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Intellectual Property Watch

Reports on the interests and behind-the-scenes dynamics that influence the design and implementation of international intellectual property policies.
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Global Copyright Reform: A View From The South In Response To Lessig

Posted on November 12, 2010
"Given that global copyright rules have acquired such a pervasive impact in many facets of our lives, their reform needs to take place through an open, inclusive and participatory consultation process where ?all of us? have a say," writes Ahmed Abdel Latif...

WIPO Copyright Committee In Fight To Overcome Differences On Exceptions, Limitations

Posted on November 12, 2010
On the World Intellectual Property Organization committee on copyright?s final day of weeklong negotiations, the hopes of visually impaired readers and others - librarians, schools - looking for an agreement on copyright exceptions and limitations hang on whether delegates can resolve differences and create a plan for future work...

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Posted on November 11, 2010
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A Tale Of A Visually Impaired Reader

Posted on November 11, 2010
I'd like to introduce myself and put my personal experience in the hands of all concerned parties and people, hoping that this will help to give a better comprehension (explain) about the situation of blind people and to help reach an international treaty that will facilitate access to knowledge for people with visual impairments, writes law professor Mohammed Mohsin Abrahim El Nagaar of Alexandria University...

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IFPMA Names President, New Members, R&D Commitments

Posted on November 10, 2010
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) today announced that David Brennan of AstraZeneca will be its new president, replacing Haruo Naito of pharmaceutical companiy Eisai. They also announced that California-based biotechnology company Amgen has become a member...

Journalism Professor To Lead UK Review Of IP & Growth

Posted on November 10, 2010
Professor Ian Hargreaves of Cardiff University in Wales will lead an independent review of the intellectual property system's promotion of growth and innovation launched by the United Kingdom's Intellectual Property Office on 4 November. Related Articles:WHO Review Of Pandemic Flu Response Underway Chan Denies Pharma Influence As WHO Review Proceeds OECD Sees New Angle On Innovation For Growth, Social Challenges

Panellists: Copyright Law?s ?Byzantine Maze? Stalling New Business Models

Posted on November 09, 2010
While piracy remains an oft-cited problem for the creative content industry, it is the 'Byzantine maze' of copyright law that is stalling monetisation of new business models better designed to deliver content in the digital age, panellists at the World Intellectual Property Organization said last week...

November Edition Of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available

Posted on November 09, 2010
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 November edition is now available for subscribers at: http://www...

EU Leak On ACTA Shows Path To Completion

Posted on November 09, 2010
Negotiators of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement will meet again after all to “finalise the legal scrub of the ACTA text” and to solve issues “of a technical nature,” according to recently leaked documents from the European Commission...

European Officials Eye Pan-European Passport For Collective Copyright Licencing

Posted on November 08, 2010
The European Commission is considering a proposal in the coming months to create a pan-European passport for collective music licensing intended to overcome stifling difficulties of 27 national collecting societies, a top official has told Intellectual Property Watch in the context of a meeting on copyright and competition...

WIPO Copyright Committee Tackles Visually Impaired Access, Other Exceptions

Posted on November 08, 2010
The World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) is meeting this week in an attempt to advance proposals to improve global access to copyrighted works, following a disappointing summer meeting that ended without agreement...

US Trademark Commissioner Beresford To Retire

Posted on November 08, 2010
United States Trademark Commissioner Lynne Beresford has announced she will retire on 30 December, according to the US Patent and Trademark Office. Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Operations Deborah Cohn will succeed Beresford and assume her new position as of 31 December...

US FDA’s Tough Road Ahead In Creating Pathway For Life-Saving Biologics

Posted on November 07, 2010
The US Food and Drug Administration heard from myriad pharmaceutical companies, patient groups, and other stakeholders last week as the agency considers how to create an abbreviated pathway to bring more biologic drugs to market. Related Articles:Year Ahead: Biotech And Patentability Under Debate In The US, EU Year Ahead: Range Of IP Policy Issues May See Action In United States In 2010 Pharmaceutical Patent Pools Seen As A Life And Death Matter In Kenya

Dawn Of WIPO Industrial Design Treaty Talks; Internet As Trademark Danger Zone

Posted on November 07, 2010
World Intellectual Property Organization members this week took early steps toward the possibility of a treaty to facilitate the registration of industrial designs, and urged WIPO to continue addressing potential new challenges to trademarks from the impending expansion of domain names on the internet...

Sharing US Drug Patents with Neglected Patients: A Scientist’s View

Posted on November 05, 2010
"Instead of re-hashing old debates about patents, patients and profits, forward-looking pharmaceutical executives should consider new ways of ensuring that medicines reach all patients who need them," writes John Erickson, one of the researchers who discovered the HIV medicine recently licensed by the National Institutes of Health to the Medicines Patent Pool...

