Proposal For A New Model Giving Rights To Online Sharing Of Content
A new publication by a well-known open access advocate proposes a business model for sharing content online that would recognise sharing as a right.
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In 2012: Are Biotech, Ethics And Biodiversity Friends or Foes?
With food demand and prices rising as the world crosses the threshold of 7 billion people, the need to find new medicines, concerns about the shrinking biodiversity and the effects of climate change may designate biotechnologies as the main response. Opinions differ on the way to address those issues, in particular about intellectual property rights attached to biotechnologies.
Legislative questions are being discussed on both sides of the Atlantic around the scope of patentability, and intellectual property rights on plants, seeds, molecules or methods, as well as exemptions that some think should be applied. The year ahead will see some decisions that might impact the biotechnology industry both in the United States and in Europe.
Groups Call On Congress To Step Back From SOPA-Style Legislation
Some 70 groups from across the social and political spectrum have sent a letter to the US Senate and House of Representatives calling for them to step back from any anti-piracy legislation until more consideration can be given of the effect on the internet.
WHO Group To Consult On Pandemic Flu Framework In Lead-Up To Assembly
A key World Health Organization advisory group has invited stakeholders to consultations this month on the contribution of the private sector and others to global pandemic flu preparedness.
WIPO: ISP-Trademark Meeting Agreed; Industrial Design Treaty, Country Names Still On Table
Delegates at the World Intellectual Property Organization this week resumed an adjourned October meeting and agreed to continue exploring the possibility of a treaty on industrial design by commissioning an impact study on the costs and effects of such a treaty. They also found consensus on the modalities of an information meeting on the role and responsibility of internet intermediaries in the context of trademarks, and decided to explore further the question of the protection of country names.
Tell WIPO What You Think!
The World Intellectual Property Organization has launched a survey of stakeholder perceptions and expectations of the UN agency.
Will The Old Music Industry Giants Be Exchanged For New Ones?
CANNES, FRANCE--The red carpets were still there at the Midem, the world’s largest music fair, but they have become shorter. The industry shattered over the years by the decline in physical sales and fighting fiercely against digital piracy this year praised the revenue from digital sources which have overtaken physical sales in some countries. But it remains to be seen - can the old giants partner with the new, digital platform giants, and survive?
Another Indian Generics Company Signs With Patent Pool
A leading supplier of generic antiretroviral medicines has signed an agreement to manufacture new HIV medicines for sale in developing countries, the Medicines Patent Pool announced today.
Discussion Of Treaty On Industrial Designs, Role Of ISPs Resumed At WIPO
After being adjourned in November in the mists of a fire at the World Intellectual Property Organization, a meeting on trademarks and industrial designs resumed today in icy Geneva.
WIPO Report Shows Strong Economic Contribution Of Copyright
The World Intellectual Property Organization has prepared a report on the economic contribution of copyright industries in various large and small countries around the world, and industry supporters hailed it as evidence that the impact on GDP and jobs is significant, if surprisingly varied.
New Internet Domain Process Off To Smooth Start, ICANN Says
The initial application period for the expansion of new generic top-level domains on the internet is going well after the first couple of weeks, but it is too soon to put the armoury of intellectual property protections to the test, the head of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) said today.
European Commission Orders Italy To Drop Patent Linkage Delaying Generics
The European Commission has issued a formal request to Italy to remove linkage between patents and generic medicines authorisation that it says is causing delays in generics reaching the market.