New documents have been published on the WHO website in relation to the third meeting of the WHO Expert Working Group on R&D Financing that took place from November 30 to December 2, 2009. These six documents are available at:
http://www.who.int/phi/ewg3rdmeet/en/index.html
The first document is: Comparative Review of Innovative Financing Proposals for Health R&D
The second document is: Coordinating Arrangements for R&D [doc 352kb]
USTR has issued an announcement for new procedures including public hearings on the 2010 Special 301 list. This is an effort to make the 301 process somewhat more open, and to provide more formal opportunities to both supporters and critics of USTR’s bilateral trade pressures to make their case. USTR’s actions are welcomed by several NGOs that have been critical of the unilateral trade pressures initiative, as it seems to provide the beginning of a more mature discussion about the objectives of trade policy, and the evidence to support different positions. Continue Reading
On February 8, 2010, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will hold a ” Symposium on the Evolution of the Regulatory Framework of Test Data – From the Property of the Intellect to the Intellect of Property“.
Senator Wyden has written to the USTR posing 11 questions aiming to clarify the specific objectives of the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The next round of negotiations are scheduled to take place in Mexico during the week of January 25. The letter is available here. Continue Reading
On December 21, 2009, WIPO sent out a circular note (C.N 3066) indicating “provisional dates for the principal committees and bodies of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) that will meet in 2010”.
Here are provisional dates of key negotiations to bear in mind when planning your agenda for 2010.
SCP
WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents, SCP, (14th session): January 25-29, 2010.WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents, SCP, (15th session): October 11-15, 2010
SCCR
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23 December 2009
The Official Executive Summary and Recommendations of the Report of the Expert Working Group on Research and Development Financing to the Executive Board has been published on the website of the WHO Executive Board as document EB126/6 Add.1. It has a provisional agenda item number of 4.3. The official WHO link to this Executive Summary is: http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB126/B126_6Add1-en.pdf
These are the Conclusions of the Nineteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held in Geneva, Switzerland from December 14 to 18, 2009. The official WIPO link to these Conclusions is: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=130644
CONCLUSIONS
LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
Version 3.0 of the “DRAFT CONCLUSIONS” prepared by the Chair is being considered right now at the 19th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).
World Intellectual Property Organization
Standing Committee On Copyright And Related Rights (SCCR)
Nineteenth Session
Geneva, December 14 to 18, 2009Version 3.0
December 18, 2009DRAFT CONCLUSIONS
prepared by the Chair
LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
Version 3.0 of Draft Conclusions of SCCR 19 (Paragraph 7 and 10 on limitations and exceptions)
18 December 2009
Below is the language of paragraph 7 of the draft conclusions of SCCR 19 contained in the “Draft Conclusions Version 3.0” document distributed this afternoon.
EU proposal calls for deletion of “treaty” for persons with disabilities at SCCR 19
Below is the language of paragraph 7 of the draft conclusions of SCCR 19 contained in the “Draft Conclusions Version 2.0” document distributed this morning: