March/April Edition Of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available

The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter features the most important news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the IP community at the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Geneva missions, regional and national IP offices, industry and non-governmental organisations, plus News Briefs on reports and events that do not appear on the IP-Watch website.

For this and more, read the Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter, now available online for subscribers at: http://www.ip-watch.org/user/newsletter.

• Negotiators Defend ACTA, Promise New Levels Of Transparency
• WHO Enters Final Phase On Ideas For Financing Of Drug R&D
• Brazil Moves To Apply WTO Ruling On Cross-Retaliation Against US IP
• China Says Its Obligations Fulfilled In WTO Copyright Dispute Case
• Global Patent Leaders Warned On Costs Of Backlog; Differ On Harmonisation
• US Senate Considers New Legislation To Reform Patent Laws
• US Takes Aim At IP Infringement With New International Trade Agenda
• Censors, Companies, Consumers Squaring Off Over Internet Freedom
• Electronics Manufacturers’ Legal Hired Guns Target US Hackers
• Views On Annual US IP Enforcement Process Point To Piracy, Health, ACTA
• WTO Examines Effectiveness Of IP Trade And Public Health Measures
• “Near Perfect Storm” Gathering On Gene Patents In The US, Report Says
• GIs Can Help Development, But Key Ingredients Are Needed, FAO Says
• Easier EU Copyright Clearance Could Unlock Online Content, Broadcasters Say
• Indian Civil Society Raises Concerns Over US Industry-Sponsored IP Summits
• US, EU Businesses Urge IP Enforcement “Surge”, Stronger IP In Trade
• FAO Conference On Biotechnology: Civil Society Upset, Industry Hopeful
• News In Brief
• People