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WTO Dispute Settlement: Ukraine files dispute against Australia (13 March 2012) on Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Thiru

The following information is taken directly from the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement web page which reports that on 13 March 2012, Ukraine requested consultations with Australia under the WTO’s dispute settlement system with respect to Australia’s Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011 which the WTO website noted imposes “trademark restrictions and other plain packaging requirements on tobacco products“.

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KEI Notes From the Eleventh Round of TPPA negotiations in Melbourne, Australia

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Krista Cox

The eleventh round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) took place in Melbourne, Australia from 1-9 March 2012. Stakeholders were given the opportunity to present at the stakeholder platform on 4 March, attend a reception on 6 March and the stakeholder briefing on 7 March.

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Steve Ricchetti’s former clients, and Joe Biden

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Tedmund Wan

On March 12, 2012, Steve Ricchetti began his new job as a high level policy adviser to Vice President Biden. Steve Ricchetti is a former registered lobbyist, who de-listed as a registered lobbyist but remained the president of a lobbying firm until taking his new job in the White House.

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KEI Statement on India’s granting of compulsory license to patents on cancer drug sorafenib (NATCO Vs. BAYER)

Posted on March 12, 2012 by James Love

The India Controller General Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks has just (March 12, 2012) issued an order granting a compulsory license to patents on the cancer drug sorafenib/Nexavar, in the matter of NATCO Vs. BAYER. A copy of the decision is attached below.

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CCIA proposes alternative text for TPPA, but proposals do not address many problems in the text

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Krista Cox

The Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) recently made proposals for what it considers to be necessary “to make the Internet work” in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The proposals put forth either as additions or alternatives to some of what the US has tabled are, in general, a step in the right direction as they seek to improve copyright exceptions and limit liability. Continue Reading →

ACTA: European Union’s statement on IP Enforcement Trends at WTO Council for TRIPS (28 February 2012)

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Thiru

The global upsurge of popular opposition to the Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (ACTA), particularly evident across Europe in the last month, has pushed the governments of Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Latvia, and the Netherlands, Poland to reconsider their ratification of the controversial treaty. Continue Reading →

ACTA: US Intervention on IP Enforcement Trends at WTO Council for TRIPS (28 February 2012)

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Thiru

These are the interventions delivered by the United States of America on 28 February 2012 during WTO Council for TRIPS discussions on ACTA under “IP Enforcement Trends”.

N. IP ENFORCEMENT TRENDS

[U.S. First Intervention]

• We appreciate this opportunity to discuss enforcement of IP rights, and hopefully to dispel some misperceptions about IP enforcement in general and the ACTA in particular.

• Effective enforcement of intellectual property rights is critical to sustaining economic growth across all industries and globally.

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KEI submission to WIPO patent committee commenting on the US proposal on patents and health

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Thiru

KEI submission to the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) on Patents and Health

28 February 2012

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28 February 2012: Intervention delivered by Ecuador @ WTO TRIPS Council raising concerns with ACTA

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Thiru

According to informed sources, the delegation of Ecuador delivered the following statement to the WTO Council for TRIPS on Tuesday, 28 February 2012 raising concerns that the damages section found under Article 9 of ACTA could potentially chill the flexibilities found under Article 44 of the TRIPS Agreement which sets out the WTO rules on injunctions.

CONSEJO DE LOS ADPIC
28-29 DE FEBRERO DE 2012
PUNTO N. DE LA AGENDA
INTERVENCIÓN DEL ECUADOR

Señor Presidente,

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28 Feb 2012: Intervention delivered by India at WTO TRIPS Council on IP Enforcement Trends noting concerns with ACTA and TPPA

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Thiru

This intervention was delivered by India at today’s WTO Council for TRIPS during discussions of agenda item “N” on IP Enforcement Trends. The statement raises India’s concerns with plurilateral agreements like ACTA and TPPA and their potential impacts on public health, international exhaustion, border measures and digital goods and internet freedom.

IP Enforcement Trends
(TRIPS council Feb 28, 2012)

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