Intellectual Property Watch

Intellectual Property Watch

  • Joined: 11/11/2009
  • Articles: 422

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The Biosimilars Pathway: An Invitation To Litigation

Lynn C. Tyler writes: The litigation provisions of the recently-enacted legislation establishing a pathway to bring biosimilars to market contain “patent” ambiguities in key areas, particularly whether the various lists of patents to be litigated are exclusive. Courts will have to resolve these issues over the next several years, likely at great (and unnecessary) expense and uncertainty to litigants.

WHO’s Precious Matsoso On Public Health, Innovation And Intellectual Property

The annual World Health Assembly is considering how to take forward a 2008 landmark decision at the World Health Organization that approved a new Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property. Precious Matsoso, the current director of the WHO programme, spoke to Intellectual Property Watch in April about the ongoing implementation of the strategy, and what is needed to keep momentum going.

A Prescription For Failure — Health And IP In The Dominican Republic

In the United States, trade policy is generally considered an economic issue. But for developing countries like the Dominican Republic, it can be a matter of life and death, write Tanya Baytor and Patrick Griffith of Georgetown University Law Center.

《国家标准涉及专利的处置规则》最新稿：是不是向前一步？

2010年一月21日，中国标准化研究院1发布了《国家标准涉及专利的处置规则2（征求意见稿）》（简称《处置规则》)，向有利益关系的参与者征求意见。此《处置规则》为国家标准化管理委员会《涉及专利的国家标准制修订管理规定（暂行）（征求意见稿）》（简称《修订管理规定》)重要成分之一。3

Smooth Criminal Harmonisation — ACTA, EU And IPR Enforcement

Lassi Jyrkkiö writes: Anything one can consider as politically cool from an EU perspective, ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, the multilateral treaty to combat counterfeiting and piracy) negotiations have got it all: the internet, the USA, large potential for media exposure and a hitherto Nixonian element of secrecy balanced by a flow of thrilling documents leaked by generous deep-throats.

ITU In A Converging World — Interview With ITU Strategist Alexander Ntoko

The International Telecommunication Union, based in Geneva, is a 191-member United Nations body. Intellectual Property Watch recently spoke with Alexander Ntoko, a top strategist in the organisation about priorities in this critical year, inclusion of the public interest, and how convergence is bringing more issues related to digital content to the traditional telecom body.