Letter that Tiflolibros has sent to the governments of Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador and Cuba requesting them to support the WBU proposal for a WIPO treaty for blind, visually impaired and disabled persons.
El 28 de Octubre del 2008, Chris Friend de la Union Mundial de Ciegos envió una carta al Director General de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) con una propuesta para un Tratado de la OMPI para los ciegos, las personas con deficiencias visuales y otras personas con discapacidad para la lectura.
La carta de la Union Mundial de Ciegos a la OMPI esta disponible aqui
We have received a copy of an amendment to the September 2006 voluntary License Agreement between Gilead Sciences, Inc and Ranbaxy Laboratories, Ltd concerning the manufacture and sale of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate (TDF) and Emtricitabine for the treatment of HIV-AIDS.
By resolution WHA 59.24, the WHO’s Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property (IGWG) has the goal of producing a Global Strategy and Plan of Action that will implement the CIPIH report recommendations and “secure an enhanced and sustainable basis for needs-driven, essential health research and development relevant to diseases that disproportionately affect developing countries, proposing cle Continue Reading
Boletín Fármacos has asked me to write a short summary of one of KEI’s projects. I chose to present a patent pool for medical technologies related to the prevention and treatment of cancer. Please find the article below. It is also available: http://www.boletinfarmacos.org/092007/ventana_abierta.asp
Invitamos a los delegados de la OMPI a que rechacen la propuesta de Tratado de Radiodifusión en la OMPI.
Después de más que 9 años de discusiones, los esfuerzos para buscar una formulación del tratado que se ocupe de la piratería de las señales de radiodifusión, pero que no dañe a los titulares de derechos de autor y a los usuarios legítimos de emisiones, han fracasado.
The first American regional meeting on the WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property (IGWG) is scheduled for June 18, 2007 in Washington, DC. This first meeting is organized by PAHO, at the request of the Bolivian Government.
More meetings and working groups are going to be organized this summer and fall in preparation for the II IGWG next November 2007.
To facilitate Latin American governments and civil society effective participation in the WHO IGWG process and their better understanding of some of the proposals, KEI has prepared a report in Spanish.
To access an electronic copy of the report, visit: https://www.keionline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49
March 2006
CPTech Response to 2006 PhRMA “Special 301” Submission for Chile
The “Special 301” Report is a report that the office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) submits annually to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee on the adequacy and effectiveness of intellectual property rights protection around the world. The report identifies those countries that the USTR consider “deny adequate and effective protection for IPR or deny fair and equitable market access for U.S. persons that rely on intellectual property protection”.