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Por Monika Ermert para Intellectual Property Watch Los días 3 y 4 de junio, los representantes de los gobiernos de los países desarrollados y de los países en desarrollo que son socios estratégicos se reunieron en la misión de los…
General Electric’s Ecomagination is an initiative launched in 2005 as a gathering/focal point for extant green technology as well as new research and development into clean technology. Ecomagination’s products include technologies for cleaner energy, notably wind turbines for collecting wind…
Por Claudia Jurberg para Intellectual Property Watch RÍO DE JANEIRO – Hace poco, el Tribunal Supremo de Brasil aprobó, por un margen estrecho de 6 a 5, la investigación sobre células madre embrionarias, luego de analizar el tema durante tres…
The World Health Assembly “global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property,” is now online. The document, WHA61.21, has been called “the most important document since [the] Doha” Declaration on IP and public health. Said…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Government representatives from developed nations and strategic developing nation partners met at the US mission in Geneva on 3-4 June to discuss proposals for an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Parties at the negotiation…
Por Monika Elmert para Intellectual Property Watch Se espera que las negociaciones formales sobre un Acuerdo Comercial Antifalsificación (ACTA, por sus siglas en inglés) comiencen esta semana en Ginebra, indicó un funcionario de la Comisión Europea, no obstante que un…
By Claudia Jurberg for Intellectual Property Watch RIO DE JANEIRO – After three days of consideration, the Brazilian Supreme Court last week approved by a narrow 6 to 5 margin research involving embryonic stem cells. The 29 May vote followed…
Monika Ermert pour Intellectual Property Watch Selon un représentant de la Commission européenne, des négociations formelles sur l’Accord commercial anti-contrefaçon (ACAC) commencent cette semaine à Genève, et ce malgré la parution d’un document ayant filtré d’un bureau commercial américain et…
By Kaitlin Mara Government negotiators meeting in Bonn this week reached breakthroughs on two intellectual property-related areas of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). At the highest level of the CBD membership, agreement was struck on a way…
William New Avec la stratégie mondiale adoptée samedi lors de l’Assemblée mondiale de la Santé en vue de combler le vide en matière de recherche sur les maladies qui sévissent dans les pays en développement, l’institution des Nations Unies s’inscrit…
Por William New La Asamblea Mundial de la Salud anual llevada a cabo el sábado adoptó una estrategia mundial destinada a llenar el vacío en investigación para enfermedades que afectan a los países en desarrollo que coloca al organismo de…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Formal negotiations on an Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are expected to commence next week in Geneva, according to a European Commission official, even as a leaked United States trade office paper is drawing…