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Ecuador Grants First Compulsory Licence, For HIV/AIDS Drug

Posted on April 22, 2010
Ecuador this month granted its first compulsory licence for a patented pharmaceutical since declaring last year that it would utilise international rules allowing it to do so. The move has already brought the country substantial savings due to new competition, according to the Ecuadorean intellectual property office...

Official ACTA Text Released

Posted on April 21, 2010
A prepared-for-the-public version of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement under negotiation by leading economies has now been released online. The release comes after increased public and civil society outcry over a non-transparent negotiating process and fears that the treaty would lead to the introduction of stricter intellectual property enforcement laws in signatory countries...

Geneva Health Forum Addresses Biotech, Trade, Pandemic Flu

Posted on April 21, 2010
Biotechnology, international trade, and pandemic influenza were among the topics discussed at the outset of this year?s Geneva Health Forum. Related Articles:WHO Members Fail To Finish Pandemic Flu Preparations WHO Undertakes Independent Review Of Its Pandemic Flu Efforts WHO Meeting On Pandemic Flu Reconvenes Under Pressure

Panel Dissects Future Challenges Of WHO Budget, Administration

Posted on April 21, 2010
The World Health Organization needs to streamline its functions and make more space for civil society, and international health systems must be strengthened in order to achieving public health goals, said panellists at this week?s Geneva Health Forum...

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Biodiversity: Bountiful Source For Cosmetics, But Needs Respect, Group Says

Posted on April 21, 2010
PARIS- The cosmetics industry is about beauty, but it is also increasingly about biodiversity as consumers show a growing awareness of environmental issues and the loss of biodiversity. As a wishful wink to the 10th meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya in October 2010, the Union for Ethical Biotrade (UEBT) held a conference at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris on 15 April...

US Govt Economic Report: Patent Reform Will Boost Jobs

Posted on April 21, 2010
Patent reform in America will spur high-paying job creation and economic growth, claims a new paper by senior economic officials at the US Department of Commerce and the US Patent and Trademark Office. Issued as the US Congress weighs patent legislation, the report found reform could reduce patent pendency by 40 percent...

Obama Administration Tells Senate It Supports Patent Reform Changes

Posted on April 21, 2010
The Obama administration supports changes to the United States patent reform bill, said US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke in a letter sent late yesterday to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The amendments in question would allow the US Patent and Trademark Office to adjust fees to cover the actual costs of patent processing and [...

Open Source Company Alleges IBM Antitrust; IBM Requests Analysis

Posted on April 20, 2010
Computer giant IBM is facing an antitrust claim before the European Commission brought by an open source software company alleging that IBM is preventing customers from using that software. Meanwhile, the open source community is worried that the use of intellectual property rights by IBM - a leading open source software maker ? to block a competitor will endanger free and open source software and might uncap other IP rights claims from other players...

Geneva Events Address Public Health Solutions For Developing Countries

Posted on April 20, 2010
Public health authorities and observers in Geneva this week are discussing problems and possible solutions to medicines pricing and availability in developing countries. But concerns were raised yesterday about a World Health Organization expert group on medicines access and innovation...

Negotiators: ACTA Text To Be Public This Week

Posted on April 19, 2010
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch ACTA will be public. During the eighth round of negotiations for an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in Wellington, New Zealand that ended Friday, the negotiating countries decided to give in to persistent calls for greater transparency...

Committee Examines Undue Influence, Coordination In WHO Avian Flu Response

Posted on April 15, 2010
A review of the World Health Organization?s response to the 2009 pandemic influenza outbreak kicked off this week, with firm statements from those involved in the response that they were not unduly influenced by outside stakeholders. Still, serious questions remain about the coordination effort, as a nearly a year after the pandemic was declared developed countries find themselves having to dispose of excess vaccines while poorer countries are reporting they have yet to obtain as many as they need...

WIPO, WTO Requested To Advise On Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty

Posted on April 15, 2010
Several members of the European Parliament today sent letters to the directors general of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization requesting technical assistance in the negotiation of an agreement that some are calling an attempt to circumvent global norms on intellectual property enforcement and related public interest flexibility...

Kroes: Future Internet Needs Partnerships, Standards

Posted on April 14, 2010
Neelie Kroes, European Commission vice president and commissioner for the Digital Agenda spoke today about the future of the internet. In Valencia, Spain for a conference she emphasised the importance of public-private partnerships (PPPs), characterised innovation as ?the only way to remain a global player,? and said small and medium-sized enterprises are key job generators and should [...

New US Government Report On Counterfeit, Piracy

Posted on April 13, 2010
The US Government Accountability Office, an agency that works as a “congressional watchdog” investigating how taxpayer money is spent, has released a new report on intellectual property. The report [pdf] reviews the economic effects of counterfeiting and piracy...

UNITAID Patent Pool Budget Approved; Implementation To Begin

Posted on April 13, 2010
Today, board members of international drug purchasing mechanism UNITAID approved a 2010 budget for a pioneering patent pool initiative. Related Articles:UNITAID Drug Patent Pool Implementation Hinges On Board Civil Society, Elected Officials Rally Behind UNITAID Patent Pool EU Patent Regime Approved: Includes EU Patents Court, EU Patent, Coordination

WHO Documents From Counterfeit Meeting Now Online

Posted on April 12, 2010
The World Health Organization secretariat record of a International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT) meeting that took place 26 March are now available online. Intellectual Property Watch reported on the meeting earlier, including statements made by stakeholders (IPW, WHO, 31 March 2010)...

