DAG opening statement at WIPO General Assembly
This was the Developement Agenda Group (DAG) statement from Monday at the WIPO Geneval Assembly.
Thank you Madam President.First of all, I would like to congratulate you upon your election as Chair of the General Assembly of WIPO. Our group is confident that under your able stewardship we will achieve important results for developing countries, as well as for the intellectual property system.
Michael Froman’s decision in the Apple/Samsung ITC patent dispute and the USTR trade agenda
On Saturday, August 3, 2013, USTR head Ambassador Michael B. G. Froman wrote to the Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), to “disapprove the USITC’s determination to issue an exclusion order and cease and desist order” for Apple Inc. “smart phones and tablet computers that infringe a U.S. patent owned by Samsung Electronics,” in the ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-794. Continue Reading
2010 FDA (NME) drug approvals: few were based upon US inventions or sold by US companies
In any given year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants marketing approval to new drugs. The most important category* are those classified as “new molecular entities” or NMEs. Chen Xingzhi has collected data on the 2010 NMEs included in the FDA Orange Book here: http://goo.gl/W78Tbk. Some of the data are summarized below:
- Among products listed in the FDA Orange Book in 2010, 15 were classified as NMEs.
- Among all of the NMEs, 43 patents were listed in the FDA Orange Book, covering 12 of the 15 products.
Full time staff position at KEI
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) is a non-profit organization that focuses on human rights and social dimensions of knowledge governance. Our web page (https://www.keionline.org) provides extensive background on our operations. We maintain offices in Washington, DC and in Geneva Switzerland, and are engaged in a number of initiatives, disputes and negotiations involving intellectual property rights, innovation, and other aspects of the production, management and governance of knowledge resources.
KEI Closing statement at Marrakesh
KEI Closing statement
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print Disabled
June 27, 2013
Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh MoroccoThis was read by James Love (a video of this available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNcnx0iME1U)
Mr. President. KEI is a non-profit organization that focuses on human rights and the public interest in the governance of knowledge.
KEI (press) statement on adoption of Marrakesh Treaty for Blind
Thursday, June 27, 2013, noon Marrakesh time.
Statement by James Love
Director, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), Morocco cell: +212.639.61.6030, james.love@keionline.orgKEI statement on the Marrakesh agreement on copyright exceptions for blind persons
We are very happy with the agreement. There were a few areas where the treaty could have been better, but these are areas of minor quibbles. The first order issues all went in favor of blind persons. The treaty will provide a dramatic and massive improvement in access to reading materials for persons in common languages, such as English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Arabic, and it will provide the building blocks for global libraries to service blind persons. Continue Reading
Digital copy of text on Marrakesh treaty for the blind, as approved by Committee 1
Attached here is the text from Committee 1, which now goes to the drafting committee for a technical scrub, and which then will be formally approved on Thursday, and signed on Friday.
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Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print DisabilitiesMarrakech, June 17 to 28, 2013
The June 25, 10am version of the text
Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities
Marrakech, June 17 to 28, 2013DRAFT TEXT OF AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS/PERSONS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES
INFORMAL CONSOLIDATION PREPARED BY SECRETARIAT, June 25, 2013, 10:00am
Continue ReadingConsolidated text, as of June 22, 2013
John E. Miller provided this OCR version of the text that was downloaded from IP-Watch.
Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities
Marrakech, June 17 to 28, 2013DRAFT TEXT OF AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS/PERSONS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES
INFORMAL CONSOLIDATION PREPARED BY SECRETARIAT, June 22,2013 Continue Reading