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By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS – The European Union has demanded that Taiwan change its intellectual property law within two months following a probe into how the East Asian island overruled patents on recordable CDs (CD-Rs). Philips,…
By Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK – The Thai government has decided not to use its right to a compulsory licence on a Novartis cancer treatment drug after the company agreed to provide for free its patented drugs…
Par Catherine Saez Lors d’une récente rencontre, un groupe d’experts issus de pays en développement a soulevé la nécessité de parvenir à un certain équilibre en matière de commerce et de propriété intellectuelle au niveau international, le système actuel favorisant…
Por Catherine Saez Un régimen internacional más equilibrado de los derechos de propiedad intelectual y el comercio es necesario para rectificar el sistema actual, que está demasiado inclinado a favor de los países desarrollados, dijeron los panelistas de los países…
By Kaitlin Mara and William New A panel of government and non-governmental experts on intellectual property and biodiversity issues last week stressed the high impact that leading economies’ bilateral free trade negotiations are having on multilateral policymaking in Geneva. Panellists…
By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch The European Court of Justice (ECJ) avoided a potential upheaval in copyright enforcement by ruling on 29 January that governments can, but are not required to, order Internet service providers (ISPs) to disclose…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch CANNES – Music industry 1.0 is dead, but 2.0 has not arrived quite yet. New models for making money from music and music rights are being looked for desperately at the world’s largest…
Por Claudia Jurberg para Intellectual Property Watch RÍO DE JANEIRO – Organizaciones de la sociedad civil han manifestado sus dudas en torno a la constitucionalidad de ciertas disposiciones de la Ley de propiedad industrial de Brasil ante el Procurador General,…
By Catherine Saez A more balanced international regime for intellectual property rights and trade is needed to rectify the current system, which too strongly favours developed countries, developing country panellists said at a recent event. But some say that a…
Par Claudia Jurberg pour Intellectual Property Watch RIO DE JANEIRO – Des institutions de la société civile ont fait part au Procureur général, Antônio Fernando Barros e Silva e Souza, de leurs doutes sur la conformité à la Consititution de…