NYT: PhRMA to support Baucus version of health bill
According to a report by Duff Wilson in the Sunday New York Times, Much of PhRMA’s $150 million in advertising will be spent pushing Senator Baucus’s version of the health “reform” legislation.
USTR’s system of NDAs to provide private sector access to ACTA position
USTR has a system I was not that familiar with. For documents the public can’t see, USTR provides access under an NDA to private sector “experts” they want to consult. On Friday I was told by USTR:
“We’ve consulted with an array of experts from various IP and tech industries and associations and NGOs in the process of deliberation regarding a US proposal on one section of the agreement.”
Roll Call on Biogenerics
James K. Glassman and I published an article on biogenerics today in Roll Call. Continue Reading
Terms of Protection for Copyright and Related Rights in multilateral treaties
To provide some context to discussions on the term of protection for copyright and related rights, the following note sumarizes on the basic provisions in various multilateral copyright and related rights treaties, on the topics of minimum terms and formalities. … Continue Reading
Notes on Remedies for Orphan Works
Orphan Works are copyrighted works whose owners may be impossible to identify and locate. Undertanding the access and dissemination problems that these kind of works impose to society, Governments have began to explore ways to address the issue. Canada Canada… Continue Reading
KEI Comments to EWG 2nd Web-based Public Hearing: Defending the Status Quo, or Roadmap for Change?
On Saturday, KEI filed comments with the WHO EWG’s 2nd web based hearing. Our comments focused on the criteria for new proposals. Continue Reading
KEI asks FTC to Investigate Gilead Effort To Control Market For AIDS Drugs Ingredients
Press Release 15 Feb 07 FMI James Love +1.202.332.2670, cell +1.202.361.3040, james.love@keionline.org September 2, 2009 (See attachment for patent and health experts contact information) FTC ASKED TO INVESTIGATE GILEAD EFFORT TO CONTROL MARKET FOR AIDS DRUGS INGREDIENTS [Complaint available… Continue Reading
WHO Expert Working Group on R&D Financing (EWG)
WHO website on the EWG NEWS: The EWG secretariat has released a draft evaluation framework, evaluation criteria and the inventory of financing proposals. The EWG is accepting public comments through the Second Web-based Public Hearing. Deadline: September 5 2009. KEI… Continue Reading
The Berkeley meeting on the Google Books Settlement
The web page for the Berkeley workshop on the Google Book Settlement is here. Much of the documentation about the settlement is available here. http://thepublicindex.org/
The agreed upon twitter hash tag seems to be: #gbsfia Continue Reading
How will WIPO provide a “speedy solution” to the problems faced by the reading disabled persons in accessing copyrighted works?
In May 2009, at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 18th session, the governments of Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay formally tabled a proposal to WIPO endorsing the World Blind Union’s Treaty for Reading Disabled Persons.