Commentary on TPP IP Chapter Leak
Press Releases and Articles about the IP Chapter of the TPP
Leaked text can be found here.
Some KEI Tweets regarding TPP IP Chapter
On 9 October 2015, Wikileaks released the final text of the IP chapter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Jamie Love provided comments via twitter.
https://twitter.com/jamie_love
Updated: 9 October 2015
(In the order posted)
- Wikileaks has the October 5, 2015 version of the #TPP IP Chapter. https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip3/WikiLeaks-TPP-IP-Chapter/WikiLeaks-TPP-IP-Chapter-051015.pdf
WIPO General Assembly 2015: Statement of United States on Broadcasting Treaty and Copyright Limitations and Exceptions
On Wednesday, 7 October 2015, the United States of America delivered the following statement on agenda item 12 (Report on the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights). The US expressed support for a broadcasting treaty under a signal-based approach, focused on “unauthorized simultaneous or near-simultaneous retransmission of broadcast signals to the public over any type of platform, including the Internet.”
On copyright limitations and exceptions, the US expressed support for
FDA enforcement discretion to allow unregistered generic Daraprim to be imported and sold at lower prices
In 2011, the FDA told the NIH it could use enforcement discretion to permit importation and sale of unregistered drugs
In 2011, in the context of a shortage of Fabrazyme, the FDA told the NIH if they could “in theory” allow Shire to import and sell Replagal, a drug approved for sale in Europe, but not in the United States, as an unregistered biologic substitute. The remedy explored for the Fabrazyme shortage may be the best way to address a different problem, the price gouging associated with the drug Daraprim (generic name: pyrimethamine).
Statement of KEI on announcement of consensus on Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement
Statement of KEI on announcement that there is a consensus on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement
October 5, 2015, 10am, EST
These comments by James Love, KEI Director
WIPO General Assembly 2015: Opening statement of Brazil on behalf of the Group of Latin and the Caribbean Group (GRULAC)
On Monday, 5 October 2015, Brazil delivered the following opening statement on behalf of the Group of Latin and the Caribbean Group (GRULAC) at the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) General Assembly.
Statement Delivered by the Delegation of Brazil on behalf of GRULAC“Mr President,
1. I have the honor to deliver this statement on behalf of the Latin American and the Caribbean Group (GRULAC).
Seven Members of House of Representatives Send Letter to USTR Calling For Waiver of WTO Patent Rules for LDCs
October 2, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Zack Struver
+1 (202) 332-2670
zack.struver@keionline.orgSeven House Members Push U.S. Trade Representative to Support Indefinite Waiver on Pharmaceutical Patents for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Press Release: Coalition for Affordable T-DM1 Asks UK Government to grant compulsory licenses on Roche breast cancer drug
Press Release: Coalition for Affordable T-DM1 Asks the UK Government to Employ Crown Use Authority to Lower Price of Expensive Cancer Drug sold by Roche
CONTACT:
Diarmaid McDonald
email: accessdiarmaid@gmail.com
+44.7894.4557.81Susannah Markandya
email: s.markandya@gmail.com
+44.7811.9573.12Zack Struver
email: zack.struver@keionline.org
Cell: +1.914.582.1428
Office: +1.202.332.2670 (between 2:00 PM and 10:00 PM BST)Senator Bernie Sanders Asks USTR to Endorse Waiver of WTO Patent Rules for Least Developed Countries
Knowledge Ecology International Press Release
28 September 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Zack Struver
+1 (202) 332-2670
zack.struver@keionline.orgSenator Bernie Sanders asks USTR to endorse “indefinite waiver” of WTO requirements to grant drug patents for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
KEI urges investigation of trade pressures on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in light of Executive Order 13155
Knowledge Ecology International sent letters today (attached to this release), September 21, 2015, to the Office of the General Counsel to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Commerce, asking that they investigate USTR and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the potential violation of an Executive Order issued by Bill Clinton — which prohibits the use of trade pressures to hinder polices related to access to HIV/AIDS medicines in sub-Saharan Africa — in their attempt to stop a request by Least Develop Continue Reading