On 20 May 2019, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) convened an International Conference on Intellectual Property (IP) and Development. On 19 November 2019, at the 24th session of WIPO’s Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), Knowledge Ecology International… Continue Reading
The 146th session of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board will take place from 3 February 2020 to 8 February 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland. Rule 8 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board of the World Health… Continue Reading
Today at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) started the discussion on the broadcasters’ treaty. According to the Chair, at the last General Assembly, the Committee received “a mandate to continue making progress towards convening a… Continue Reading
On October 11, 2019, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) sent a letter to Representative Frank Pallone Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, describing a preliminary estimate of the effects of Title I of H.R. 3 bill.… Continue Reading
The following records were provided by KEI from UCLA on September 28, 2018, following a freedom of Records Request. This page describes the contents of on very large PDF file, the “Combined IN Writ Petition DHC,” which is 1,309 pages long,… Continue Reading
This is the statement the United States of America delivered on behalf of the US government at the WIPO General Assembly, on the work program for the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). The most detailed discussion concerned… Continue Reading
The UK Labour Party Document, “Medicines-For-The-Many” is 52 pages long, including 9 pages of end notes. It is an ambitious document. The document discusses, in some detail, innovation as well as access and affordability. The reforms proposed include measures that… Continue Reading
UPDATE: On 29 July 2019, the co-facilitators (Ambassadors of Georgia and Thailand) of the intergovernmental consultations on a UN political declaration on universal health coverage announced that the silence procedure was broken by “several delegations on paragraphs 29, 68, 69,… Continue Reading
On Thursday, 11 July 2019, the 41st session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted, without a vote, resolution A/HRC/41/L.13, “Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental… Continue Reading
(UPDATE: The NIH provided a response to our comments on July 11, 2019) On July 2, 2019, KEI and UACT submitted comments to the Federal Register notice 84 FR 28063, on the “Prospective Grant of an Exclusive Patent License: Development… Continue Reading