Intellectual Property Law

Experts Examine Strategies For IP And Sustainable Development

Posted on January 07, 2009
By William New Developing nations increasingly are receiving tools to help them participate in and benefit from the global intellectual property system, according to a group of experts who met recently on IP strategies. And now is a critical time for those nations to learn to use those tools to stimulate ...

Project Underway To Convert High Energy Physics Literature To Open Access

Posted on January 05, 2009
By Catherine Saez As rising prices of top-quality journals in high-energy physics jeopardise researchers? access to essential peer-reviewed articles, leading physicists have put forward an alternative model for open access publishing. Access to past and current research reports is of vital importance for researchers according to the high-energy physics (HEP) community, and ...

US IP Attachés Take Hard-Line Position On Overseas IP Enforcement

Posted on December 26, 2008
By Drew Clark for Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC - Nations ranging from Brazil to Brunei to Russia are failing to properly protect the intellectual property assets of US companies and others, and international organisations are not doing enough to stop it, seven IP attachés to the US Foreign and Commercial ...

RIAA Claims Scale-Down Of US Copyright Litigation; Details Of New Plan Unclear

Posted on December 23, 2008
By Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch Representatives from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have confirmed that the organisation has opted to suspend its strategy of suing individuals accused of illegal file-sharing in the United States and to instead work more closely with internet service providers to thwart copyright ...

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Interest in China, Climate Change Arises From Different Sectors

Posted on December 23, 2008
By Kaitlin Mara The importance of the Chinese economy as both a manufacturing giant and, increasingly, as a consumer of manufactured goods makes it clear that the country must play a key role in simultaneous global efforts to combat the threat of climate change and end the current financial crisis, a ...

Progresa la reunión sobre preparación para la gripe aviar; el tema de la PI aún sin resolver

Posted on December 23, 2008
Por Kaitlin Mara Se logró un gran avance en la reunión sobre preparación para una gripe pandémica, celebrada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) en diciembre: los delegados presentes buscaron ?y encontraron? una manera de satisfacer a los Estados Miembros cuyos puntos de vista divergen en cuanto a la ...

Progrès lors de la réunion sur la préparation en cas de grippe pandémique, même si les question de propriété intellectuelle restent à résoudre

Posted on December 23, 2008
Par Kaitlin Mara Des avancées significatives ont été réalisées lors de la réunion intergouvernementale sur la préparation en cas de grippe pandémique organisée par l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) au début du mois de décembre : les délégations présentes ont essayé avec succès de contenter les opinions divergentes des ...

L?Assemblée générale de l?OMPI approuve le nouveau budget et lance le programme de « changement stratégique »

Posted on December 23, 2008
Par William New C?est par un vote formel que les États membres de l?Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) ont accordé leur confiance au programme de changement stratégique du nouveau Secrétariat de l?organisation et ont approuvé à l?unanimité le nouveau budget 2008-2009...

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Posted on December 22, 2008
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Posted on December 22, 2008
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No ACTA Deal Yet As EU Parliament Seeks Narrower Scope, More Transparency

Posted on December 20, 2008
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch As negotiations on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) continued in Paris this week with again no public details the European Parliament Thursday sent a strong signal by requesting transparency in the negotiations...

Confidential Document From WIPO Details Strategy On IP, Climate Change

Posted on December 18, 2008
By Kaitlin Mara A draft document on climate change and intellectual property, prepared for informal consultations by the World Intellectual Property Organization and obtained by Intellectual Property Watch, shows WIPO poised to take a role in technical matters of IP and the global climate crisis...

Draft Programme Of WIPO Funder Meeting For Development

Posted on December 16, 2008
The World Intellectual Property Organization secretariat has circulated a draft programme for a funders' meeting for IP and development in 2009 that includes proposed panels on IP projects in developing countries; science and innovation for development; WIPO-World Trade Organization cooperation; digital content in developing countries; work with indigenous communities; and ...

Last-Minute Progress Made On Pandemic Flu; More Still To Come

Posted on December 15, 2008
By Kaitlin Mara Significant strides were made at last week?s World Health Organization meeting on pandemic influenza preparedness, as assembled delegates searched for - and found - a way to satisfy member states? differing views on the need for access to viruses and related biological materials and the need for access ...

Internet Governance Forum: ACTA A Possible Show-Stopper For IP Progress

Posted on December 14, 2008
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The third annual United Nations-led Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India this month addressed a range of topics related to intellectual property rights and the free flow of information, and provided a venue for doubts about a closed-door international anti-counterfeiting treaty negotiation being led ...

Le système « Peer To Patent » pourrait servir de modèle pour les offices des brevets

Posted on December 13, 2008
Par Liza Porteus Viana pour Intellectual Property Watch Un système pilote de révision des brevets par les pairs initié aux Etats-Unis pourrait servir de modèle aux offices de brevets dans le monde. L?Ecole de droit de New York, connue sous le nom de New York Law School (NYLS) en collaboration avec l?Office ...

