Collective Management of Intellectual Property Rights
Collective Management of IPR and Patent Pools
Submitted by Staff on 24. August 2009 - 11:30UNITAID patent pool for medicines
Cost Benefit Analysis for UNITAID Patent Pool
UNITAIDwebsite on patent pools
MSF website on patent pools
Syngenta AG on patent pools and prizes
Submitted by thiru on 16. July 2009 - 10:00On July 14, 2009, at the WIPO Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues, Michael Kock (Global Head IP Seeds and Biotechnology at Syngenta International AG) underscored that today’s global challenges can only dealt with in an efficient manner by creating innovation networks which included the reward of substantial amounts of money to solve technical challenges and problems.
President Obama picks David Kappos as USPTO Director, first open source fan to run USPTO
Submitted by James Love on 19. June 2009 - 11:08Our impressions about this appointment are positive, but we would like to hear from others. IBM has been very smart on IPR issues lately, recognizing that knowledge is often more valuable when shared. Coming from a successful technology firm, he will have both credibility and insight into innovation policy. He brings more balance to the job than anyone we can remember. Below are some interesting quotes from various articles.
Collective Management of IPR & Patent Pools
KEI has been researching and advocating for the collective management of Intellectual Property Rights and the use of patent pools to promote both new innovation and access to medicines.