Lessig Calls For WIPO To Lead Overhaul Of Copyright System

Posted on November 05, 2010
Influential copyright scholar Larry Lessig yesterday issued a call for the World Intellectual Property Organization to lead an overhaul of the copyright system which he says does not and never will make sense in the digital environment. Related Articles:Musician Stevie Wonder Just Calls On WIPO To Improve Books Access High Copyright Transaction Costs Cause ?Friction,? Google Economist Tells WIPO US, WIPO Officials Assess Patent Reform, PCT, Copyright Priorities

Wikileaks Creator, In Geneva, Denounces US Abuse Of Human Rights

Posted on November 04, 2010
In a police-secured, airless room full of Geneva journalists, Julian Assange, creator and director of Wikileaks, today gave details of what he described as United States abuse of human rights in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as an alleged muzzling of US press on those subjects...

Controversy Over New IGF Mandate, UN Role In Internet Governance

Posted on November 04, 2010
A first proposal on the future mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is on the agenda this week at the ongoing 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. A proposal prepared by the Group of 77 and China opts for another five-year mandate for the IGF to discuss internet public policy related issues and embraces the so-called multi-stakeholder principle...

US Election Brings IP Uncertainty

Posted on November 03, 2010
With the Republican Party taking control of the United States House of Representatives in yesterday's election, some changes are expected in intellectual property policymaking, according to observers. Related Articles:New US Senate Patent Reform Bill Brings Many Reactions US Govt Economic Report: Patent Reform Will Boost Jobs Review Of US Digital Millennium Copyright Act Brings New Exemptions

First Committee On WIPO Standards Ends In Vote For Suspension

Posted on November 01, 2010
Disagreement over the mandate of a newly-formed World Intellectual Property Organization committee resulted in a vote to suspend the meeting with no conclusions last Friday evening. Related Articles:WIPO Development Committee Deepens Look At Technology Transfer, Coordination WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee Moving Toward Legal Agreement WIPO Power Struggle Looms Over Development Agenda Coordination

TRIPS Council Discusses Efficacy Of ACTA, Public Health Amendment

Posted on October 29, 2010
A substantive review of a rarely-used amendment to the World Trade Organization intellectual property rules and enforcement trends that may threaten multilateral trade system topped the agenda this week in the Council on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)...

A Primer On Spotting IP Issues Associated with Social Media Websites and Content

Posted on October 29, 2010
Most businesspeople and generalists understand that social media can be an important but risky part of doing business. This article seeks to identify how to spot potential intellectual property law issues associated with social media websites and content that can arise for a company...

Compromise UN Protocol Treaty Against Biopiracy Adopted In Japan

Posted on October 29, 2010
With a standing ovation in the early hours of the morning of Saturday, in Nagoya, Japan, an international instrument aimed at preventing misappropriation of genetic resources was adopted by members of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity...

Big Pharma Stranglehold: Thwarting India As Independent Maker Of Blockbuster HIV Drugs?

Posted on October 28, 2010
Daniele Dionisio writes: The current break-through of multinational drug corporations in India couples with the protectionist policies pursued by the US and EU and with India?s obligations as a WTO member. Taken together, these realities mean a heavy threat to India?s freedom as independent provider of lifesaving, affordable and state-of-the-art antiretroviral medicines to the resource-limited countries...

US Would-Be GI Wins Solidarity Award From European GI Producers

Posted on October 28, 2010
European proponents of geographical indications have granted an award to a Hawaiian coffee lacking GI protection as a sign of solidarity with the producers, they said. Europe is a prominent actor in this type of intellectual property right on products linked to a specific regions, and the French government along with a GI lobby group last week held an informational event geared towards Africa...

Bell Tolls For Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Treaty

Posted on October 28, 2010
Today the negotiating group on a protocol aimed at stopping biopiracy and rewarding countries providing genetic resources had to admit, hours from the end of the high-level meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), that it has not reached an agreement on the draft text...

UN And Internet Governance, Next Four Years: Better Cooperation Or Bigger Role?

Posted on October 27, 2010
After three weeks of negotiations, member countries and the secretariat of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union hailed the consensus and success of the 2010 Plenipotentiary Conference, which sets the ITU work programme for the next four years...

Ministers Arrive To Help Reach Outcome At UN Convention On Biodiversity

Posted on October 27, 2010
As ministers arrived in Nagoya, Japan, for the high-level segment of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity today, negotiators kept trying to reach consensus on remaining agenda items, such as a strategic plan, or an international legal instrument to prevent biopiracy and ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits accrued from the use of genetic resources...

IP And Competition Policy Can Help Each Other, Officials Say

Posted on October 26, 2010
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...

Biodiversity Benefit-Sharing Treaty Negotiators Tackle New Text As Clock Ticks

Posted on October 26, 2010
Another grace period has been given to negotiators trying feverishly to find agreement this week in Nagoya, Japan on an international instrument protecting countries against unlawful appropriation of their genetic resources and ensuring the fair sharing of benefits arising from the use of those resources...

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