Category Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge

WTO Members Continue Debate On Geographical Indications Register

By William New Members of the World Trade Organization on Friday continued a longstanding debate over the creation of a register for geographical indications (GIs), products whose names derive from places. Debate centred on a recent compromise proposal from European…

New Push Emerges For An Indian Patent Database

By Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Two years after India’s implementation of international trade rules on intellectual property rights, a lawyers group is rekindling a decade-old push to organise India’s patent applications into an electronic database. IP law blog…

Members Seek To Raise TRIPs Amendments In WTO Negotiations

By William New World Trade Organization members seeking changes to international rules on trade and intellectual property rights moved this week to include the debate on their proposals in an upcoming deadline for the broader trade negotiations at the WTO.…

Accord CAFTA : un Comité des Nations Unies questionne les dispositions de propriété intellectuelle relatives aux droits de l’homme

par Kaitlin Mara pour Intellectual Property Watch Lors d’une récente réunion, le Comité des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels (CESCR) de l’organisation des Nations Unies a fait écho aux préoccupations exprimées par les opposants costaricains à l’Accord de libre-échange entre…

Comite de Naciones Unidas cuestiona las disposiciones sobre propiedad intelectual del CAFTA por motivos de derechos humanos

Por Kaitlin Mara para Intellectual Property Watch En una reunión reciente, el Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales de las Naciones Unidas (CESCR) se hizo eco de las preocupaciones planteadas por los opositores costarricenses del tratado de libre comercio…

UN Committee Questions CAFTA’s IP Provisions On Human Rights Grounds

By Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in a recent meeting echoed concerns raised by Costa Rican opponents of the Central American free trade agreement with the United States,…

WHO IP And Health Group Ends Meeting With Substantive Progress

By William New The member governments of the World Health Organization finished an intensive week of negotiations on ways to improve access to healthcare for poorer populations with significant progress on a framework. But difficult work remains for the next…

Le Conseil sur les ADPIC se penche sur les questions relatives aux PMA, à la santé, la biodiversité, et la mise en application

Par William New Le Comité sur les droits de propriété intellectuelle de l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce (OMC) a accordé en octobre un délai supplémentaire de deux ans aux pays pour ratifier un accord de santé publique permettant aux pays d’importer…

Acuerdo comercial entre EE.UU. y Perú: primera puesta a prueba de las disposiciones renegociadas sobre PI

Por Martin Vaughan para Intellectual Property Watch La Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos se dispone a aprobar esta semana el acuerdo de libre comercio entre los EE.UU. y Perú, en la primera puesta a prueba de la nueva…

US-Peru Trade Deal The First Test Of Renegotiated IP Provisions

By Martin Vaughan for Intellectual Property Watch The United States House of Representatives is poised to pass the US-Peru free trade agreement this week, in the first test of the new “bipartisan trade policy” that led to the renegotiation of…