Month: April 2020

2020: USTR publishes a tone-deaf Special 301 Report, repeats old complaints

Posted on by Luis Gil Abinader

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On April 29, 2020, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published its annual Special 301 Report. A PDF copy of the report is available here. KEI has compiled copies of the Special 301 Report for every year since its inception…

KEI Comments on NIH Exclusive License to Kriya Therapeutics for Diabetes and Obesity Treatment

Posted on by Claire Cassedy

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On Tuesday April 28, 2020, KEI submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: AAV Mediated Exendin-4 Gene Transfer to Salivary Glands To Protect Subjects From Diabetes or Obesity” (85…

KEI comments on the resolution WHA73: “Covid-19 Response” proposed by the European Union

Posted on by Thiru

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On Friday, 24 April 2020, Knowledge Ecology International submitted comments on the resolution WHA73: “Covid-19 Response” proposed by the European Union (EU). The original zero draft text and the note verbale proposed by the European Union can be found here.…

Canada notifies WTO on Bill C-13 to facilitate compulsory licensing in the COVID-19 response

Posted on by Thiru

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Under the notification of laws and regulations obligations of Article 63.2 of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) TRIPS Agreement, on 23 April 2020, Canada sent a notification (IP/N/1/CAN/30) to the WTO in relation to “Bill C-13 An Act respecting certain…

2020: USTR takes aim at South Africa over copyright limitations and exceptions

Posted on by Thiru

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On March 31st, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published its 2020 National Trade Estimates Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE). As USTR notes, in “accordance with section 181 of the Trade Act of 1974, as…

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Exclusive License for Treatment of Cancer to NeoImmune Tech

Posted on by KEI Staff

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On Friday April 17, 2020, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: The Development of Bispecific Antibodies Targeting Glypican 1 (GPC1) for the Treatment of…

KEI Comments Regarding NIH Exclusive License for Adoptive Cell Therapy to Lyell Immunopharma

Posted on by KEI Staff

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On Friday April 17, 2020, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Methods and Compositions for Adoptive Cell Therapy” to Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (85 FR…

European Union Draft Resolution on COVID-19 for WHA73

Posted on by Thiru

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On Wednesday, 15 April 2020, the European Union submitted a zero draft of a resolution for the World Health Assembly entitled WHA73: “Covid-19 Response”; this text was accompanied by a note verbale. The note verbale stated the following: We understand…

KEI letter to Brazil Congress, regarding compulsory licensing bill

Posted on by James Love

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