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Traité ACTA : inquiétudes concernant le caractère secret des négociations

Posted on August 15, 2008
Par Monika Ermert pour Intellectual Property Watch Des représentants des milieux industriels et gouvernementaux, ainsi que des experts dans le domaine du droit de la propriété intellectuelle se sont déclarés surpris par le secret qui entoure les négociations sur le Traité international de lutte contre la contrefaçon (ACTA)...

ACTA: las negociaciones progresan ?detrás del telón?; muchas preocupaciones

Posted on August 14, 2008
Por Monika Ermert para Intellectual Property Watch Los representantes de la industria y del público y los especialistas en derecho de propiedad intelectual están desconcertados por el permanente secreto en el cual se están llevando a cabo las negociaciones sobre el propuesto Acuerdo Comercial contra la Falsificación (ACTA, por su sigla ...

Le volume des demandes de brevet continue d?augmenter mais risque de se stabiliser ? les petits pays sont sous-représentés.

Posted on August 14, 2008
Par William New Les dépôts de demandes de brevet poursuivent leur courbe ascendante, de même que les problèmes liés à l?assurance qualité et au traitement du volume croissant des demandes. Comme l?ont fait remarquer des représentants de l?Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle, des efforts doivent être consentis pour faciliter l?accès ...

Traité international sur les ressources phytogénétiques pour l?alimentation et l?agriculture: des objectifs difficiles à mettre en ?uvre

Posted on August 13, 2008
Par Catherine Saez Alors que le monde est confronté à une crise alimentaire, l?Organisation des Nations Unies pour l?agriculture et l?alimentation (FAO) tente de défendre la biodiversité afin de contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire. À cette fin, elle a lancé une initiative visant à garantir la diversité génétique agricole mondiale dans ...

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Siguen en aumento las solicitudes de patente en el mundo, pero podrían estabilizarse. Las naciones pequeñas decaen

Posted on August 12, 2008
Por William New A escala mundial, en particular en algunas naciones, la presentación de solicitudes de patente sigue creciendo, a medida que aumentan los problemas de procesamiento de solicitudes de gran volumen y de aseguramiento de calidad. Sin embargo, debe prestarse más atención a la introducción de las economías pequeñas en ...

Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative Aimed At Protecting African Medical Industries

Posted on August 08, 2008
By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch West African people should establish a medical anti-counterfeiting task force to promote local herbal medicines by protecting indigenous knowledge and genetic property and establishing benefit-sharing systems in addition to tackling the spread of cheap, fake medicines that are causing an unnecessary loss of life, ...

Brazil Probes Pharmaceutical Industry For Building High-Cost Drug Demand

Posted on August 08, 2008
By Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch RIO DE JANEIRO - An investigation was conducted recently by the civil police in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, against multinational pharmaceutical companies, in which the prosecution affirmed that laboratories pay lawyers to get patients the right to obtain high-cost medicines through the Brazilian health ...

International Seed Treaty?s Goals Of Biodiversity, Food Security Tough To Implement

Posted on August 07, 2008
By Catherine Saez As the world struggles with a global food crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is working to support biodiversity as a way to contribute to food security. To that end, the FAO has launched an initiative to ensure that this global genetic ...

New US Voucher Prize System For Neglected Diseases Launches Amid Doubts

Posted on August 06, 2008
By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch As a novel prize system to encourage the development of treatments for diseases that disproportionately affect patients in developing countries launches in the United States next month, concerns are already being voiced as to whether it will provide the right incentives for desperately-needed drugs...

Global Patent Filings Continue Rise But May Level Off; Smaller Nations Slipping

Posted on August 05, 2008
By William New Patent filings continue to rise globally, especially in a few nations, as do problems of high-volume application processing and quality assurance. But more attention is needed to bring smaller economies into the patent system, and patenting may slow down with tough economic times, officials at the World Intellectual ...

Aumentan las actividades de PI de la UNCTAD gracias al mandato renovado; mayor colaboración

Posted on August 04, 2008
Por Catherine Saez Las cuestiones relacionadas con la propiedad intelectual (PI) parecen ser un claro enfoque de políticas de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD), ya que la 12.va conferencia cuatrienal de la UNCTAD celebrada en abril reconfirmó el mandato sobre PI; la organización fue nombrada ...

Renouvellement du mandat de la CNUCED et renforcement de la collaboration dans le domaine de la propriété intellectuelle

Posted on August 04, 2008
Par Catherine Saez Les questions liées à la propriété intellectuelle apparaissent comme un objectif clé des politiques mises en oeuvre par la Conférence des Nations Unies pour le commerce et le développement (CNUCED) au regard de la décision prise lors de la 12ème Conférence quadriennale, qui a eu lieu en avril, ...

Summertime Changes For IP Policymakers In Geneva

Posted on August 04, 2008
It's summertime, and that means many changing faces at the missions and the international organisations in Geneva. Read the latest on the comings and goings of some key IP policymakers. Please note: this article is password protected and only available for IP-Watch Subscribers...

ACTA: Negotiations Advance ?Behind The Curtain?; Many Concerns

Posted on August 02, 2008
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Representatives of industry and the public as well as intellectual property law experts are puzzled by the ongoing secrecy under which negotiations on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are being held...

