TRIPS Council Extends Health Amendment; Targets Poor Nations’ Needs

By William New The World Trade Organization committee on intellectual property rights on Tuesday gave a two-year extension for countries to ratify a public health agreement easing countries’ ability to import cheap medicines. It also addressed needs assessments for least-developed…

Le Kenya tente d’identifier les découvertes issues de sa recherche médicale susceptibles de faire l’objet de droits de propriété intellectuelle

Tatum Anderson, pour Intellectual Property Watch NAIROBI – Le Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), l’un des instituts de recherche médicale les plus prestigieux du Kenya, a entamé un audit approfondi de ses découvertes afin d’identifier celles qui pourraient être protégées…

Kenya decide identificar derechos de PI en sus investigaciones médicas

Por Tatum Anderson para Intellectual Property Watch NAIROBI- Uno de los centros de investigación más prestigiosos del país, el Instituto de Investigación Médica de Kenya (KEMRI, por sus siglas en inglés Kenya Medical Research Institute), ha iniciado una amplia auditoría…

Officials Prepare For TRIPS Council As China Blocks US Dispute Panel

By William New The World Trade Organization committee on intellectual property rights issues this week is expected to discuss biodiversity and traditional knowledge, enforcement, geographical indications, and public health, according to participants. While no significant breakthroughs are predicted, the issues…

La bataille fait rage autour du Directeur général de l’OMPI : alors que le personnel marque sa désapprobation, l’Afrique crie au racisme

Par William New Des centaines d’employés de l’Organisation internationale de la Propriété intellectuelle, une importante agence des Nations Unies, ont signé une pétition appelant le Directeur général, Kamil Idris, à placer les intérêts de l’Organisation avant les siens pour répondre…

Developing Countries Get Perspective On IP And Enforcement

By William New There is more to the story of enforcing intellectual property rights than one typically reads in the media, and developing country governments should defend themselves against unfair enforcement practices, officials and activists said recently. Speakers gave their…

Aid Package For Theseus Web 3.0 Project May Need Boost

By Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch
The European Commission's recent approval of a €120-million state aid package granted to a German research project called Theseus for the development of "Web 3.0" drew a lot of media attention. However, the grant's sum is but a fraction of the R&D budgets of the world's leading consumer Internet technology firms.

According to the project's spokesman, Thomas Huber, the project's aim is nothing less than "fundamentally transforming the existing Internet." A reinvention of the Internet and the intellectual property rights associated with such a feat would require billion-dollar annual research and development budgets, according to Rob Enderle, president and founder of the California-based Enderle Group analyst firm.