Following Thailand and Brazil granting compulsory licences for patented drugs, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has held a conference Read the rest of this entry »
WIPO Holds Conference on Drugs and the Third World
September 22, 2007
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EU Split Over Thai Effort to Obtain Cheaper Patented Drugs
September 9, 2007Is it morally correct to steal an expensive medication in order to save a life, if no other alternative is possible? Read the rest of this entry »
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Jordan Holds Conference on IP in Medicine
July 23, 2007Sanofi Aventis, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies has sponsored a two-day Intellectual Property Seminar in Petra, Read the rest of this entry »
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European Parliament Stands Up to Council of Ministers and Resolves to Liberalize Providing Drugs to Developing Countries
July 21, 2007The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for further liberalisation of the TRIPS regime in relation to the sale and manufacture of patented drugs in and to developing Read the rest of this entry »
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India Steamed Up Over US Yoga Patents
June 1, 2007Well it is not just the US Government that protests the poor level of IP protection in other countries. With admirable Chutzpa, the Indian government has decided to lodge a protest against yoga-related patents issued by the US Patents & Trademarks Office.
The Indian Health Ministry is taking up the issue directly with the USPTO and the Indian Commerce Department is writing to the US Trade Read the rest of this entry »
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Israel Ranked Low for Software Piracy – Wherein the Real Problem?
May 18, 2007Worldwide, software piracy exceeds $40 Billion according to a study commissioned by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) in collaboration with the IDC.
The report, Read the rest of this entry »
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Israel Remains on the U.S. “Priority Watch List” – Allegedly for Copyright Piracy
May 1, 2007The US published their “Special 301 Report” on Monday, targeting 12 Countries including Israel for copyright piracy monitoring.
Officially, the United States claims that the countries on the “priority watch list” are there for failing to sufficiently protect American producers of music, movies and other copyrighted material from widespread copyright piracy, which the US contends costs American industry billions of dollars in lost sales annually.
“We must defend ideas, inventions and creativity from rip-off artists and thieves,”
said U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab in a statement accompanying the report.
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The US is to Bring China to the WTO for Arbitration on IP Rights
April 11, 2007U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab has announced that the United States will bring China to the World Trade Organization for dispute-settlement talks concerning intellectual property rights.
If the parties do not settle a matter within a 60-day Read the rest of this entry »
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