Panel Shows Flaws In Global IP Enforcement Push, Especially For Developing Countries

Posted on July 31, 2008
By Kaitlin Mara Intellectual property is the last real comparative advantage that rich countries have, said a panellist at a recent International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) joint event...

US: We Will Not Give Up Oversight Of Internet Domain Name Root Zone

Posted on July 31, 2008
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The Bush administration has no intention of giving up United States oversight role of the management of the central root zone of the internet domain name system (DNS), the essential database storing information on how to reach domain names on the global internet...

Abrupt End To Ministerial Leaves Questions On Future Of IP Issues At WTO

Posted on July 31, 2008
By William New The World Trade Organization Doha Round is over, and bitterly, at least for now, but negotiators left town with the general consensus that hard-earned work to date should not be lost and that there might be resumption of talks sometime in the future...

Nokia-Qualcomm Settlement Boosts Sharing, Ends Costly Patent War

Posted on July 31, 2008
By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch Nokia and Qualcomm, the two mobile phone equipment manufacturers engaged in a costly patent war that spanned three years and three continents settled their differences last week. However, questions still remain over the principles they fought about in courts around the world...

Collapse Of WTO Talks Washes Away Hope For TRIPS Changes

Posted on July 29, 2008
By William New Seven-year negotiations at the World Trade Organization collapsed today after an intensive nine-day ministerial snagged on an agricultural issue. And with the end of the Doha Round of trade negotiations for the foreseeable future go the hopes of some members of amending global trade rules on intellectual property ...

TRIPS Issues Still Possible At WTO, If Overall Talks Unlock

Posted on July 29, 2008
By William New Intellectual property issues are progressing slowly and quietly on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization ministerial as prospects for an agreement on broader issues remain tense and uncertain, according to sources. Ways to proceed on IP issues continue to be contemplated, with a key focus on the ...

First Arab Satellite Channel On IP Rights Launched In Egypt

Posted on July 29, 2008
By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch CAIRO - In a bid to promote awareness of intellectual property rights issues and provide information about IP in the Arab world, the first dedicated IP Arab satellite channel has been launched. Based in Smart Village in Cairo with offices in most major cities of ...

UK Content, ISP Industries Agree To Partner Against Digital Piracy

Posted on July 28, 2008
By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch A groundbreaking agreement between the UK government, major internet service providers (ISPs) and the music and film industries could signal that efforts to engage ISPs in fighting digital copyright piracy are gaining momentum...

Prospects Dim For TRIPS Issues At WTO Ministerial; October Deadline Possible

Posted on July 27, 2008
By William New The prospect for an agreement to negotiate on three intellectual property issues at the World Trade Organization have dimmed considerably, with no further meetings with delegations likely on Sunday, according to officials. A possible proposal is circulating to move the deadline on IP issues to October...

Mandelson Keeps TRIPS Issues Critical As Lamy Hints At Need To Move On

Posted on July 26, 2008
By William New The European Union on Saturday restated the necessity of including three intellectual property issues in any outcome of the World Trade Organization ministerial negotiations, even as the WTO director general signalled a need to prevent the IP issues from upsetting other achievements...

WTO Ministerial TRIPS Chair Floats ?Elements? As Main Issues Start To Move

Posted on July 25, 2008
[Update: Ministers reached a tentative deal Friday night on some aspects of agriculture and NAMA, and will take up services on Saturday, according to ministers.] By William New Word went out Friday evening that there may have been some progress on the main issues under negotiation at this week?s World Trade Organization ...

Inside Views: Patent Insurance Scheme: Financial Resource For WHO Global IP Strategy?

Posted on July 25, 2008
By Itaru Nitta, Green Intellectual Property Project, Geneva, Switzerland In its Assembly 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property to squarely steer the global R&D [research and development] and IP policy toward maladies afflicting impoverished nations...

US Patent Office Conducts Tour On Industrial Design Protection

Posted on July 24, 2008
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch The United States Patent and Trademark Office is meeting with industry groups and intellectual property experts to determine how to strike just the right balance on industrial design protection in the United States...

Chair: Compromise On TRIPS Issues Still Possible, If Broader WTO Talks Can Move

Posted on July 24, 2008
By Kaitlin Mara and William New Compromise on intellectual property issues at this week?s World Trade Organization ministerial meeting has been hard to find, but the facilitator of the IP talks said Thursday night that the possibility remains if the broader talks can proceed...

IP Experts Sign Declaration Seeking Balanced Copyright Three-Step Test

Posted on July 24, 2008
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Harmonisation of copyright regulation in recent years has overly "focussed on securing rightsholders' ability to benefit from new modes of exploitation and business models" and has primarily served "the interests of copyright exporting countries...

L?Europe pourrait accélérer les négociations de l?ACAC

Posted on July 24, 2008
Monika Ermert pour Intellectual Property Watch Contrairement à ce que les négociateurs européens avaient affirmé au sujet du temps nécessaire pour peaufiner l?Accord commercial anti-contrefaçon (ACAC), les pays semblent à présent prêts à accélérer les négociations...

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