US Technology, IP Industries Offer Policy Wish Lists For Obama

Posted on December 12, 2008
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch The United States Chamber of Commerce is calling on President-Elect Barack Obama to fill key intellectual property enforcement posts within the first 100 days of taking office. Meanwhile, other trade associations also have delineated their wishes on IP, innovation and technology, with one calling ...

Lamy invita a los Miembros de la OMC descontentos a que usen el examen del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC y la Salud Pública

Posted on December 12, 2008
Por William New Se afirma hace un tiempo que no están funcionando las disposiciones de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) destinadas a incrementar el acceso a los medicamentos de los países pobres. En respuesta a estas afirmaciones, el Director General de la OMC, Pascal Lamy, comentó el pasado martes que ...

Pascal Lamy invite les membres de l?OMC mécontents à utiliser le réexamen de l?Accord sur les ADPIC et la santé publique

Posted on December 12, 2008
Par William New Mardi, face aux allégations de longue date qui nient l?efficacité des règles de l?Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) visant à améliorer l?accès aux médicaments dans les pays pauvres, le Directeur général de l?OMC, Pascal Lamy, a appelé les membres mécontents à utiliser le mécanisme de réexamen annuel de ...

Accélération des efforts de l?Afrique dans la lutte anti-contrefaçon menée par les pays développés

Posted on December 12, 2008
Par Nick Wadhams pour Intellectual Property Watch NAIROBI, KENYA ? Suite à la crainte d?un déferlement sur l?Afrique de contrefaçons de médicaments et de pesticides, l?organisme international chargé de l?application des lois INTERPOL ouvre la voie vers un renforcement des efforts et des moyens pour que les autorités soient conscientes de ...

WIPO Assembly Approves New Budget Unlocking Gears Of Change

Posted on December 12, 2008
By William New The member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization gave their first vote of confidence for the secretariat?s plans to realign the UN organisation Friday as they unanimously approved a reworked budget for 2008-2009. The approval came in an extraordinary one-day General Assembly that ended quickly after the ...

Sistema de revisión abierta de solicitudes de patentes puede convertirse en modelo para las oficinas de patentes

Posted on December 12, 2008
Por Liza Porteus Viana para Intellectual Property Watch Un sistema piloto de revisión abierta de solicitudes de patentes en Estados Unidos podría servir como modelo para las oficinas de patentes de todo el mundo. La New York Law School (NYLS), en colaboración con la Oficina de Patentes y Marcas de Estados Unidos ...

New WIPO Director?s Revised Budget On Track To Passage After Debate

Posted on December 11, 2008
By William New The powerful World Intellectual Property Organization Program and Budget Committee on Thursday approved a new one-year budget funding the start of a strategic organisational realignment, with clarifications to reflect concerns of developing countries on development funding and increased enforcement activities...

WHO Members Slow To Bridge Disagreements At Pandemic Flu Meeting

Posted on December 11, 2008
By Kaitlin Mara Four days into one-week ?critical? negotiations on pandemic influenza preparedness, World Health Organization members had yet to tackle areas of core disagreement and participants were expressing doubt as to whether consensus can be achieved by week?s end...

Technology, IP Vital To Addressing Climate Change, UN Meeting Hears

Posted on December 11, 2008
By Kaitlin Mara Finding a balance between needed incentives for innovation and equally needed affordable access to new technology is necessary to combat ecological challenges, yet striking it may prove difficult as countries at the United Nations? talks on climate change struggle to determine what action is possible in the midst ...

Generic Drugmakers, Activists Praise Lamy; Gurry Defends ?Respect? For IP

Posted on December 10, 2008
By William New Generic pharmaceutical producers have grown in importance in recent years despite or because of intellectual property rights, and at their annual meeting this week in Geneva they attracted the leaders of the primary intergovernmental institutions engaged in IP rights policy...

Budget Debates Arise Again At WIPO; Development Fears Run High

Posted on December 10, 2008
By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization could be considered a financial stalwart of the United Nations system, self-funding and usually running large positive balances. But recent years have seen the rise in influence of developing countries at WIPO, and this week those countries are calling on the organisation?s new ...

An Alternative Proposal For Enhancing Developing Country Access To Patented Medicines

Posted on December 10, 2008
By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch An intellectual property model intended to preserve the structure of patent protection while adding balance for developing countries has been proposed to provide incentives for innovators to contribute toward the alleviation of suffering in developing countries in dire need of patented medicines largely ...

Lamy Challenges Discontented WTO Members To Use TRIPS Public Health Review

Posted on December 09, 2008
By William New Confronted with longstanding assertions that World Trade Organization rules intended to bring greater access to medicines to poor countries are not working, WTO Director General Pascal Lamy said Tuesday discontented members should use the annual review of those rules if they have a complaint...

Droits de propriété intellectuelle et organismes génétiquement modifiés : une combinaison fatale selon les activistes

Posted on December 09, 2008
Par Catherine Saez L?extension des brevets aux organismes génétiquement modifiés (OGM) et leur production dans de nombreux pays menacent les droits des agriculteurs et la biodiversité, la sécurité alimentaire dépendant de plus en plus d'une poignée d'entreprises transnationales de biotechnologie, selon les intervenants à un atelier qui s'est déroulé récemment à ...

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