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Por William New Se afirma hace un tiempo que no están funcionando las disposiciones de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) destinadas a incrementar el acceso a los medicamentos de los países pobres. En respuesta a estas afirmaciones, el Director…
Par William New Mardi, face aux allégations de longue date qui nient l’efficacité des règles de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) visant à améliorer l’accès aux médicaments dans les pays pauvres, le Directeur général de l’OMC, Pascal Lamy, a appelé…
Par Nick Wadhams pour Intellectual Property Watch NAIROBI, KENYA – Suite à la crainte d’un déferlement sur l’Afrique de contrefaçons de médicaments et de pesticides, l’organisme international chargé de l’application des lois INTERPOL ouvre la voie vers un renforcement des…
Por Liza Porteus Viana para Intellectual Property Watch Un sistema piloto de revisión abierta de solicitudes de patentes en Estados Unidos podría servir como modelo para las oficinas de patentes de todo el mundo. La New York Law School (NYLS),…
By Kaitlin Mara Four days into one-week “critical” negotiations on pandemic influenza preparedness, World Health Organization members had yet to tackle areas of core disagreement and participants were expressing doubt as to whether consensus can be achieved by week’s end.…
By Kaitlin Mara Finding a balance between needed incentives for innovation and equally needed affordable access to new technology is necessary to combat ecological challenges, yet striking it may prove difficult as countries at the United Nations’ talks on climate…
By William New Generic pharmaceutical producers have grown in importance in recent years despite or because of intellectual property rights, and at their annual meeting this week in Geneva they attracted the leaders of the primary intergovernmental institutions engaged in…
By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization could be considered a financial stalwart of the United Nations system, self-funding and usually running large positive balances. But recent years have seen the rise in influence of developing countries at WIPO,…
By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch An intellectual property model intended to preserve the structure of patent protection while adding balance for developing countries has been proposed to provide incentives for innovators to contribute toward the alleviation of suffering…
By William New Confronted with longstanding assertions that World Trade Organization rules intended to bring greater access to medicines to poor countries are not working, WTO Director General Pascal Lamy said Tuesday discontented members should use the annual review of…