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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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Open Source Textbook Service Sees Interest Jump

Posted on August 28, 2009
A United States publisher of open source college textbooks - licensed under Creative Commons and fully remixable - has seen interest in its service increase more than 30-fold in the past several months, according to a press release [pdf] by the company...

India May Be Nearing Dispute Settlement With EU Over Generic Drug Seizures

Posted on August 28, 2009
Ongoing concerns in India that their legitimate generic drug shipments are being delayed as potential counterfeits while in transit through Europe may reach the dispute settlement body at the World Trade Organization, according to sources.

EU, US Bristle As Drug Innovators Pay To Delay New Generics

Posted on August 25, 2009
Authorities in the European Union and the United States have recently taken a tougher stance against reverse payments - patent settlements whereby, according to many competition experts, dominant drug companies buy off potential rivals.

Indian High Court Rejects Bayer Complaint For Patent Linkage

Posted on August 21, 2009
Indian generics manufacturer Cipla can get marketing approval for its generic cancer treatment Soranib, the Delhi High Court ruled Tuesday, and the Indian drug regulatory authority does not have to check its patent status first. The court this week rejected a complaint by drug multinational Bayer against the Union of India, the Drug Controller General of India and generic drug producer Cipla...

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Law Professors Debate Bilski

Posted on August 19, 2009
A potentially paradigm-shifting legal case that could restrict the granting of business method patents in the United States, Bilski v. Doll has attracted the attention of policy makers world-wide, who expect its outcome to influence the international patent system (IPW, US Policy, 31 July 2009)...

WTO Panel Rules China Must Open To Foreign Content

Posted on August 13, 2009
A World Trade Organization panel has found China has not respected some international trade obligations in a dispute brought by the United States alleging unfair treatment by China of US publications and audiovisual products, the WTO said on 12 August...

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Posted on August 12, 2009
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La revisi�n del caso Bilski por parte de la Corte Suprema de los EE.UU. podr�a repercutir en todo el sistema de patentes

Posted on August 12, 2009
El pasado mes de octubre, un tribunal de apelaci�n de los Estados Unidos modific� dr�sticamente la ley de patentes, acercando as� las normas de este pa�s a las de otros en lo relativo a las invenciones que se pueden patentar. El Tribunal de Apelaci�n del Circuito Federal (apodado a menudo el ?tribunal de patentes? de los EE...

Le r�examen de l?affaire Bilski par la Cour supr�me am�ricaine pourrait avoir des r�percussions sur le syst�me des brevets

Posted on August 12, 2009
En octobre dernier, aux �tats-Unis, l?arr�t rendu par une cour d?appel a boulevers� la loi f�d�rale sur les brevets, en comblant le foss� qui la s�parait des l�gislations d?autres pays sur les crit�res de brevetabilit� des inventions. La Cour d?appel du tribunal f�d�ral (Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, parfois surnomm�e � tribunal de la propri�t� intellectuelle �) a annul� sa propre d�cision qui faisait �cole jusque l�...

August/September Edition Of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available

Posted on August 11, 2009
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 August/September edition is now available for subscribers.

Members Of Human Rights Expert Committee At UN Question Patents On Food

Posted on August 07, 2009
A group of experts working as a think-tank for the United Nations Human Rights Council raised the issue of patents and food at a meeting this week. Meanwhile, a new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food expected to be available at the end of August will focus on the intersection between intellectual property and the human right to food.

Congress Members Seek Permanent ICANN-US Link

Posted on August 05, 2009
A group of US congressional members have sent a letter to US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke calling for a temporary arrangement between the Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (which manages technical aspects of the internet domain name system) to be made permanent...

ECOSOC Wraps Up With Discussion Of Environmental Governance Framework

Posted on August 04, 2009
The influential United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) ended its 2009 substantive session on 31 July, after a month-long coordinating body meeting in Geneva which yielded resolutions on several topics such as public health, science and technology, human rights, environment and sustainable development issues.

IP Dispute Could Threaten Skype

Posted on August 01, 2009
Online auction site eBay, the owner of popular, proprietary voice-over-internet protocol software Skype, has warned that the service might not continue if it loses an intellectual property dispute with Joltid, the company from which it licences Skype’s core technology...

US Supreme Court Review Of Bilski Could Reverberate Through Patent System

Posted on July 31, 2009
Last October, a United States appellate court shifted the country?s patent law dramatically, moving the nation closer to other countries? standards on what inventions can be patented. The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (often called America?s ?patent court?) overruled its own seminal precedent and sharply cut back on the types of methods and processes that are eligible for patent protection...

