Applauding WIPO Webcast and Video-on-Demand
Clearly WIPO could teach a few things to many agencies –other UN bodies but also for example the office of the US Trade Representatives– regarding transparency and accessibility for all stakeholders.
Clearly WIPO could teach a few things to many agencies –other UN bodies but also for example the office of the US Trade Representatives– regarding transparency and accessibility for all stakeholders.
The Global Fund just sent an email, which says that “your website which inaccurately reports that Mr Steiger will run VPP.” Here is the Global Fund email:
From: Andrew Hurst
Date: June 20, 2012 5:36:49 PM GMT+02:00
To: Thirukumaran BalasubramaniamSubject: RE: Question on the Global Fund’s Voluntary Pooled Procurement? Dear Thiru
Further to our conversation this week, here is our statement:
2 KEI and UAEM file brief as amici curiae in BRCA gene patent case
On Friday, June 15, 2012, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) and Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) filed as amici curiae in the case Association for Molecular Pathology, et. al. v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et. al which is currently being heard before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The full brief is available for download here.
The language in S. 3187, calling for National Academies evaluation of Medical Innovation inducement prizes
S.3187 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (Engrossed in Senate [Passed Senate] – ES)SEC. 906. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON MEDICAL INNOVATION INDUCEMENT MODEL.
Statement by Ecuador at June 2012 WTO TRIPS Council on copyright limitations and exceptions
This statement was delivered by Ecuador on 5 June 2012 at the WTO TRIPS Council on copyright limitations and exceptions.
CONSEJO DE LOS ADPIC
5-6 DE JUNIO DE 2012
PUNTO L. DE LA AGENDA
INTERVENCIÓN DEL ECUADORSeñor Presidente,
El Ecuador da la bienvenida a la iniciativa organizada por Brasil y Estados Unidos con respecto al punto L. sobre las limitaciones y excepciones a los derechos de autor en el marco de las negociaciones en curso en la OMPI.
1 Rejected letter to Foreign Affairs, responding to “Healthy Governance” article about WHO
I recently sent the following letter to Andrew Bast, the editor of Foreign Affairs. The letter responds to a May 24, 2012 article by Devi Sridhar, Lawrence O. Continue Reading
Intervention of Chile to the TRIPS Council on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions
This statement was delivered by Chile on 5 June 2012 at the WTO TRIPS Council on copyright limitations and exceptions.
AGENDA L COPYRIGHT LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
Statement by Brazil at June 2012 WTO TRIPS Council on the state of play of WIPO negotiations on a Treaty for the Blind
This was the statement delivered by Brazil on 5 June 2012 at the WTO Council for TRIPS under Agenda Item L-Copyright Limitations and Exceptions: Ongoing Negotiations At WIPO-Briefing By Brazil and the United States.
The following is the Brazilian intervention.
Last April, the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, visited the United States.1 The USPTO/DOC’s liberal and misleading definition of IP-Intensive industries is designed to influence policy debates
At yesterday’s TACD event, USPTO and KEI discussed the report by the Department of Commerce’s Economics and Statistics Administration and the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Intellectual Property and employment. The report, titled: Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: Industries in Focus, has been widely quoted, including these bullets from its executive summary:
- IP-intensive industries accounted for about $5.06 trillion in value added, or 34.8 percent of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), in 2010.
1 5 June 2012: India’s statement at WTO TRIPS Council: Exchange of information on securing supply chains against counterfeit goods
On 5 June 2012, India delivered the following intervention at the WTO Council for TRIPS on agenda item K, “Exchange of information on securing supply chains against counterfeit goods”.
Intervention on Agenda Item K