FTC Alleges Price Gouging, Monopoly For Baby Medicines
This was the title the Washington Post today gave the AP story.
This was the title of the FTC Press release:
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Compulsory licensing
This is from an exchange on IP-Health.
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Dear Aidan and Thomas.
There are several things I could mention about this revised position on compulsory licenses, but I will begin with these.
Pogge and Hollis on the Trade-off between access and incentives
This is a comment on the references to compulsory licensing in the Hollis/Pogge HIF book that are quoted below.
https://www.keionline.org/blogs/2008/11/18/excerpts-from-hif-compulsory-licensing/
Aidan Hollis and Thomas Pogge, The Health Impact Fund, Making New Medicines Accessible for All, A Report of Incentives for Global Health, 2008.
Why the HIF rejected open licensing
In an exchange on the i+a listserve, I asked Professor Pogge if the decision to reject open licensing was in part because he was concerned about opposition from certain elements of the pharmaceutical industry. This was his response, shared here with permission:
KEI reaction to composition of WHO Expert Working Group on R&D financing
WHO has announced the names for the Expert Working Group on R&D financing
We don’t know everyone on the list, but for the people that we do know, we are generally impressed. The WHO seems to have created a body with considerable expertise and reputation, and included people who will consider new ideas. This seems like a very good start.
November 13, 2008. KEI brownbag on US Priority Review Voucher
At KEI Washington, DC offices
US Priority Review Voucher
Time: 12:00pm-2:30pm, Thursday, 13 November 2008
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Washington DC, 20009Tel: +1 202 332 2670
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Unpacking the WIPO SCCR Limitations and Exceptions (to copyright) agenda
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) divides its norm setting work among several committees. The 17th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) met last week, and considered several topics, including the first in-depth effort to consider a work program on limitations and exceptions for copyright. This work program, first proposed formally by Chile (SCCR/13/5) among WIPO member states, is a work in progress. Continue Reading
Pictures from SCCR 17
WIPO SCCR: Chilean intervention on Exceptions and Limitations
The representative from the government of Chile (on behalf of Chile, Nicaragua, Brazil and Uruguay) delivered this very powerful statement this afternoon at WIPO during the Seventeenth Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).
Chile proposed that the WIPO secretariat distributes a questionnaire on copyright exceptions and limitations between all WIPO Member States in order to continue with the information gathering process. Chile remarked on the good experience with the APEC survey on exceptions and limitations.
WIPO SCCR 17: KEI statement on copyright limitations and exceptions
These are the notes I used for my oral presentation today at the WIPO SCCR 17 discussion on copyright limitations and exceptions. Jamie
KEI supports the proposal by Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua and Uruguay for a SCCR work program on L&E, including information gathering, analysis and norm setting.
KEI supports the proposal for a survey on L&E.
In terms of studies, KEI agrees with CI that WIPO should undertake studies related to distance education and innovative services to complete the other WIPO studies.