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By Jia Hepeng and Yuan Yue for Intellectual Property Watch BEIJING – China’s newly revised patent law could create a more favourable environment for foreign companies to do research in the country, though measures are still needed to implement the…
By Kaitlin Mara Benefits from sharing and using biodiversity of food crops could soon be making their way to stakeholders, as the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture prepares to make its benefit-sharing fund fully operational.…
Alors que le prix des abonnements aux revues de physique des particules ne cesse d’augmenter, rendant difficile pour certains chercheurs de pouvoir accéder à des articles importants relus par des pairs, de grands physiciens ont mis en place un modèle…
Por Catherine Saez Destacados físicos han presentado un modelo alternativo para la publicación en formato de acceso abierto, a medida que el aumento de los precios de las revistas altamente especializadas sobre la física de alta energía pone en peligro…
By William New In what might be seen as a victory for defenders of flexibilities for poor nations in international trade rules, the World Customs Organization in December recommended the discontinuance of a working group on intellectual property enforcement standards…
By William New Developing nations increasingly are receiving tools to help them participate in and benefit from the global intellectual property system, according to a group of experts who met recently on IP strategies. And now is a critical time…
By Catherine Saez As rising prices of top-quality journals in high-energy physics jeopardise researchers’ access to essential peer-reviewed articles, leading physicists have put forward an alternative model for open access publishing. Access to past and current research reports is of…
By Drew Clark for Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC – Nations ranging from Brazil to Brunei to Russia are failing to properly protect the intellectual property assets of US companies and others, and international organisations are not doing enough to…
By Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch Representatives from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have confirmed that the organisation has opted to suspend its strategy of suing individuals accused of illegal file-sharing in the United States and to…
By Kaitlin Mara The importance of the Chinese economy as both a manufacturing giant and, increasingly, as a consumer of manufactured goods makes it clear that the country must play a key role in simultaneous global efforts to combat the…