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GE’s Thaddeus Burns wrote to US Ambassador Betty King requesting US postpone Marrakesh Diplomatic Conference

Posted on October 29, 2013 by KEI Staff

Michael Froman’s decision in the Apple/Samsung ITC patent dispute and the USTR trade agenda

Posted on August 6, 2013 by James Love

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 →

“IP as a power tool for development” is back for a Nov. 2013 conference organized by South Africa’s Companies and IP Commission

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Thiru

During Kamil Idris’s tenure at the helm of the World Intellectual Property Organization, a hackneyed mantra of the organization was “Intellectual property: a power tool for economic growth”. Continue Reading →

Four Department of State cables on Thailand, for Special 301 Review (Years 2009 to 2011)

Posted on June 12, 2013 by James Love

The following are four US Department of State cables discussing the status of Thailand as regards the USTR Special 301 review. KEI recently received the cables from the US Department of State in response to an earlier FOIA request.

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WTO: Spotlight on the United States at the Trade Policy Review (December 2012)

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Thiru

On 18 December 2012 and 20 December 2012, the World Trade Organization (WTO) undertook a trade policy review of the United States of America. All members of the WTO are subject to review under the Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM). The questions raised by WTO Members during the US TPR touched upon on compulsory licensing (including cases of judicial compulsory licensing following eBay v. MercExchange), copyright (Golan v. Holder), the Special 301 report and the Medicines Patent Pool. On 30 April 2013, the WTO released the records of the meeting including WT/TPR/M/275. Continue Reading →

Wellcome Trust tells WHO it opposes R&D Treaty and the de-linkage of R&D costs from drug prices

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Thiru

At WHO deliberations (26 November 2012 to 28 November 2012) on charting a path forward following the recommendations of the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (CEWG), Bolivia, Colombia and Thailand reiterated their political commitment supporting a binding R&D treaty. Continue Reading →

Update: WTO Trade Policy Review of Israel covers new developments on fair use, data exclusivity and parallel importation

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Thiru

UPDATE: On 3 December 2012, the secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) released the minutes of Israel’s Trade Policy Review (WT/TPR/M/272) held on 30 October 2012 and 1 November 2012. According to the chair, Eduardo Munoz Gomez (Colombia), innovation was one of the salient points identified in the TPR noting that:

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US department of Commerce heavily redacts FOIA request regarding Thailand compulsory license

Posted on October 5, 2012 by James Love

What type of leverage has the Obama Administration used to pressure Thailand to prevent the granting of compulsory licenses on drug patents? The US Department of Commerce has just released a FOIA request with 298 pages of documents on this topic. 136 pages of the FOIA are for a Fall 2010 masters theses by Stephanie Tranchevent Rosenberg (pages 36 to 171 of the FOIA). Continue Reading →

Data on Chinese patent applications and grants suggests growing gap between political rhetoric and current realities

Posted on September 3, 2012 by James Love

The GOP platform mentions China 15 times, including these passages:

Our serious trade disputes, especially China’s failure to enforce international standards for the protection of intellectual property and copyrights, as well as its manipulation of its currency, call for a firm response from a new Republican Administration. . .

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Copyright exception for U.S. libraries and archives when works not available at reasonable price

Posted on August 11, 2012 by James Love

Interesting exception in US copyright law tied to pricing of works, and year of copyright term.

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Thaddeus Burns of GE spent months trying to derail the WIPO treaty for the blind negotiations

Interesting exception in US copyright law tied to pricing of works, and year of copyright term.

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