12/10/2010 by Intellectual Property Watch, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Edition features top news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the international IP community, news briefs and more. The October edition is now available for subscribers at: http://www.ip-watch.org/user/newsletter.