Switzerland pressures Colombia to deny compulsory license on imatinib
Ambassador Livia Leu, Head of the Bilateral Economic Relations Division and Delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements, Switzerland
17 WTO Members (Brazil, China, India, Russia) submit draft Ministerial Decision on Non-Violation and Situation Complaints
On 24 July 2015, 17 Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) tabled a draft Ministerial decision (published by the WTO secretariat on 29 July 2015) on “Non-violation and situation complaints” for “consideration at the 10th Ministerial Conference of the WTO” (Source: IP/C/W/607). The 10th Ministerial Conference of the WTO will take place in Nairobi from 15 December 2015 to 18 December 2015. Continue Reading
KEI briefing note on the evolution of TPP negotiating text on patentable subject matter
The attached PDF file is a KEI briefing note on the evolution of certain sections of the TPP negotiating text on patents and patentable subject matter.
Seminars on Drug Pricing: Part 3, Aidan Hollis
UPDATED:
Here is a link to the recording of the seminar. Please see Aidan’s paper and slideshow for more detail and explanation.
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KEI’s second installment of TPP IP Chapter leak, includes copyright, all other provisions
This press release was distributed this morning, August 5, 2015, after KEI released the final sections of the TPP Chapter on Intellectual Property. The full text of the chapter is available here: /tpp/11may2015-ip-text.
5 August 2015
CONTACT: Zack Struver
+1 (202) 332-2670
zack.struver@keionline.org
Knowledge Ecology International Leaks Copyright Provisions in Trans-Pacific Partnership
Knowledge Ecology International Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property
4 August 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Zack Struver
+1 (202) 332-2670
zack.struver@keionline.org
Knowledge Ecology International Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
WTO Trade Policy Review of India- EU, Japan, Switzerland and the US question India over Section 3(d) and Compulsory Licensing
June 2015 – WTO Trade Policy Review of India: Section 3(d) and Compulsory Licensing under the Spotlight
Consensus achieved at WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) on Future Work Program
After two days of intense negotiations over the future work program of WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP), the committee achieved consensus at around 3:40 PM Geneva time on Friday, 31 July 2015.
The future work of WIPO’s main normative committee dealing with patents now has a pathway on the following work streams:
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WIPO SCP22: Language on GRULAC proposal to revise 1979 WIPO Model Law for Developing Countries on Inventions
On 30 July 2015 at 8:30 PM Geneva time, the Chair (Bucura Ionescu, Romania) of WIPO’s 22nd Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) distributed the following non-paper related to the proposal by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) to revise the 1979 WIPO Model Law for Developing Countries on Inventions. If this language is tabled, WIPO’s normative committee on patents will continue discussions on the GRULAC proposal.
INFORMAL NON-PAPERSCP/22: PROPOSAL BY THE CHAIR
July 30, 2015
20.30WIPO SCP22: Informal Non-Paper by Chair on Future Work (30 July 2015, 20:30 version)
On 30 July 2015 at 8:30 PM Geneva time, the Chair (Bucura Ionescu, Romania) of WIPO’s 22nd Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) distributed the following non-paper as a pathway for future work addressing 1) Exceptions and Limitations to Patent Rights, 2) Quality of Patents, Including Opposition Systems, 3) Patents and Health, 4) Confidentiality of Communications between clients and their patent advisors and 5) Transfer of technology. The SCP is WIPO”s main normative committee dealing with patents.