WTO TRIPS Council (February 2014) – EU’s intervention on Technical cooperation and capacity building
The European Union delivered the following intervention at the February 2014 WTO TRIPS Council on agenda item 10 (Technical cooperation and capacity building).
EU intervention – 25 February 2014
Point 10 TRIPS Council Agenda – Technical cooperation and capacity buildingWTO TRIPS Council (February 2014) – EU’s intervention on IP and Innovation: University Technology Partnerships
The European Union delivered the following intervention at the February 2014 WTO TRIPS Council on agenda item 12 (IP and Innovation: University Technology Partnerships). The United States of America tabled this standalone agenda item on University Technology Partnerships in the context of IP and Innovation.
TRIPS Council 25/26 February 2014
EU intervention on Agenda point 12
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WTO TRIPS Council (February 2014) – Ecuador’s interventions on the contribution of IP to facilitate the transfer of green tech
On Tuesday, 25 February 2014, Ecuador delivered the following two interventions at the WTO TRIPS Council on agenda item 11 (Contribution of Intellectual Property to Facilitate the Transfer of Environmentally Rational Technology). The antecedent to this discussion item is a paper that Ecuador circulated to the TRIPS Council in February 2013 (IP/C/W/585) on the relationship between intellectual property and the transfer of environmentally sound technology. It’s core ask was a Bali Ministerial Declaration on IP and environmentally sound technologies:
WTO TRIPS Council (February 2014) – India’s intervention on Non-Violation and Situation Complaints
For non-trade specialists, a ‘non-violation complaint’ at the WTO effectively amounts to a complaint that a country has violated the spirit but not the letter of trade law. While countries can launch such disputes at the WTO for trade in goods and services, there is a moratorium on doing so over intellectual property rights. Continue Reading
WTO TRIPS Council (February 2014) – India’s intervention on IP and Innovation: University Technology Partnerships
On Tuesday, 25 February 2014, India delivered the following intervention at the WTO TRIPS Council on agenda item 12 (IP and Innovation: University Technology Partnerships). The United States of America tabled this standalone agenda item on University Technology Partnerships in the context of IP and Innovation.
Agenda 12 : IP and Innovation: University Technology Partnerships
2014, PhRMA discussion of Brazil
PhRMA’s submission (7 February 2014, USTR-2013-0040) to USTR’s 2014 Special 301 Review requested USTR to have “Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2014 Special 301 Report” expressing concerns over Brazilian patentability standards, regulatory data protection, patent term adjustment for mailbox patents and government price controls and taxation. Continue Reading
2014, BIO discussion of Brazil
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) submission (7 February 2014, USTR-2013-0040) to USTR’s 2014 Special 301 Review requested USTR to place Brazil on the Priority Watch List.
Brazil
2014, NAM discussion of Brazil
The National Association of Manufacturers’s (NAM) submission (7 February 2014, USTR-2013-0040) to USTR’s 2014 Special 301 Review expressed concerns with aspects of Brazilian IPR policy including patent backlogs, ANVISA’s role in reviewing patents for pharmaceuticals, protection of test data for pharmaceuticals and Brazil’s role in WIPO advancing the use of compulsory licensing and requesting WIPO to develop a manual on the use of exceptions and limitations to the rights conferred by patents.
2014, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Global Intellectual Property Center) discussion of Brazil
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s (Global Intellectual Property Center) submission (7 February 2014, USTR-2013-0040) to USTR’s 2014 Special 301 expressed concerns with aspects of Brazilian IP policy which included the role of ANVISA in the granting of patents, patentability criteria, test data protection, compulsory licensing and local content requirements for cable television.