KEI analysis of Wikileaks leak of TPP IPR text, from August 30, 2013
KEI Comments on the August 30, 2013 version of the TPP IP Chapter
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NIH rejects March-In petition, also rejects proposed rules on pricing of and access to government funded inventions
In a decision dated November 1, 2013, and signed by NIH Director Francis Collins, the NIH has rejected the 2012 petition to the NIH to uses its powers under the Bayh-Dole Act to protect U.S. consumers from high prices and restrictive licensing of NIH funded inventions.
GE’s Thaddeus Burns wrote to US Ambassador Betty King requesting US postpone Marrakesh Diplomatic Conference
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| Thaddeus Burns of GE spent months trying to derail the WIPO treaty for the blind negotiations |
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| The letter opposing the treaty for the blind was signed by TABC Director General Tim Bennett |
We just ran across this mean spirited letter by the Trans-Atlantic Business Council (TABC), a group that describes itself as follows:
NIH March-In request, now more than year old
The October 25, 2012 NIH March-In Request for ritonavir is now more than one year old, and the NIH has not decided to grant a hearing or reject the petition.
More information about the March-In request is available here:
https://www.keionline.org/2012ritonavir
PAHO recommends 4-7 R&D projects for consideration in December WHO meeting
(revised October 25, 2013)
NGOs, academics evaluate four USTR negotiators in TPP IPR negotiations
KEI has asked 21 persons following the TPP IPR negotiations, what they thought of four of the USTR negotiators, including:
- Ambassador and USTR head Michael Froman,
- TPP Chief negotiator Barbara Weisel
- Assistant USTR for Intellectual Property and Innovation Stanford McCoy, and
- Deputy Assistant USTR for Intellectual Property and Innovation Probir Mehta.
Are Nike, IOC and European football leagues scoring new IPR at the WTO?
At the request of the European Union, Jamaica, Mexico and the United States of America, the topic of “Intellectual Property and Sports” was placed for discussion at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) October 2013 session of the Council for TRIPS (TRIPS Council).
Evolving Patent Issues and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)
Introduction
I. Scope of Patentability
II. Evergreening Patents
III. Patent Trolls
IV. Presumption of Validity
V. Injunctions
VI. Exclusive Rights Over Test Data
VII. Patent Linkage
VIII. Delinkage/Positive Agenda
Conclusion
Introduction
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The Commerce Department Green Paper on digital copyright is soft on action, kicks cans down the road
In July 2013, the Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force published its awaited Green Paper on Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy. It is over 100 pages long and 540 footnotes and a good read for anyone interested in copyright and the online environment. Continue Reading