欧盟有关知识产权的强硬规定被视为对贫困国家医药获得的威胁
布鲁塞尔 - 全球公共卫生活跃分子声称，欧盟执意要在一系列自由贸易协议中添加有关医药专利的强硬规定将会妨害发展中国家获得医药。
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لأحكام التجارية القوية للاتحاد الأوروبي حول الملكية الفكرية تعتبر تهديدا على نفاذ البلدان الفقيرة إلى الأدوية
ابروكسل- إن الجهود التي يبذلها الاتحاد الأوروبي لإدراج أحكام حول براءات المستحضرات الصيدلانية في سلسلة من اتفاقات التجارة الحرة التي يتفاوض حولها قد تشكل تهديدا على إمكانية الحصول على الأدوية في البلدان النامية، على حد قول الناشطين في مجال الصحة العامة على الصعيد العالمي.
Des dispositions renforçant la propriété intellectuelle dans certains accords de l’UE menacent l’accès aux médicaments dans les pays pauvres
BRUXELLES - Selon certains activistes de la santé publique mondiale, les efforts de l’Union européenne (UE) pour intégrer des dispositions sur les brevets pharmaceutiques dans un certain nombre d’accords de libre échange en cours de négociation pourraient mettre en péril l’accès aux médicaments dans les pays en développement.
Las estrictas disposiciones comerciales de la UE sobre PI representan una amenaza para el acceso de los países pobres a los medicamentos
BRUSELAS- Los esfuerzos de la Unión Europea para introducir disposiciones firmes en materia de patentes farmacéuticas en una serie de acuerdos de libre comercio que está negociando podrían poner en peligro el acceso a los medicamentos en los países en desarrollo, según han afirmado activistas de la salud pública a nivel mundial.
IP Policy Issues May See Progress In A Changed US Landscape This Year
As the United States battles an economic meltdown, items like economic stimulus and home foreclosure relief are taking centre stage. Congress also is still working to confirm President Obama's nominees. But once those items are dealt with, issues such as patent reform and intellectual property enforcement are expected to be hot-button items once again.
Questions On Social Content Ownership After Facebook Policy Changes
As the world becomes increasingly digitised, the question of who owns the uploaded pieces of people’s lives — their photographs, their missives to friends, their posted musings and blog entries — is clearly an issue capable of generating a lot…
French Legislature Puts Finishing Touches On Ambitious File-Sharing Law
French legislators are putting the final touches on controversial legislation that will likely lead to the most governmentally-proactive law intended to curb illegal file sharing among any other European Union member state.
International Health Groups Warn WHO, WTO On Medicines Seizures
Leading international public health advocates have sent letters to the heads of the World Health Organization and World Trade Organization calling on them to act to prevent possible circumvention of international trade rules for intellectual property rights relating to shipments of legal generic drugs bound for developing countries.
Sri Lanka Seeks GI Protection For Ceylon Tea
The Sri Lanka Tea Board, will seek intellectual property protection for Ceylon tea (which takes its title from a former name of the island nation), according to a business news source from the country. Protection is sought under the World…
US Congressional, USPTO Officials See Geneva Policymaking Up Close
A small group of United States congressional staff and officials from the Obama administration working on intellectual property issues were in Geneva this week to discuss IP policy with representatives of intergovernmental organisations and industry, according to sources.