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Rep. Eshoo (D-CA) Sends Letter to USTR Requesting Clarification Regarding Conflicts in TPP Language on Damages and BPCIA, ISDS

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Andrew Goldman

On Tuesday October 20, 2015, Representative Anna Eshoo (D-CA), one of the principal authors of the Biologic Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative requesting timely clarification regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s impact “on existing U.S. laws that limit damages for infringement of intellectual property (IP) rights, and on the potential ISDS ramifications for those conflicts.”

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Contrast in privilege: US officials working to block WTO LDC drug patent waiver, and people affected by policy

Posted on October 18, 2015 by James Love

On the left, the people in the Obama Administration trying to block a permanent waiver of WTO drug patent obligations for Least Developed Countries (as defined by the UN). On the right, some people living in least developed countries.

Ambassador Michael Forman. Head of USTR. Alma maters: Princeton, Oxford and Harvard Law. Formerly ran a hedge fund for Citibank.
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Commentary on the WTO negotiations over waiver of drug patents for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Diane Singhroy

Below you will find a collection of articles in the press and commentary by KEI relating to the request for LDC patent exemption on pharmaceutical products at the WTO.

KEI commentary

October 14, 2015. Senator Sherrod Brown letter to USTR, supporting permanent waiver of WTO drug patent rules for LDCs
October 12, 2015. US, AU and CA try to block WTO LDC drug patent waiver because PhRMA’s not happy enough with the TPP

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Some KEI Tweets regarding TPP IP Chapter

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Elizabeth Rajasingh

On 9 October 2015, Wikileaks released the final text of the IP chapter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Jamie Love provided comments via twitter.

https://twitter.com/jamie_love

Updated: 9 October 2015
(In the order posted)

Wikileaks has the October 5, 2015 version of the #TPP IP Chapter. https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip3/WikiLeaks-TPP-IP-Chapter/WikiLeaks-TPP-IP-Chapter-051015.pdf

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Seven Members of House of Representatives Send Letter to USTR Calling For Waiver of WTO Patent Rules for LDCs

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Andrew Goldman

October 2, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Zack Struver
+1 (202) 332-2670
zack.struver@keionline.org

Seven House Members Push U.S. Trade Representative to Support Indefinite Waiver on Pharmaceutical Patents for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

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Press Release: Coalition for Affordable T-DM1 Asks UK Government to grant compulsory licenses on Roche breast cancer drug

Posted on October 1, 2015 by James Love

Press Release: Coalition for Affordable T-DM1 Asks the UK Government to Employ Crown Use Authority to Lower Price of Expensive Cancer Drug sold by Roche

CONTACT:

Diarmaid McDonald
email: accessdiarmaid@gmail.com
+44.7894.4557.81

Susannah Markandya
email: s.markandya@gmail.com
+44.7811.9573.12

Zack Struver
email: zack.struver@keionline.org
Cell: +1.914.582.1428
Office: +1.202.332.2670 (between 2:00 PM and 10:00 PM BST)

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KEI urges investigation of trade pressures on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in light of Executive Order 13155

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Zack Struver

Knowledge Ecology International sent letters today (attached to this release), September 21, 2015, to the Office of the General Counsel to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Commerce, asking that they investigate USTR and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the potential violation of an Executive Order issued by Bill Clinton — which prohibits the use of trade pressures to hinder polices related to access to HIV/AIDS medicines in sub-Saharan Africa — in their attempt to stop a request by Least Develop Continue Reading →

USTR releases documents from 2012 R&D treaty negotiations

Posted on September 21, 2015 by James Love

On September 28, 2012, nearly three years ago, KEI submitted a FOIA request to USTR for “all documents relating to the World Health Organization (WHO) consideration of an agreement or treaty to support medical R&D.”

Three years later USTR has released 89 pages of documents, with some redactions. But USTR also withheld 64 documents pursuant to FOIA exemption 552(b)(5) and three documents pursuant to FOIA exemption 552(b)(1).

USTR Cover letter

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Senator Bernie Sanders proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions

Posted on September 20, 2015 by KEI Staff

This is a video by Zack Struver about Senator Bernie Sander’s proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions. The video discusses both the proposal by Senator Sanders to give the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs the authority to use compulsory licenses on patents on medical inventions, including drugs, and the history of “government use” provisions in current U.S. statutes, including 28 U.S.C. 1498, which Sanders proposes modifying.

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Senator Bernie Sanders proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions

Posted on September 19, 2015 by James Love

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Rep. Eshoo (D-CA) Sends Letter to USTR Requesting Clarification Regarding Conflicts in TPP Language on Damages and BPCIA, ISDS

Contrast in privilege: US officials working to block WTO LDC drug patent waiver, and people affected by policy

Commentary on the WTO negotiations over waiver of drug patents for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Some KEI Tweets regarding TPP IP Chapter

Seven Members of House of Representatives Send Letter to USTR Calling For Waiver of WTO Patent Rules for LDCs

Press Release: Coalition for Affordable T-DM1 Asks UK Government to grant compulsory licenses on Roche breast cancer drug

KEI urges investigation of trade pressures on Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in light of Executive Order 13155

USTR releases documents from 2012 R&D treaty negotiations

Senator Bernie Sanders proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions

Senator Bernie Sanders proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions

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