Financial Services, Patent Experts Seek More Certainty On Business-Method Patents, Bilski Case

Posted on July 31, 2009
NEW YORK - Patent lawyers from financial services companies and other firms this week said they are hopeful that change at the US Patent and Trademark Office will bring solutions to their concerns with the business method patents, application backlogs, patent quality problems, transparency and other issues.

Proponents Fight To Keep IP Issues At High Level At WTO

Posted on July 30, 2009
With governments looking to close the long-stalled Doha Round of trade liberalisation talks in 2010, what will happen to remaining disagreements on intellectual property issues is still unclear. But proponents of amending the World Trade Organization intellectual property agreement reasserted the need to have them addressed.

ECOSOC Adopts Resolutions On Digital Divide, HIV/AIDS, But Hurdles Remain

Posted on July 29, 2009
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this week is concluding a month-long coordinating body meeting in Geneva by adopting resolutions on a range of public policy issues such as internet connectivity, science and technology, and HIV/AIDS.

Los miembros de la OMPI someten a examen el proyecto de presupuesto por programas de 2010-2011

Posted on July 29, 2009
Los Estados miembros de la Organizaci�n Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) analizaron minuciosamente esta semana el proyecto de presupuesto por programas de 2010-2011 propuesto por la Secretar�a de la OMPI, el primero que refleja plenamente el reajuste estrat�gico del organismo de Naciones Unidas elaborado por el Director General Francis Gurry...

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Posted on July 29, 2009
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USPTO Nominee Kappos Appears To Clear First Senate Hurdle

Posted on July 29, 2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday appeared to look favourably upon David Kappos, the Obama administration nominee for undersecretary of Commerce and director of the US Patent and Trademark Office. But in the process, Kappos showed possible weaknesses in separating himself from his job at IBM and the need for international diplomacy on IP enforcement.

Rumoured New US Ambassador To UN In Geneva A Major Obama Fundraiser

Posted on July 29, 2009
A Northern California academic and a top national fundraiser for President Obama may be the next US ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, according to sources. Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, wife of eBay CEO and President John Donahoe, holds a law degree, two master?s degrees and a PhD in a variety of subjects, and is rumoured to be the nominee for the post empty since January.

OMPI : examen � la loupe du projet de programme et de budget 2010-2011

Posted on July 29, 2009
Cette semaine, les �tats membres de l?Organisation mondiale de la propri�t� intellectuelle (OMPI) ont proc�d� � un examen minutieux du projet de programme et de budget pour l?exercice 2010-2011 propos� par le Secr�tariat de l?Organisation, le premier � refl�ter enti�rement le r�alignement strat�gique que Francis Gurry, son directeur g�n�ral, entend op�rer au sein de cette institution sp�cialis�e de l?ONU.

Webcast: Senate Hearing On USPTO Director Kappos

Posted on July 29, 2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing to consider the nomination of David J. Kappos to be the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office. The hearing is being held on Wednesday, 29 July, at 10h00 am in Washington, DC (16h00 Geneva time), and will [...

Being Sued By The RIAA

Posted on July 28, 2009
Joel Tenenbaum, who is involved in a high-profile challenge of the music industry’s suit against him on the charge of unauthorised sharing of music, has written an editorial about his experiences of intimidation tactics. It is available from the Guardian here...

Academics Debate How To Release Revolutionary Power Of Development Agenda

Posted on July 28, 2009
The Development Agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organization is a ?potentially revolutionary? agreement, according to a book released this month, but whether it will fulfil that promise depends on its implementation into concrete practice, said a panel of academics at the book?s launch.

OECD: Tech R&D, Innovation Hard-Hit By Economy, But May Be Turning Up

Posted on July 28, 2009
Information and communications technology (ICT) industries have been hard hit by the economic crisis but vary in the degree to which they have been able to sustain spending on research and development, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)...

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Posted on July 28, 2009
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US Biologics Debate Heats Up As Congress, Obama, Wrangle With Healthcare Reform

Posted on July 27, 2009
As the United States Congress prepares to recess in early August, there's hope - and dread, depending on which ?side? of the debate you?re on - that legislation creating a regulatory pathway for follow-on biologics may be pushed through as part of the broader healthcare reform package.

EU Report Finds Fault With US Barriers To IP

Posted on July 27, 2009
The European Commission on Monday released a report finding fault with a number of United States practices related to intellectual property rights policy, on copyright, geographical indications, trademarks and patents. The report is an answer, one might say, to the US Special 301 report that criticises US trading partners it deems unilaterally to be insufficiently protecting its companies? IP rights.

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