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By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen NEW YORK – Two “old” intellectual property policy issues are continuing to generate new debate among legal and policy experts, namely the broadcasting treaty under negotiation at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the…
By John T. Aquino for Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC – A panel of government representatives from key developing nations this week used the opportunity to highlight efforts at good stewardship of intellectual property rights and acknowledge a link between…
By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch A decision on whether the Indian patent law is compliant with World Trade Organisation intellectual property rules could be made sooner than expected, after a dramatic turn of events in the ongoing legal…
Por Dugie Standeford para Intellectual Property Watch Google sacude el mundo de la propiedad intelectual al tener que hacer frente a desafíos en relación con sus actividades de búsqueda, publicación de libros y vídeos en línea. Según expertos jurídicos, el…
Par Dugie Standeford pour Intellectual Property Watch Google bouleverse le milieu de la propriété intellectuelle dans sa bataille contre les plaintes formulées à l’égard de ses fonctions de recherche, de publication et de téléchargement de vidéos en ligne. L’issue des…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch LISBON – The rejection of the .xxx top-level domain by the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) last week in Lisbon was a major highlight of the meeting…
Par Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Un représentant thaïlandais a déclaré que son Gouvernement recevait nettement plus d’appels depuis qu’il a émis des licences obligatoires pour importer et, à terme, produire des médicaments brevetés, contraignant les titulaires des brevets à baisser…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen The use of an online, searchable patent-information system run by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has tripled in the past 12 months, according to WIPO. But a recent colloquium on the topic showed that…
Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Un funcionario tailandés afirma que los teléfonos del Gobierno han comenzado a sonar con mayor frecuencia desde que Tailandia concedió licencias obligatorias para importar y, finalmente, fabricar medicamentos patentados, lo cual ha obligado a los…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The European Parliament this week passed a resolution on cross-border collective rights management asking for a framework directive at the EU level that would encourage more competition. But parliamentary members of the bigger…