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Egyptian Goddess Puts Teeth Back In US Industrial Design Rights

William New Nov 12, 2008 6 min read

By Steven Seidenberg for Intellectual Property Watch For the past two decades, industrial design rights have received little respect in the United States. But no longer. The recent court ruling…

Korea Close On “Graduated Response” Bill Aimed At Copyright Infringers

Catherine Saez Nov 10, 2008 5 min read

By Catherine Saez Korean legislation might be getting tougher on copyright infringers as a new bill is expected to be considered by the National Assembly as soon as this month,…

Brazil, EU Collaborate On Local Production Of AIDS Drugs In Mozambique

Claudia Jurberg Nov 10, 2008 6 min read

By Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Health Minister José Gomes Temporão and the President of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation,…

Impact Of The Probable Incorporation Of An Additional Step (Of Public Interest) In Indian Injunction Jurisprudence

William New Nov 10, 2008 10 min read

By Swarup Kumar From the content of the recently decided Roche v Cipla 2008 (37) PTC 71(Del) interim order issued by Justice S. Ravinder Bhatt of Delhi High Court, it…

WIPO Committee Advances Agenda On Copyright Exceptions, Broadcasting

William New Nov 9, 2008 13 min read

By William New As the senior staff of the World Intellectual Property Organization gathered outside its headquarters Friday to set the foundation stone of a new office building, WIPO member…

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Health Assembly Officials Watch For Last-Minute Amendments

At the U.N. World Health Assembly negotiations in Geneva, officials have been watching carefully for the last-minute introduction of any amendments they view as unfavourable. This is true for all of t…

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May Edition of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Available

A note to our readers: The May edition of Intellectual Property Watch’s Monthly Reporter is available on our website. The monthly publication, available online and in hard copy every month, features a…

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Experts Discuss Essential Drugs Patent Pool Proposal

Consumer representatives, United Nations diplomats, drug industry representatives and others this week discussed a proposal to form a patent pool for essential medicines. The proposal was put forward …

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Pressure Rises On Drug Patents In Brazil

Brazil, a developing country leader on international intellectual property issues, has come under pressure at home and abroad over whether to lift domestic patents on foreign pharmaceuticals for AIDS …

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Ten Years Later, U.S. Report On IPR Compliance Still Questioned

Ten years after the signing of a multilateral agreement pitched as a vehicle to help developing countries defend against unilateral actions against them by larger countries, the Office of the U.S. Tra…

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Key US Official On TRIPS And Public Health To Step Down

Ambassador Linnet Deily, the United States representative to the World Trade Organization, has informed staff that she will be leaving office on June 15, according to a US trade official. Deily, who s…

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