On 22 April 2021 the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) TRIPS Council addressed the proposal for a waiver from certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement for the prevention, containment and treatment of COVID-19 (IP/C/W/669) in an informal session of the TRIPS… Continue Reading
This is the agenda for a discussion of proposals to change Bayh-Dole regulations and Stevenson-Wydler Act statutes. The proposals for the changes in regulations were noticed on January 4, 2021, and the proposed changes in the statutes were published on… Continue Reading
KEI will host an online discussion of the new end of Trump term proposals to change Bayh-Dole regulations and Stevenson-Wydler Act statutes, on January 27, 2021, from 2pm to 4pm. To register for the event, send an email to bayh-dole-proposals@keionline.org… Continue Reading
The contract awarding Sanofi Pasteur (“Sanofi”) 1.8 billion U.S. taxpayers’ dollars for the development and manufacture of a COVID-19 vaccine was posted in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Electronic Reading Room on November 30, 2020. Overall, the… Continue Reading
UPDATE: On Friday, 27 November 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published document WO/CC/79/2, Appointment of Deputy Directors General and Assistant Directors General, in all six United Nations languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish) confirming the information… Continue Reading
On Friday, 20 November 2020, the World Trade Organization (WTO) convened an informal, virtual meeting of the TRIPS Council to discuss a proposal (IP/C/W/669) co-sponsored by Eswatini, India, Kenya, and South Africa for a waiver from certain provisions of the… Continue Reading
Other Matters at WIPO SCCR 40,a Proposal for study on public lending right: Like a sail in the wind on Lake Leman in Geneva, the Copyright and Related Rights Committee can change directions quite rapidly. For example, at the end… Continue Reading
The Angelus was sold by Millet for 1,000 francs in 1865, but just 14 years after Millet’s death in 1889, it was sold by the copper merchant Secrétan for 553,000 francs. In France, 100 years ago, the resale right was… Continue Reading
November 18, 2020 Among NGOs attending the SCCR 40, there are clear opposite views of what should be done by the SCCR right now. The rightholders (collective societies and producers) say things are fine, they just need more licensing opportunities.… Continue Reading
Some good, some bad and clearly some showing awareness that the pandemic has changed some rules of the (copyright) game Group B highlighted the need for remuneration of creators as well as the importance of measures at the national level.… Continue Reading