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Patents and Doctors, and the USTR TPP text

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Krista Cox

The recently obtained US draft text for the intellectual property rights chapter for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) contains provisions that go far beyond the requirements of international agreements as well as the standards of US law itself. One particular area of concern involves the broad definition of patent eligible subject matter that fails to provide for any exception from patentability for surgical methods or procedures. Nor does the draft language contain any exception for the enforcement of surgical method patents. Continue Reading →

Interview with David Hammerstein regarding negotiations on WIPO treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities

Posted on March 7, 2011 by KEI Staff

David Hammerstein is a former Member of the European Parliament from Spain. He now works for the Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD). Among other things, he is an advocate for a new WIPO copyright treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities. The following is an interview with David, carried out from March 3 to March 6 by email.

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Comments on Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing Through the Intellectual Property System

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Anne Mira Guha

On September 20, 2010, the PTO published “Request for Comments on Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing Through the Intellectual Property System” in the Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 57261, available here):

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Response of WHO to KEI letter regarding McKinsey, vaccine policy and competing interests

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Thiru

On 20 February 2011, Dr. Keiji Fukuda, Assistant Director-General – Health Security and Environment, World Health Organization, responded to KEI’s letter (16 February 2011) regarding McKinsey, vaccine policy and competing interests. Here is the response in full (email contacts have been redacted).

From: “Fukuda, Keiji”
Date: February 20, 2011 4:14:05 PM GMT+01:00
To: “Thiru Balasubramaniam”
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Lobbying

Seven being considered for new US Register of Copyrights

Posted on February 28, 2011 by James Love

Apparently it is now down to seven final candidates to be the new US Register of Copyrights. These include two employees of the Copyright Office (Carson and Kasunic), a lawyer in private practice (Fries), a full time professor (Brauneis), a professor/USPTO negotiator (Hughes), a trade negotiator (McCoy), and a representative of a trade association (Perlmutter). By gender, the finalists are two women, and five men.

They are, in alphabetical order:

Robert Brauneis
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WBU suspends participation in WIPO & EU Stakeholder discussions, pending agreement at WIPO on legal framework

Posted on February 28, 2011 by James Love

On February 26, 2011, the World Blind Union issued a statement announcing it would “suspend participation in the WIPO Stakeholder Platform and EU Stakeholder Dialogue projects, pending agreement at WIPO on a proper binding legal framework.” [See full statement below]. The WBU statement is expected to dramatically change the environment for considering a new WIPO treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities.

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38 groups (including KEI) ask Congress to make CRS reports public

Posted on February 26, 2011 by James Love

Congressional Research Service reports are prepared in response to requests from members of congress. For decades, right to know groups have been asking that they be available online. The CRS describes itself as follows:

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KEI letter to WHO regarding McKinsey, vaccine policy and competing interests

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Thiru

On 15 February 2011, the Co-Chairs of the WHO Open-Ended Working Group of Member States on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits (OEWG) held a consultation with civil society. The Co-chairs of the OEWG are Ambassador J. Gomez-Camacho, Mexico and Ambassador B. Angell-Hansen, Norway. Continue Reading →

De Gucht responds to MEP Françoise Castex. Says ACTA is binding agreement, consistent with EU ‘acquis’

Posted on February 7, 2011 by James Love

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Noncommunicable diseases in the 2011 global public health agenda

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Thiru

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) enjoy a place of prominence on the global public health agenda in 2011. At the 128th WHO EB, the assembly was abuzz with news of a joint Russian and WHO initiative, the “First global ministerial conference on healthy lifestyles and noncommunicable disease control” to be held in Moscow on 28-29 April 2011 and the UN High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Non-Communicable Diseases in September 2011.

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Patents and Doctors, and the USTR TPP text

Interview with David Hammerstein regarding negotiations on WIPO treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities

Comments on Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing Through the Intellectual Property System

Response of WHO to KEI letter regarding McKinsey, vaccine policy and competing interests

Seven being considered for new US Register of Copyrights

WBU suspends participation in WIPO & EU Stakeholder discussions, pending agreement at WIPO on legal framework

38 groups (including KEI) ask Congress to make CRS reports public

KEI letter to WHO regarding McKinsey, vaccine policy and competing interests

De Gucht responds to MEP Françoise Castex. Says ACTA is binding agreement, consistent with EU ‘acquis’

Noncommunicable diseases in the 2011 global public health agenda

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