On 9 November 2018, the European Union (EU) delivered the following statement on IP and competition policy at the WTO TRIPS Council under agenda item 13 on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest: Promoting Public Health Through Competition Law and… Continue Reading
KEI has filed a pre-hearing statement for the International Trade Commission, “On the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement: Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors Investigation (No.TPA-105-003)” KEI-Pre-hearing-statement-ITC-USMCA-30Oct2018 The submission covers the following topoics: Patentable subject matter for… Continue Reading
UPDATE: In November 2018, South Africa notified the WTO Secretariat that Brazil and India requested to co-sponsor this submission on Promoting Public Health Through Competition Law and Policy. On 29 October 2018, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a submission… Continue Reading
On Monday, October 15, 2018, Judge Peter J. Messitte of the United States District Court, District of Maryland, convened a hearing on a motion by the NIH to dismiss a lawsuit (Case 8:18-cv-01130-PJM) by KEI regarding the decision by the… Continue Reading
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) provisions on the term of protection of test data for new pharmaceutical products has received considerable attention, and in some cases, some inaccurate reports on the agreement have conflated the term for test data protection… Continue Reading
On 26 September 2018, at the 2018 WIPO General Assembly, the United States of America delivered the following intervention on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations. World Intellectual Property Organization Assemblies of the Member States September 24 to October 2, 2018 AGENDA… Continue Reading
On 26 September 2018, at the 2018 WIPO General Assembly, the United States of America made the following intervention on the WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations. World Intellectual Property Organization Assemblies of the Member States September 24… Continue Reading
October 3-4, 2018 Geneva Graduate Institute, C1 Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 Petal 5 KEI is hosting a 1.5 day seminar on the WIPO broadcasting treaty October 3-4, 2018, at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), which is walking… Continue Reading
The text of the proposed new U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade agreement is out, and available here from USTR. The agreement includes 34 chapters, 11 agreement annexes and 12 side letters. This is the first time the public has seen the text, even… Continue Reading
On Thursday September 27, 2018, the third UN High-Level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) was held at the UN headquarters in New York. During the meeting, civil society participants could choose to attend the opening/plenary/closing segments or the two multi-stakeholder… Continue Reading