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Chilean Cámara de Diputados votes overwhelmingly to advance compulsory licensing of drug patents.

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GiorgioJacksonChile.jpgThe Cámara de Diputados of the Chilean Congress voted on January 25, 2017 in favor of Resolution 798, calling on the government to implement compulsory licenses on drugs for cancer and other diseases. The vote was 67 yes, 0 no, and 32 abstentions. The resolution was put forward by Giorgio Jackson and six other members (V. Mirosevic, Miguel Alvarado, Karla Rubilar, Juan Luis Castro, Gabriel Boric, and Victor Torres). Continue Reading →

SCP25: South Africa’s Experience Related to the Topic of Access to Medicines

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On Wednesday, 14 December 2016, the delegation of South Africa delivered a comprehensive, moving account of South Africa’s “journey in the quest to provide access to essential medicines” at WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents.

South Africa Access to Medicines: South Africa’s Experience Related to the Topic of Access to Medicines at the Standing Committee on the Laws of Patents

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Madam Vice Chair,

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PCB39: Address of Justice Michael Kirby – HIV/AIDS & Solidarity – 30 Years On

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On 7 December 2016, Justice Michael Kirby delivered the following keynote speech at the 39th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board during discussions on intellectual property and access to medicines. Justice Kirby served as a member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines.

UNAIDS
PROGRAMME COORDINATING BOARD
39TH MEETING, WHO, GENEVA
AGENDA ITEM 6, 7 DECEMBER 2016

HIV/AIDS & SOLIDARITY – 30 YEARS ON*

Michael Kirby**

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USPTO meeting on “Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works” Dec. 9, 2016

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On Friday December 9, 2016, the Department of Commerce held a meeting at USPTO on “Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works” in order to “facilitate constructive, cross-industry dialogue among stakeholders about ways to promote a more robust and collaborative online marketplace for copyrighted works.” Among the topics for discussion were “the potential for interoperability across digital registries and standards work in this field, and conside Continue Reading →

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PCB39: Eight hour drafting session charts future course for UNAIDS work program on Intellectual Property and the UN HLP

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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) held the 39th Meeting of its Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) from 6-8 December 2016 in Geneva Switzerland. In his opening speech on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, Michel Sidibé (Executive Director, UNAIDS) paid tribute to the life of Australian national Katie Kirk – who passed away on 20 October 2016 while on mission in Indonesia.

In his speech, Sidibé noted:

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SCCR 33, KEI’s intervention on legal protection for technological protection measures

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This was our intervention at SCCR 33 on the topics of exceptions to the legal protection for technological protection measures.

TPMs are an legitimate and important measure to protect certain works, data and technologies from unauthorized uses.

The issues raised by libraries and archives concern the legal protection that one gives the technological protection.

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SCCR33 – Statement by the Latin American and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) – Limitations on liability for libraries and archives

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On Thursday afternoon, 17 November 2016, WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) addressed the topic of limitations on liability for libraries and archives. Chile, on behalf of the Latin Americas and Caribbean Group (GRULAC) provided a poignant example of how limitations on liability for libraries and archives enabled the provision of an accurate account and attribution of the role played by the Brazilian diplomat, Bertha Lutz, and other Latin American delegates in ensuring gender equity in the UN Charter of 1945.

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9 November 2016 – WTO TRIPS Council – EU’s intervention on Intellectual Property and Innovation – Regional Innovation Models

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Australia, the European Union, Japan, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei and the United States requested the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to place an item on the agenda of the November 2016 TRIPS Council agenda entitled – “Intellectual Property and Innovation: Regional Innovation Models. On 9 November 2016, the European Union delivered the following intervention on regional innovations models. Intellectual Property and Innovation have been on the agenda of the TRIPS Council since 2012.

IP AND INNOVATION: REGIONAL INNOVATION MODELS

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