Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) was joined by 17 other members of Congress in calling upon Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to issue a compulsory license on patents for medications to treat hepatitis C, by exercising 28… Continue Reading
Read first: Statutory authority for compulsory licenses on patents in the United States KEI Workshop: Feb 24, 2017 – U.S. History, Experiences, and Prospects of Compulsory Licensing of Medical Patents. There is a Video of the event here here. Non-voluntary… Continue Reading
new: we have added a database of more than 1,000 federal court cases that cite 28 USC 1498 here: http://drugdatabase.info/28usc1498/ The United States government can use any patented invention, copyright, or protection of plant variety, original design or semiconductor design,… Continue Reading
The October 2017 meeting of the WTO TRIPS Council witnessed heated discussions on compulsory licensing within the context of IP and the Public Interest. As reported earlier by Knowledge Ecology International, on 31 May 2017, Brazil, China, Fiji, India, and… Continue Reading
https://www.keionline.org/?s=injunction Selected U.S. Patent Injunction Cases 2017. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. APPLE, INC., Dist. Court, WD Wisconsin 2017 At the end of the day, the court concludes that WARF has not met its burden of demonstrating irreparable harm, and… Continue Reading
Some key events in the early development of the proposal for a Pan African Intellectual Property Organization Joelle Dountio 10 February 2013 Feb 2003. The Secretariat of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), which is a program of the… Continue Reading
To be added, the early CLs on HIV drugs in several African countries. South Africa 2013 2003: CPTech’s 2003 reports for the RSA Competition Commission, in Hazel Tau et al.v GSK, Boehringer, et al. CPTech was the consultant to the… Continue Reading
India 2010 2010: India’s intervention to the WTO TRIPS Council: TRIPS plus enforcement trends, 2010-06-10 2011 2011: Karl De Gucht writes Andris Piebalgs on topic of European Union IPR demands on India and other developing countries, 2011-05-28 2011: WTO TRIPS… Continue Reading
Brazil 1990-2000 Comments for the Working Group On Intellectual Property Rights, Third Trade Ministerial and Americas Business Forum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, May 13-16,1997, 1997-05-16 2005 U.S. DoS Cable: U.S. PHARMA FIRMS THREATENED WITH LICENSING (Brazil), June 3, 2005. U.S. DoS… Continue Reading
EU For an earlier survey, see: 2014:1 KEI Research Note: Recent European Union Compulsory Licenses. 2014-03-01 DG-Enterprise – data exclusivity prevents access to life saving drugs (in the EU), even in an emergency situation, 2012-07-31 Germany German Court Issues Compulsory… Continue Reading