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USPTO and Congress bash India over the Nexavar compulsory license
On June 27, 2012, Teresa Stanek Rea, the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), testified at a hearing on: “International IP Enforcement: Protecting Patents, Trade Secrets and Market Access”, before the US House of Representatives, Judicary Committee, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Continue Reading
Nexavar compulsory license case in India
Teresa Stanek Rea, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), testifying at a June 27, 2012 hearing on: “International IP Enforcement: Protecting Patents, Trade Secrets and Market… Continue Reading
AUD $2 million Australia-WIPO MOU targets TIGAR, neglected diseases, developing IP systems and technology transfer
On 15 June 2012, the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Australian Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization signed an agreement and released a joint communiqué “detailing how an AUD$2 million Australian contribution would assist least-developed and developing countries improve their intellectual property systems”.
Update: Global Fund responds to Report on William Steiger
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:
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.
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.
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(WHO donors) Gates Foundation, US, UK, Canada, Rotary Int., Norway and GAVI: Setting the agenda for global public health?
In preparation for the 65th World Health Assembly, held in Geneva from 21 May 2012 to 26 May 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) prepared a document (A65/29 Add. 1, 5 April 2012) entitled “Voluntary contributions by fund and by donor for the financial period 2010-2011. Continue Reading