Collective Management of Intellectual Property Rights
KEI Statement on UNITAID Decision to Approve Creation of a Patent Pool for AIDS medicines
Submitted by James Love on 15. December 2009 - 1:22On Monday, December 14, the UNITAID board passed a resolution to establish a Patent Pool for AIDS medicines. The decision caped a dramatic debate on the proposal, which had been before UNITAID since 2006, and had been discussed in other fora since 2002. The following is a statement by KEI on the UNITAID decision, followed by background on the UNITAID patent pool proposal, including a copy of the UNITAID press release.
Statement of James Love, Director of KEI, on the UNITAID Patent Pool:
Survey of Patent Pools Demonstrates Variety of Purposes and Management Structures
Tuesday, 05 June 2007
Table of Contents
An pdf version of this document is available here.
KEI Research Note 2007:6
David Serafino[1]
Knowledge Ecology International
4 June 2007
David Serafino[1]
Knowledge Ecology International
4 June 2007
Table of Contents
EMILA Working Plan
Saturday, 02 June 2007
The Essential Medical Inventions Licensing Agency
Working Plan, June 1, 2007
Introduction
IGWG Briefing Paper on Patent Pools
Sunday, 03 June 2007
IGWG Briefing Paper on Patent Pools
Collective Management of Intellectual Property -- The use of Patent Pools to expand access to essential medical technologies
KEI Research Note 2007:3 (1)
UNITAID Patent Pool for Medicines
In 2007 Medécins sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) and Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) presented a proposal for UNITAID to host a medicines patent pool.
In July 2008 the UNITAID Board supported the principle of establishing a patent pool for medicines to provide patients in low and middle income countries with increased access to more appropriate and lower price medicines.
Collective Management of IPR and Patent Pools
Submitted by Staff on 24. August 2009 - 11:30UNITAID patent pool for medicines
Cost Benefit Analysis for UNITAID Patent Pool
UNITAIDwebsite on patent pools
MSF website on patent pools
Syngenta AG on patent pools and prizes
Submitted by thiru on 16. July 2009 - 10:00On July 14, 2009, at the WIPO Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues, Michael Kock (Global Head IP Seeds and Biotechnology at Syngenta International AG) underscored that today’s global challenges can only dealt with in an efficient manner by creating innovation networks which included the reward of substantial amounts of money to solve technical challenges and problems.
President Obama picks David Kappos as USPTO Director, first open source fan to run USPTO
Submitted by James Love on 19. June 2009 - 11:08Our impressions about this appointment are positive, but we would like to hear from others. IBM has been very smart on IPR issues lately, recognizing that knowledge is often more valuable when shared. Coming from a successful technology firm, he will have both credibility and insight into innovation policy. He brings more balance to the job than anyone we can remember. Below are some interesting quotes from various articles.
Collective Management of IPR & Patent Pools
KEI has been researching and advocating for the collective management of Intellectual Property Rights and the use of patent pools to promote both new innovation and access to medicines.
