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Intellectual Property Watch

Reports on the interests and behind-the-scenes dynamics that influence the design and implementation of international intellectual property policies.
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Industry Pushes For Biosimilars Approval Process; Some IGOs Take Notice

Posted on February 24, 2009
Key players in the biotechnology industry are leading an effort to obtain global approval processes for generic biological medicines, which experts say could provide cheaper access to costly but widely prescribed and promising treatments.

Vaccine Capacity Increasing, But Not Enough, On Pandemic Flu

Posted on February 24, 2009
Capacity to make vaccines needed to respond to pandemic influenza has increased 300 percent, according to collaborative study [pdf] by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) released Tuesday...

French Legislature Puts Finishing Touches On Ambitious File-Sharing Law

Posted on February 23, 2009
French legislators are putting the final touches on controversial legislation that will likely lead to the most governmentally-proactive law intended to curb illegal file sharing among any other European Union member state.

IP Policy Issues May See Progress In A Changed US Landscape This Year

Posted on February 23, 2009
As the United States battles an economic meltdown, items like economic stimulus and home foreclosure relief are taking centre stage. Congress also is still working to confirm President Obama's nominees. But once those items are dealt with, issues such as patent reform and intellectual property enforcement are expected to be hot-button items once again.

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Questions On Social Content Ownership After Facebook Policy Changes

Posted on February 23, 2009
As the world becomes increasingly digitised, the question of who owns the uploaded pieces of people’s lives — their photographs, their missives to friends, their posted musings and blog entries — is clearly an issue capable of generating a lot of passion...

International Health Groups Warn WHO, WTO On Medicines Seizures

Posted on February 21, 2009
Leading international public health advocates have sent letters to the heads of the World Health Organization and World Trade Organization calling on them to act to prevent possible circumvention of international trade rules for intellectual property rights relating to shipments of legal generic drugs bound for developing countries.

Sri Lanka Seeks GI Protection For Ceylon Tea

Posted on February 20, 2009
The Sri Lanka Tea Board, will seek intellectual property protection for Ceylon tea (which takes its title from a former name of the island nation), according to a business news source from the country. Protection is sought under the World Trade Organization Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement rules on geographical indications, or [...

US Congressional, USPTO Officials See Geneva Policymaking Up Close

Posted on February 19, 2009
A small group of United States congressional staff and officials from the Obama administration working on intellectual property issues were in Geneva this week to discuss IP policy with representatives of intergovernmental organisations and industry, according to sources.

Strong EU Trade Provisions On IP Seen As Threat To Poor Nations? Medicines Access

Posted on February 18, 2009
BRUSSELS - Efforts by the European Union to insert strong provisions on pharmaceutical patents in a series of free trade agreements it is negotiating could imperil access to medicines in developing countries, global public health activists have alleged...

Texas Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Software

Posted on February 18, 2009
WASHINGTON - Timothy Kyle Dunaway, 24, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison by US District Court Judge Reed O?Connor in Wichita Falls for selling counterfeit computer software through the internet in violation of criminal copyright infringement laws, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M...

Intellectual Property Watch Website Updated

Posted on February 18, 2009
Readers may have noticed a few changes to the Intellectual Property Watch website, which we hope will make us easier to use as we bring you the same great content like breaking and in-depth stories and expert views, plus new features like a microblog (the IP Burble), better subscription management, improved search capabilities, a new discussion forum, more podcasts and other products and services...

White & Case Analysis of WTO US-China Copyright Case

Posted on February 18, 2009
Brendan McGivern, a partner at White & Case law firm in Geneva, issued an analysis of the recent decision by a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel on a case filed by the United States against China over copyright, customs and criminal matters...

ITU Sees Telecom Innovation As Key To Economic Recovery

Posted on February 18, 2009
The UN International Telecommunication Union issued a report at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that found innovation, convergence and a little opportunism will lead the information and communications technology industry out of the current crisis...

ISP Liability, Copyright Term Extension Key IP Issues For Europe This Year

Posted on February 18, 2009
The effort to tackle digital piracy is likely to remain the most contentious intellectual property issue in Europe this year. It will be joined by debates on copyright term extension, IP provisions in trade agreements, and an ongoing discussion of patent policy in Europe.

WIPO Rules On jackass.com

Posted on February 18, 2009
It is often unfortunate to see what the public servants of the World Intellectual Property Organization domain name arbitration centre must sift through to make decisions on internet name disputes, which generally reflect consumer tastes. In this case, media industry giant Viacom lost its fight for the rights to jackass...

