December 4, 2007 Ruth Lopert Brown Bag on FTAs
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Knowledge Ecology International Brown Bag Lunch:
Ruth Lopert on pharmaceutical provisions in Australia-US and Korea-US FTAs
Washington, DC
4 December 2007
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Profile of open standards ramped up at Rio IGF
At the first Internet Governance Forum launched in Athens in the winter of 2006, the prevailing perception of open standards was that of an arcane, technical subject confined to obscure standard setting organizations staffed by computer scientists, engineers and technologists. It is perhaps testament to the efforts of the Dynamic Coalition of Open Standards (DCOS), created in Athens in 2006 that open standards has come to the fore of the 2nd Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro.
Unlock the value, $10 million prize for silver mining technology
On September 20, the The New York Times reported on Barrick’s announcement it would offer “a $10 million prize on Wednesday to any scientist, researcher or inventor who can increase the amount of silver the company recovers from a mine in Argentina.” The rules for the prize are set out here: http://www.unlockthevalue.com/
Tom Giovanetti on the R&D Treaty, and political science
Tom Giovanetti kindly sent me a link to his latest NGO bashing. This one titled: “IP skeptic NGOs as Marxists.” This is his attempt to label the various public health groups as Marxists, and his brief attempt to understand or describe a February 2005 proposal for one possible approach R&D Treaty.
First, I have told Tom Giovanetti several times that while his hysterical red baiting is amusing at times, it is also sometimes offensive and boring.
Former WIPO employee (now with PhRMA) moonlights as BIO bouncer
Richard Kjeldgaard, a former Senior Counsellor in the Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and now employed by the U.S. based Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) performed his role as “bouncer” admirably today at a luncheon organized by the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
Jan 28 & 29, 2008 KEI & UNU-MERIT Medical Prize Fund Workshop
Agenda for the Maastricht Meeting on Medical Innovation Prizes
Official Website for the Meeting on Medical Innovation Prizes
KEI / UNU-MERIT Prize for the Best Paper on Monetary Prizes to Stimulare Medical R&D
Propuesta: Pools de Patentes para el Cancer
Boletín Fármacos has asked me to write a short summary of one of KEI’s projects. I chose to present a patent pool for medical technologies related to the prevention and treatment of cancer. Please find the article below. It is also available: http://www.boletinfarmacos.org/092007/ventana_abierta.asp
Dept of State cables on Brazil negotiations on prices and patents for AIDS drugs
Saturday, 13 October 2007
Under the US FOIA, KEI has recently received copies of 12 Continue Reading
WIPO General Assembly 2007 document: Brief note on allegations against the Organization and its Director General
The outgoing General Assembly Chair, Enrique Manalo (Ambassador, Philippines) commenced the 43th session of the WIPO General Assembly at 10:23 AM (Central European Time). Ambassador Manalo highlighted the success of Development Agenda negotiations as a hallmark of his tenure as Chair over the course of 2 years.
KEI Statement on Westinghouse/Toshiba Kazatomprom Sale
FMI: James Love (202.332.2670) Today Toshiba announced (http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2007_08/pr1301.htm ) that it intends to transfer 10 percent ownership of Westinghouse's holding companies to Kazatomprom, a company owned by the government of Kazakhstan, at a price of US $540 million dollars. The… Continue Reading