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Intellectual Property Watch 
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New Thinking On Biotech Patents From Industry Groups
Posted on March 13, 2009LYON, FRANCE - A new level of willingness to cooperate on major public health initiatives may indicate increased convergence in goals between large pharmaceutical companies and patient advocacy groups, particularly when addressing neglected diseases, a panel at an international life sciences conference said Monday.
Happy Twentieth, World Wide Web
Posted on March 13, 2009The Internet Society (ISOC) and World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee celebrated the web?s twentieth anniversary in Geneva yesterday. As the web continues to grow in all aspects of society and business, the ISOC acknowledges the ?freely accessible standards? and ?open model of development? inherent in the internet that have promoted innovation and made the [...
World Health Organization Issues Statement On Generic Drug Seizures
Posted on March 13, 2009The World Health Organization on Friday issued a statement on a high-profile debate over Dutch customs authorities? delays of shipments of legitimate generic pharmaceuticals passing through the European country on their way to patients in developing countries...
ICANN To IP Experts: Come Back With A Solution For Internet Trademark Protection
Posted on March 12, 2009Trademark issues are emerging with the upcoming introduction of new generic top-level domains on the internet, and the board members of the body introducing the names has passed the ball back to intellectual property experts to find answers.
Inside Views: Deferred Examination: A Solution Whose Time Has Come
Posted on March 12, 2009With over 1 million patent applications backlogged at the US Patent & Trademark Office, IBM legal counsel Steven Bennett and David Kappos urge adoption of a deferred examination process, which they argue will benefit USPTO, applicants and the public.
Lamy Restarts Informal WTO Process On Proposals On IP And Biodiversity, GI Extension
Posted on March 12, 2009World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Wednesday kicked off informal talks on two key intellectual property issues that have been stalled by disagreements on the forum and mandate for their discussion.
March/April IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available
Posted on March 12, 2009The 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 March/April edition is now available for subscribers.
New Legislation Introduced On Biogenerics
Posted on March 12, 2009A new bill introduced Thursday could, if passed, create a pathway for generic versions of complex medications, called biologics, to be approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Bills for such a pathway have been introduced before, but none have yet passed...
WTO Review Finds Brazil Progressing On Trade Policy, IP Rights Protection
Posted on March 11, 2009Brazil, once criticised for lax intellectual property rights protection, has been stepping up implementation and enforcement of international IP rules in recent years, a World Trade Organization body announced Wednesday. But some major rights-holding nations urged the government to undertake further work.
Inside Views: Administrative Patent Validity Determinations If The Proposed US Patent Reform Act Of 2009 Passes
Posted on March 09, 2009On 3 March, 2009, bills were introduced in the US Congress setting forth the proposed "Patent Reform Act of 2009". The legislation proposes significant changes to post-issuance proceedings available to challenge patents in the United States. US attorneys Matthew A...
European Generic Industry Concern Over Potential Barrier To Legitimate Medicines
Posted on March 09, 2009A letter to the European Commissioner from the European Generic Medicines Association expresses concern about the detention of medicines in the Netherlands while en route from India to Brazil. While counterfeit medicines deserve “criminal and civil sanctions” as well as seizures, the letter says, “alleged patent infringement cannot be confused with counterfeit and public health [...
WIPO Faces Possible Negative Annual Income Despite Record Trademark Filings
Posted on March 09, 2009The World Intellectual Property Organization is facing the possibility of negative income for the first time in its history, the United Nations agency?s director general said Monday. Director General Francis Gurry made the remarks during a press conference on its annual report on trademark filings at WIPO in 2008 that showed a new record high for trademark registrations but signs of a slowdown late in the year.
WTO Session Tackles Details Of Future Register Of GI Products
Posted on March 06, 2009A World Trade Organization group tasked with creating a register for highly protected names of wines and spirits associated with geographical locations buckled down Thursday to a technical discussion on what it would look like. The focus on these issues sidestepped some broader political questions that have delayed these talks, but fundamental disagreements also remain over the register?s parameters.
Alarm Escalates Over Delayed Generic Drug Shipments As Action Sought
Posted on March 06, 2009Health advocates on Friday escalated their alarm over recent seizures by the Dutch government of shipments of legitimate generic pharmaceuticals passing through Europe on their way to developing countries. The European Commission has defended its actions as permissible under its own and international rules, but is being asked to look more carefully at those rules.
WHO Launches Online Hearing On Innovative Funding Sources For R&D
Posted on March 06, 2009The World Health Organization is soliciting new ideas for funding sources to stimulate research and development on diseases predominantly afflicting developing countries, with some in developed countries. The web-based public hearing, being held online from 7 March to 15 April, will contribute to an intergovernmental mandate to come up with ways to address the shortage of research in this areas.
Business Lobby On IP, US Commerce Secretary Nominee
Posted on February 26, 2009Gary Locke, the former governor of Washington State, is the latest pick of US President Obama for Commerce Secretary. The US Chamber of Commerce, a business lobby group based in Washington, DC, has reviewed his record on intellectual property. Posted on their blog, the review lists past actions by Locke on IP enforcement, primarily to [...
Path Forward For UN-Led Internet Governance Forum Discussed
Posted on February 26, 2009That there will be a future for the international Internet Governance Forum seems likely, though the form its future incarnation will take is not. Delegates to an open consultation on internet governance this week began to sort out some base modalities on how to evaluate the progress of the United Nations-led discussion venue, as a deadline approaches to decide whether and how the group will continue.
Inside Views: Innovation Policy: The Balance Between Standards and Patent Regulation
Posted on February 26, 2009Interconnectivity, commoditisation and increased reuse and recombination are key trends within the maturing information and communication technologies (ICT) industry that drive innovation and development. As the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Information Economy Report 2007-2008 highlights, the ICT sector is a main driver for innovative and economic benefit, with the impact on ICT-enabled sectors potentially outweighing that of the ICT sector itself...
Drug Patent Linkage Is Subject Of Court Case, Dispute In India
Posted on February 25, 2009Should national drug control bodies grant marketing licences to generic medicine companies only if their products do not possibly infringe existing patent rights? Yes, German pharmaceutical company Bayer told the High Court of Delhi last week when the court heard arguments in an ongoing court case on patent linkage.
Enforcement, Creative R&D Financing Priority Issues For Public Health in 2009
Posted on February 25, 2009The number and intensity of debates over the role of intellectual property rights in public health is set to increase in 2009. New leadership and new mandates for key intergovernmental organisations implemented last year have created opportunity for change...
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Des dispositions renforçant la propriété intellectuelle dans certains accords de l?UE menacent l?accès aux médicaments dans les pays pauvres
Posted on February 24, 2009BRUXELLES - Selon certains activistes de la santé publique mondiale, les efforts de l?Union européenne (UE) pour intégrer des dispositions sur les brevets pharmaceutiques dans un certain nombre d?accords de libre échange en cours de négociation pourraient mettre en péril l?accès aux médicaments dans les pays en développement.
Las estrictas disposiciones comerciales de la UE sobre PI representan una amenaza para el acceso de los países pobres a los medicamentos
Posted on February 24, 2009BRUSELAS- Los esfuerzos de la Unión Europea para introducir disposiciones firmes en materia de patentes farmacéuticas en una serie de acuerdos de libre comercio que está negociando podrían poner en peligro el acceso a los medicamentos en los países en desarrollo, según han afirmado activistas de la salud pública a nivel mundial.
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