The Critical Amendments in Turkish Trademark Legislation

Posted on February 17, 2009
A Turkish firm, Grup Ofis Patents & Trademarks, has highlighted key concerns in Turkey’s new trademark legislation, which it said came into force in January 2009. Click here to read document.

US Copyright Industry Submits On Special 301 Review

Posted on February 17, 2009
The International Intellectual Property Alliance, representing much of the US copyright industry, has submitted its allegations of foreign governments’ inadequate protection of US IP rights to the annual Special 301 process of the US Trade Representative’s office...

US Congress, Lobbyists Renew Patent Reform Slog With Focus On Damages

Posted on February 17, 2009
With patent reform expected to be introduced sooner rather than later in this 111th United States Congress, calculating damages for infringement remains one of the main sticking points.

New Draft Ethiopian IP Law, Says Local Newspaper

Posted on February 13, 2009
The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO) has finished a draft intellectual property law that would help pave the way for fuller membership in the Geneva institutions, according to a local news source from the country. The unconfirmed article says EIPO will present the draft law to the Ethiopian government in the coming months.

EPO Taps Indian Traditional Knowledge Database

Posted on February 13, 2009
The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, India’s online repository of traditional knowledge prior art, will now be available for the European Patent Office to use in its patent grant procedure. The digital library translates information from several languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, and Urdu, into English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish to help [...

GlaxoSmithKline CEO Calls For Patent Pool

Posted on February 13, 2009
Andrew Witty, CEO of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, said in a speech Friday at Harvard Medical School that GSK will contribute to a patent pool intended to increase innovation on medicines for neglected diseases. A Reuters story on the event is available here.

Proponents Explore Designs For Prizes To Aid Neglected Disease Research

Posted on February 12, 2009
The World Health Organization global strategy on public health, innovation and intellectual property calls for the exploration of alternative mechanisms to incentivise research and development, including the use of prize funds. A diverse group of nongovernmental agencies, government and pharmaceutical industry representatives recently looked at prize funds in detail, to determine different possible approaches and where they might best be applied to medical innovations.

Internet Governance Policy In 2009: Transition To New Digital Oversight

Posted on February 12, 2009
This year could be a transitional one for global internet governance policy, as the internet?s technical oversight body may finally lose its ties to the United States, the next generation internet comes into its own, the UN Internet Governance Forum will be reviewed, and the world could see the rapid spread of new internet domains.

Sports Federations Keep Up Defence Against Possible IP Infringers

Posted on February 12, 2009
Constant vigilance is needed to protect intellectual property rights in sports from creative efforts by ?ambush marketers? and others seeking to take unauthorised advantage of sports events, event organisers say.

US Debates Patent Exam Deferrals; Patent Reform Bill Expected This Year

Posted on February 12, 2009
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is considering a deferred-examination procedure to help reduce the backlog of the more than 770 million patent applications that have not yet been looked at. And the US Congress may be willing to help give the agency the authority to do so in this year's patent-reform legislation.

Five Ways To Handle “Brand Identity Crisis”

Posted on February 11, 2009
How to handle the media when a brand identity crisis erupts? The Brand Protection Council (BP Council) counts 5 ways: 1. Get back to basics with the ?3 Rs? ? Regret, Reassurance and Remedy 2. Have a crisis response plan on reserve 3. Ensure rapid response 4...

Estalla la preocupaci�n por el sistema de la OMC y el transporte de medicamentos; se reaviva el debate sobre los ADPIC

Posted on February 10, 2009
Por William New Los Embajadores de Brasil e India ante la Organizaci�n Mundial del Comercio (OMC) han acusado a otros miembros de la OMC de no tener fundamentos para bloquear el transporte legal de medicamentos gen�ricos sobre la base de posibles conflictos de derechos de propiedad intelectual (DPI) en el pa�s de tr�nsito, y advirtieron que [...

Intellectual Property Watch February Edition Now Available

Posted on February 10, 2009
The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Edition features top news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the international IP community, news briefs and more. The February edition is now available for subscribers.

Posted on February 09, 2009
The Year Ahead: Copyright has taken centre stage again this year as the battle over internet service provider (ISP) responsibility for digital piracy intensifies and spreads around the world. 2009 will also feature growing global pressure for a more harmonised system of copyright limitations and exceptions, and continuing controversy over the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

The Decline of University Patenting and the End of the Bayh-Dole Effect

Posted on February 09, 2009
A new study finds a decline in percentage of university patents in the United States as a percentage of overall patents granted by the US Patent and Trademark Organization. It says this is a seeming trend in advanced economies, and hypothesises that it is due to a change in the way that universities are ranked [...

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