The following PDF file includes several email exchanges between Pfizer and USTR regarding Colombia’s accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Pfizer proposed several conditions it wanted Colombia to agree to before the US would withdraw objections… Continue Reading
DATE: Tuesday, 27 November 2018 TIME: 1 PM to 3 PM VENUE: Room B, World Intellectual Property Organization CONVENER: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) cordially invites you to attend our side event during deliberations of the 37th… Continue Reading
This will be discussed next week at the SCCR 37 Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) Thirty-Seventh Session Geneva, November 26- 30, 2018 PROPOSAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THE SCOPE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RIGHTS, WIPO… Continue Reading
KEI has filed a pre-hearing statement for the International Trade Commission, “On the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors Investigation (No.TPA-105-003)” KEI-Pre-hearing-statement-ITC-USMCA-30Oct2018 The submission covers the following topoics: Patentable subject matter for… Continue Reading
On 26 September 2018, at the 2018 WIPO General Assembly, the United States of America made the following intervention on the WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations. World Intellectual Property Organization Assemblies of the Member States September 24… Continue Reading
October 3-4, 2018 Geneva Graduate Institute, C1 Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 Petal 5 KEI is hosting a 1.5 day seminar on the WIPO broadcasting treaty October 3-4, 2018, at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), which is walking… Continue Reading
KEI’s release of TPP Intellectual Property Chapter – May 11, 2015 Draft Link to full text of the IP Chapter: /tpp/11may2015-ip-text 2015:2 KEI TPP Briefing Note: The Evolution of the Article on Patents/Patentable Subject Matter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Intellectual… Continue Reading
The text of the proposed new U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade agreement is out, and available here from USTR. The agreement includes 34 chapters, 11 agreement annexes and 12 side letters. This is the first time the public has seen the text, even… Continue Reading
On Friday, 28 September 2018, the WIPO General Assembly adopted a decision paragraph in relation to a roadmap for the proposed WIPO Broadcasting Treaty. The consensus language was reached during informal consultations on Wednesday, 26 September 2018 facilitated by Daren… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 25 September 2018, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following opening statement at the 2018 WIPO General Assembly. Opening Statement, Knowledge Ecology International KEI would like WIPO to continue work on, and evaluate the progress of, the obligation that… Continue Reading