Interventions made by KEI WHA71: KEI statement on the Draft thirteenth general programme of work, 2019–2023 WHA71: KEI intervention on the Preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to… Continue Reading
At around 16h35 on Thursday, 12 July 2018, the WIPO Secretariat distributed the final text of the future work program of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). The final text can be found here: http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/scp/en/scp_28/scp_28_11.pdf The new… 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
Selected videos from EB 142 United States government interventions Morning session of January 22, 2018, agenda item 1. At the full webcast starts at 2:21:22. Afternoon session of January 24, 2018, agenda item 3.6. At the full webcast starts at 1:17:35.… 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
On Monday, 9 July 2018, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) made the following statement on exceptions and limitations to patent rights. KEI made the following proposal: In terms of future work on this item on exceptions and limitations to patent rights,… Continue Reading
On 9 July 2018, Indonesia delivered this opening statement on behalf of the Asia & the Pacific Group at the 28th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). Opening Statement by the Republic of Indonesia… 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
*(The author thanks Vitor Ido for his extensive notes of the 1st round of informal consultations held on 20 June 2018). On Thursday, 28 June 2018, the delegations of Brazil, Colombia, Mozambique, Portugal, and Thailand submitted a draft resolution on… Continue Reading
The NIH has filed a motion to dismiss in our lawsuit over the NIH license of CAR T patents to Gilead. See original KEI complaint here: https://www.keionline.org/27669. As expected, the NIH is challenging KEI’s standing. KEI has 15 days to… Continue Reading