WHO Review Of Pandemic Flu Response Underway

Posted on April 12, 2010
World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan today opened an expert review process on the way WHO handled the outbreak of a pandemic influenza virus last year. In her opening speech, Chan called it the “most closely watched and carefully scrutinized pandemic in history...

Public ACTA Declaration Open For Signature

Posted on April 11, 2010
When government negotiators start the next round of closed meetings on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) this week in Wellington New Zealand, they will be served a declaration by "Public ACTA", an initiative by New Zealand's country code registry InternetNZ...

UK Passes Internet Access-Limiting Bill For Alleged IP Infringers

Posted on April 08, 2010
The United Kingdom Parliament late last night approved a controversial digital economy bill that allows the court to impose obligations on internet service providers to limit internet access of its users deemed to have infringed online copyrights. Related Articles:French Parliament Passes Final Internet Anti-Piracy Law; Reaction Expected New US Broadband Internet Plan Scrutinised; Cybersecurity Bill Includes IP Council Of Europe: Access To Internet Is A Fundamental Right

Smooth Criminal Harmonisation: ACTA, EU And IPR Enforcement

Posted on April 08, 2010
Anything one can consider as politically cool from an EU perspective, ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, the multilateral treaty to combat counterfeiting and piracy) negotiations have got it all: the internet, the USA, large potential for media exposure and a hitherto Nixonian element of secrecy balanced by a flow of thrilling documents leaked by generous deep-throats...

Europe Learns The Truth(s) About ACTA

Posted on April 07, 2010
The truth about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is different depending on which side you are on. Related Articles:EU To Request Publication Of ACTA Documents To Stop ?Rumours?; Civil Society Meeting Planned ACTA Negotiators: Maximal Protection Proposals Unlikely In Final Text Leaked ACTA Text Shows Possible Contradictions With National Laws

United States Sees Spate Of Intellectual Property Policy Activities

Posted on April 07, 2010
In the aftermath of the recent protracted fights over healthcare, the United States has seen a wave of intellectual property-related policy activity Related Articles:Year Ahead: Range Of IP Policy Issues May See Action In United States In 2010 Year Ahead: Five Key IP Cases To Watch In The United States In 2010 United States Moves To Promote Internet Freedom, ?Knowledge Commons?

Special Report: The Significance Of Europe’s Ruling On Google Ads And Trademarks

Posted on April 07, 2010
The European Court of Justice?s recent ruling in Google v. Louis Vuitton Malletier SA has been hailed a major legal victory for Google and other search providers. That, however, is only part of the story. Related Articles:Google Claims Ads Found Not Infringing Trademarks Opposition To Aspects Of Google Book Project Settlement Mounts Google Book Deal Still Needs Work, US Justice Department Says

Brazil, US Reinvigorate Talks On Trade Retaliation

Posted on April 07, 2010
Brazil?s imposition of trade countermeasures against United States products and intellectual property rights, following a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling, might be averted as the two countries are working toward a negotiated settlement. Related Articles:Brazil Issues US Retaliation List; Open To Talk Brazil Starts Public Consult On Retaliation Against US IP Rights WTO Ruling On Brazil-US Cotton Opens Door To Cross-Retaliation Against IP Rights

Risk Of Wrongful Medicines Seizures Seen In EU-Central America Trade Deal

Posted on April 06, 2010
A new accord designed to bolster political and economic ties between the European Union and Central America could result in greater seizures of medicines whenever pharmaceutical companies allege that their patents have been infringed, public health advocates have warned...

UN Claims Victory In Biodiversity Talks, But Outcome Not Certain

Posted on April 06, 2010
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity last month hailed Cali, Colombia as the birthplace of a protocol they hope will lead to an international regime on access and benefit-sharing by their October 2010 deadline. But, while it is clear the late March negotiation in Cali brought significant progress, participants reported difficult disagreements and in the final days, signs that there is yet more work to be done...

ITU In A Converging World: Interview With ITU Strategist Alexander Ntoko

Posted on April 06, 2010
The International Telecommunication Union, based in Geneva, is a 191-member United Nations body. Intellectual Property Watch recently spoke with Alexander Ntoko, a top strategist in the organisation about priorities in this critical year, inclusion of the public interest, and how convergence is bringing more issues related to digital content to the traditional telecom body...

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Posted on April 03, 2010
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Unbiased HIV Patent Pool: A Free-Market, Middle-Income Countries Open Model

Posted on April 01, 2010
Brand name pharmaceutical companies? concerns about profit losses related to the UNITAID patent pool might undermine access to newer and appropriate HIV medicine formulations in resource-limited settings. A universally agreed strategy to supplement UNITAID plan is therefore needed, writes Daniele Dionisio...

Mordaz intercambio de puntos de vista en la reuni�n informativa de la OMS sobre medicamentos falsificados

Posted on April 01, 2010
La Organizaci�n Mundial de la Salud (OMS) contin�a trabajando en el tema de los medicamentos falsificados, pero la semana pasada una reuni�n revel� preocupaciones progresivas sobre la forma de conducir la labor. Related Articles:La OMS organiza nueva reuni�n sobre la gripe y el intercambio de virus gripales, mientras Europa analiza los ?disparates? de la OMS Grupo de expertos considera que el acceso a los medicamentos seguros es una cuesti�n de salud p�blica y no de propiedad intelectual Equipo especial de alto nivel sobre derechos humanos dirige su atenci�n hacia la salud y la propiedad intelectual

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