Category Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets

L’Indonésie envisage de délivrer des licences obligatoires pour trois nouveaux médicaments contre le VIH/sida

Sinfah Tunsarawuth pour Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK – L’Indonésie envisage actuellement d’exercer les droits prévus par sa législation pour produire, sans l’autorisation des titulaires de brevets, des versions meilleur marché de trois nouveaux médicaments contre le VIH Le pays a…

L’OMS place les questions de propriété intellectuelle sous l’autorité du Bureau du Directeur général, provoquant le départ de Howard Zucker

Par William New L’Organisation internationale de la Santé (OMS), qui a beaucoup débattu des questions relatives aux droits de propriété intellectuelle ces dernières années, a procédé à une réorganisation de ses activités en plaçant le groupe chargé de ces questions…

La OMS eleva las cuestiones de la Propiedad Intelectual a la oficina de la Directora General; partida de Zucker

Por William New La Organización Mundial de la Salud, que ha estado inmersa en un intenso debate sobre los derechos de la propiedad intelectual en los últimos años, ha reestructurado su gestión de estas cuestiones al elevar la Propiedad Intelectual…

Indonesia considera licencias obligatorias para tres medicamentos más contra el VIH/SIDA

Por Sinfah Tunsarawuth para Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK – Indonesia está considerando ejercer el derecho amparado por sus leyes de producir versiones más económicas de tres medicamentos adicionales patentados contra el VIH/SIDA sin el permiso de los titulares de patentes,…

Indonesia Mulls Compulsory Licences On Three More HIV/AIDS Drugs

By Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK – Indonesia is considering exercising rights under its law to produce cheaper versions of three additional patented HIV/AIDS drugs without the patent-holders’ permission, after having used the measure earlier for three similar…

Governments Urged To Use Compulsory Licences To Boost Drug Access

By Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK – Thai and foreign public health campaigners on Friday urged governments to exercise their right over patent owners to provide access to cheaper essential medicines for the poor. They also called for…

EU Council Agrees Blueprint For Patent Litigation System

By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch
European Union governments on Thursday agreed the main components of a patent litigation system that will apply throughout the 27-country bloc.

EU ministers for industrial competitiveness gave their broad approval on 22 November to a blueprint for having a single judicial body to assess legal actions which contest the validity of a patent.

Indonesia Urges Change To Global Virus-Sharing System

In the ongoing WHO debate over the sharing of virus strains and benefits accruing from that sharing (including potential patenting), Indonesia has been facing off against much of the developed world and its industry in seeking new strong measures to…