Contacting James Love Work phone: +1.202.332.2670 | Mobile Phone +1.202.361.3040 | Email: james.love@keionline.org Twitter: @jamie_love Fediverse: @jameslove@hackyderm.io (Give my office a call or give me another nudge if you have difficulty getting a response. I am overwhelmed at times by… Continue Reading
Below are a few links to pages that show our work in specific fields (note: this list is currently under construction and will be continually updated): Innovation and access to medical technologies Cancer Drugs Coronavirus/COVID-19 Orphan/Rare diseases A standalone page… Continue Reading
On January 15, 2018, PhRMA provided comments on the Colombian Resolution 5246, a public interest declaration for several drugs for the hepatitis c virus (HCV). A copy of the PhRMA letter is attached below. It is a combination of complaints… Continue Reading
In November 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report charting a path forward for the expansion of WHO’s work on the transparency of R&D costs and medicines prices while rekindling the prospects for WHO to assume the mantle of… Continue Reading
On 12 December 2017, KEI delivered the following intervention to WIPO on pressures faced by Brazil and Colombia in using TRIPS flexibilities. 12 December 2017 SCP 27 Thank you Chair. We welcome the opportunity to provide inputs on the constraints… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 12 December 2017, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following intervention at the 27th session of the WIPO Standing Committee of the Law of Patents during discussions of a work program on patents and health. Knowledge Ecology International reiterates… Continue Reading
On Monday, 11 December 2017, Indonesia, on behalf of the Asia Pacific Group, delivered the following opening statement at the 27th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). The Asia Pacific Group issued a clarion… Continue Reading
On 8 December 2017, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted the following paper on “constraints faced by developing countries and least developed countries (LDCs) in making full use of patent flexibilities and their impacts” on access to medicines pursuant to the decision… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, 4 October 2017, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement at the WIPO General Assembly during discussions on the Report of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP).
WIPO General Assembly 2017 – Statement of KEI on the Report on the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)
4 October 2017
Agenda item: 14. Report on the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)
This was delivered the afternoon on October 3, 2017.
Opening statement of Knowledge Ecology International – WIPO General Assembly 2017
Thank you, Mr. Vice President.
KEI notes the controversies around the world regarding the costs and benefits of intellectual property policies, including in particular extended terms of copyright protection in some countries, access to copyrighted works out of commerce and in teaching and research, and the role of patents in both promoting and discouraging innovation, and creating barriers to access medicine.