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 Thursday September 27, 2018, the third UN High-Level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) was held at the UN headquarters in New York. During the meeting, civil society participants could choose to attend the opening/plenary/closing segments or the two multi-stakeholder… Continue Reading →
Cases where a federal court in the United States determine there is infringement, but denies a permanent injunction. Revised, March 21, 2019 (All of the cases except for Cardiaq Valve Technologies involve patent infringement. The Cardiaq Value case involve trade… 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 →
On 12 June 2018 and 14 June 2018, the World Trade Organization (WTO) conducted a Trade Policy Review of Colombia. All members of the WTO are subject to review under the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM). The TPRM takes place… Continue Reading →
On 26 September 2018, the United Nations’ General Assembly will convene the first high-level meeting on tuberculosis; the theme of the meeting is “United to end tuberculosis: an urgent global response to a global epidemic”. In preparation for the United… Continue Reading →
On July 18, 2018, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee gave its approval to HR 6378, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, known as PAHPA. During the mark up, Reps. John Shimkus (R-IL) and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) proposed attaching… Continue Reading →
Geneva 15h56 On Thursday, 12 July 2018, at the 28th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) countries are negotiating over the mandate of WIPO’s future work program on a suite of issues including: 1) Exceptions… Continue Reading →
On 11 July 2018, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following statement on patents and health at the 28th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). Statement of Knowledge Ecology International Agenda item 7 – Patents and… Continue Reading →
In May 2017, the 70th World Health Assembly passed a cancer resolution (WHA70.12, Cancer prevention and control in the context of an integrated approach). At the time KEI provided the following commentary on the cancer resolution: On Tuesday, May 30,… Continue Reading →