Month: March 2023

KEI analysis on the WHO INB zero draft

Posted on by Thiru

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In February 2023, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) circulated two memos providing analysis on the WHO INB. pandemic CA+ zero draft text. The first memo provides KEI’s take on Article 10 of the zero draft. The memo elaborates on thee provisions…

KEI Oral Statement for US ITC Investigation on COVID-19 and TRIPS Agreement Flexibilities

Posted on by Claire Cassedy

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NOTE: KEI also submitted a 16-page in depth written submission to this investigation on March 20, 2023. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) will hold a hearing on March 29-30, 2023 on COVID–19 Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Supply, Demand, and TRIPS…

Cancer patients file administrative appeal on NIH rejection of Xtandi march-in petition with Secretary of HHS Becerra

Posted on by James Love

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On March 23, 2023, three prostate cancer patients, Robert Sachs, Clare Love and Eric Sawyer, filed an administrative appeal of the NIH decision to reject petition that HHS use Federal rights in patents on Xtandi to address pricing discrimination against…

HHS and NIH reject the Xtandi March-in petition

Posted on by James Love

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NIH-rejection-Xtandi-marchin-21march2023 This is an appalling decision. The worst is this quote: “practical application is evidenced by the “manufacture, practice, and operation” of the invention and the invention’s “availability to and use by the public….” This is what 35 USC 201(f)…

KEI Comments to the NIH on Prospective Exclusive License to BrickBio Treatment for Solid Tumors

Posted on by KEI Staff

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On March 20, 2023, 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 a CD276 Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) for the Treatment of Solid Tumors”…

SCCR 43: KEI statement on Copyright in the Digital Environment (with respect to recorded and streamed music)

Posted on by Thiru

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On Friday, 17 March 2023, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following intervention on recorded and streamed music at the 43rd session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). KEI will direct its comments to the topic…

SCCR 43: KEI statement on future work

Posted on by Thiru

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On Thursday, 16 March 2023, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement on the future work of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). KEI encourages the SCCR to include in its future work, the topics of…

Technology transfer obligations in legislation proposed in the United States (in the 117th Congress)

Posted on by James Love

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I’m in a two day meeting in Geneva on new approaches to affordable monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), and it made me think of a provision found in some bills that have been proposed or introduced in the U.S. Congress to force…

Save the Date – 14 March 2023 – What is the role of model laws in norm setting for intellectual property?

Posted on by Thiru

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What is the role of model laws in norm setting for intellectual property? DATE: Tuesday, 14 March 2023 TIME: 18:00 to 20:00 VENUE: Room B CONVENER: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) cordially invites you to attend our…