4 August 2015
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Knowledge Ecology International Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
August 4, 2015. Press Release for initial release of patent and enforcement provisions: Knowledge Ecology International Leaks TPP Text on Intellectual Property, (PDF)
June 2015 – WTO Trade Policy Review of India: Section 3(d) and Compulsory Licensing under the Spotlight
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following intervention on 29 July 2015 during WIPO discussions on the proposal by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) to revise the 1979 WIPO Model Law for Developing Countries on Inventions.
KEI statement on GRULAC proposal (SCP/22/5)
WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)
29 July 2015Proposal: Engage Member States in the Revision of the 1979 WIPO Model Law for Developing Countries on Inventions
SCP22: India’s Intervention on inventive step (SCP/22/3)
India delivered this lengthy, nuanced intervention on inventive step on 28 July 2015 citing the US Supreme Court observations on a person skilled in the art (PSIA), the KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. decision on obviousness as applied to patent claims, the IPAB Roche decision (in relation to inventive step) and jurisprudence from the House of Lords on inventive step.
India’s Intervention on a study on inventive step (SCP/22/3) at SCP/22
WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents: What’s on the agenda?
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Twenty-Second session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) is taking place from 27 July 2015 to 31 July 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. The prior session of the Committee (November 2014) ended in deadlock. Ultimately, patents and health proved to be the deciding factor.
Recent stuff on the TPP from KEI, plus some other relevant materials for Maui round
KEI’s release of TPP Intellectual Property Chapter – May 11, 2015 Draft Link to full text of the IP Chapter: /tpp/11may2015-ip-text 2015:2 KEI TPP Briefing Note: The Evolution of the Article on Patents/Patentable Subject Matter in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Intellectual… Continue Reading
Seminars on Drug Pricing: Part 2, Ruth Lopert
On Thursday, 23 July 2015, at 11AM Eastern Time (Washington, DC), KEI will host a seminar on drug pricing featuring Dr. Ruth Lopert, the Deputy Director of Pharmaceutical Policy and Strategy at the Center for Pharmaceutical Management, at Management Sciences for Health (MSH).
Selected KEI blogs and letters on provisions in ACTA, TPP and other trade agreements on copyright damages and access to orphan works.
Selected KEI blogs and letters on provisions in ACTA, TPP and other trade agreements on copyright damages and access to orphan works. 2009 June 15, 2009, James Love, Damages, Injunctions and Transparency Key Issues in ACTA Negotiations. Available at /blogs/2009/06/15/thoughts-acta-negotiations… Continue Reading
Resource material on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
What is the TTIP?
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in the words of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), “is an ambitious, comprehensive, and high-standard trade and investment agreement being negotiated between the United States and the European Union (EU)” launched in 2013. (Source: USTR TTIP website) In President Obama’s State of the Union Address on 12 February 2013, Obama announched the launch of the TTIP:
