exceptions
Balanced agenda reached at the conclusion of WIPO patent committee
Submitted by thiru on 30. March 2009 - 11:09The Summary by the Chair of the WIPO Standing Committee Committee on the Law of Patents’ (SCP) Thirteenth Session which took place in Geneva from March 23, 2009 to March 27, 2009 has been posted on the WIPO website.
WIPO paper on limitations and exceptions to the exclusive rights of patents
Submitted by thiru on 17. March 2009 - 6:02- Canada-Patent Protection of Pharmaceutical Product case (DS114)
- Chicago Convention
- climate change
- Compulsory Licensing
- disability
- environment
- exceptions
- food security
- health
- limitations
- Lobbying and advocacy
- Patents
- public policy
- reading disabilities
- research exception
- scp
- Standing Committee on the Law of Patents
- wipo
- Access to Knowledge
The International Bureau has released a 47-paged paper in preparation for the 13th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (23 March-27 March, 2009) entitled Exclusions from patentable subject matter and exceptions and limitations to the rights (SCP/13/3).
In its introduction to the treatment of patent exceptions and public policy, the paper asserts:
