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In a mad-dash 34-hour marathon, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry professionals met on 1-2 February in Geneva in what was intended to be a hearth of partnering opportunities. About 600 participants debated future trends and current challenges along with open innovation, global health and vaccines.
A new United States Department of Justice task force casts enforcement against IP violations as a matter of public protection, and will be dedicated to opposing these IP “crimes.” “The rise in intellectual property crime in the United States and…
India this week placed a moratorium on the release of Bt-brinjal, a genetically modified eggplant, until independent scientific studies can establish the long-term impact on human health, environment, and biodiversity. According to the 9 February decision [pdf] by Indian Environment…
Ensuring public access to knowledge while supporting intellectual property rights cuts across broad areas such as internet availability, public health, education and culture, climate change, and basic technical standards. And while the non-profit movement that has worked to encourage access is facing serious challenges this year, they are set to fight it out in the various fora related to essential drugs, books and academic journals, and software again in 2010.
CAIRO - The launch this week on the new campus of American University in Cairo of a new centre and a new book on access to knowledge in Egypt offered a view on the complexities of the issues and the challenges developing countries face to ensure global intellectual property rights are incorporated into their legal systems in the most locally productive ways possible.
A waiver to World Trade Organization rules intended to aid people in poor countries in gaining access to medicines has remained essentially unused in the over six-and-a-half years since it was put in place. On Friday, member states of the WTO will in an informal meeting discuss this situation and see what, if anything, needs be done.
A report by a United States health department advisory group issued last week presents recommendations aimed at preventing patents on genes and licensing practices in the US from negatively impacting patient access to genetic tests that would allow them to establish their genetic dispositions to declare potential illnesses.
Un accord prévoyant l’échange d’informations sur les virus et le partage des avantages liés à la gestion des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui en découlent devrait être conclu dans le cadre d’une nouvelle négociation intergouvernementale organisée sous les auspices de la directrice générale de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé.
يُؤمل أن تُوضع اللمسات الأخيرة على اتفاق بشأن المواد المتعلقة بتبادل الفيروسات والفوائد وإدارة حقوق الملكية الفكرية المرتبطة بها من خلال دورة من المفاوضات الحكومية الدولية التي تيسّرها المديرة العامة لمنظمة الصحة العالمية.
通过世界卫生组织干事长的协调而进行的一个新的政府间谈判，将有望达成一项有关共享病毒材料及其收益与管理相关知识产权的协议。
Las culturas de los pueblos indígenas a menudo no se han tenido en cuenta en la elaboración de las normas mundiales de propiedad intelectual, según se afirma en un nuevo informe de las Naciones Unidas.
Se espera que una nueva negociación intergubernamental facilitada por la directora general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud permita lograr un acuerdo sobre intercambio de materiales relacionados con los virus, compartición de beneficios y gestión de los derechos de propiedad intelectual conexos.