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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…
By William New The annual World Health Assembly on Saturday adopted a global strategy aimed at filling the research gap for diseases afflicting developing countries that places the UN agency squarely in global intellectual property policymaking and despite compromises is…
By William New [Update: The assembly reached agreement on the global strategy, but the final text is not available, according to the WHO.] Draft texts of a global strategy, plan of action and resolution on ways to stimulate research into…
By William New Down to the final hours before the closing ceremonies of this year’s World Health Assembly, governments have nearly completed work on a global strategy to stimulate research into neglected diseases disproportionately affecting poor populations. But work skipped…
[Note: new 23 May draft text of strategy and plan of action posted to IP-Watch Subscriber section] By William New Negotiators of a global strategy to boost innovation in and access to treatments for under-researched diseases largely afflicting the poor…