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17 WTO Members (Brazil, China, India, Russia) submit draft Ministerial Decision on Non-Violation and Situation Complaints

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Thiru

On 24 July 2015, 17 Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) tabled a draft Ministerial decision (published by the WTO secretariat on 29 July 2015) on “Non-violation and situation complaints” for “consideration at the 10th Ministerial Conference of the WTO” (Source: IP/C/W/607). The 10th Ministerial Conference of the WTO will take place in Nairobi from 15 December 2015 to 18 December 2015. Continue Reading →

KEI briefing note on the evolution of TPP negotiating text on patentable subject matter

Posted on August 11, 2015 by KEI Staff

The attached PDF file is a KEI briefing note on the evolution of certain sections of the TPP negotiating text on patents and patentable subject matter.

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Seminars on Drug Pricing: Part 3, Aidan Hollis

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Elizabeth Rajasingh

UPDATED:
Here is a link to the recording of the seminar. Please see Aidan’s paper and slideshow for more detail and explanation.

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KEI’s second installment of TPP IP Chapter leak, includes copyright, all other provisions

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Zack Struver

This press release was distributed this morning, August 5, 2015, after KEI released the final sections of the TPP Chapter on Intellectual Property. The full text of the chapter is available here: /tpp/11may2015-ip-text.

5 August 2015
CONTACT: Zack Struver
+1 (202) 332-2670
zack.struver@keionline.org

Knowledge Ecology International Leaks Copyright Provisions in Trans-Pacific Partnership

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Knowledge Ecology International Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Claire Cassedy

4 August 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Zack Struver
+1 (202) 332-2670
zack.struver@keionline.org

Knowledge Ecology International Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

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WTO Trade Policy Review of India- EU, Japan, Switzerland and the US question India over Section 3(d) and Compulsory Licensing

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Thiru

June 2015 – WTO Trade Policy Review of India: Section 3(d) and Compulsory Licensing under the Spotlight

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Consensus achieved at WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) on Future Work Program

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Thiru

After two days of intense negotiations over the future work program of WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP), the committee achieved consensus at around 3:40 PM Geneva time on Friday, 31 July 2015.

The future work of WIPO’s main normative committee dealing with patents now has a pathway on the following work streams:
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WIPO SCP22: Language on GRULAC proposal to revise 1979 WIPO Model Law for Developing Countries on Inventions

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Thiru

On 30 July 2015 at 8:30 PM Geneva time, the Chair (Bucura Ionescu, Romania) of WIPO’s 22nd Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) distributed the following non-paper related to the proposal by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) to revise the 1979 WIPO Model Law for Developing Countries on Inventions. If this language is tabled, WIPO’s normative committee on patents will continue discussions on the GRULAC proposal.

INFORMAL NON-PAPER

SCP/22: PROPOSAL BY THE CHAIR
July 30, 2015
20.30

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WIPO SCP22: Informal Non-Paper by Chair on Future Work (30 July 2015, 20:30 version)

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Thiru

On 30 July 2015 at 8:30 PM Geneva time, the Chair (Bucura Ionescu, Romania) of WIPO’s 22nd Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) distributed the following non-paper as a pathway for future work addressing 1) Exceptions and Limitations to Patent Rights, 2) Quality of Patents, Including Opposition Systems, 3) Patents and Health, 4) Confidentiality of Communications between clients and their patent advisors and 5) Transfer of technology. The SCP is WIPO”s main normative committee dealing with patents.

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WIPO SCP 22: Written Statement of Knowledge Ecology International on Patents and Health

Posted on July 30, 2015 by Thiru

28 July 2015
WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)
Written Statement of Knowledge Ecology International on Patents and Health

As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is currently reported to be in the final stages of negotiation, it is both appropriate and urgent that this Committee is addressing the topic of patents and health.

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