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EU Committees Amend SPC Manufacturing Waiver, Push Access To Generics, Biosimilars

EU Committees Amend SPC Manufacturing Waiver, Push Access To Generics, Biosimilars

David Branigan Dec 14, 2018 1 min read

The European Parliamentary Committees on Health and Trade have each voted in recent weeks to adopt amendments to the proposed Special Protection Certificate (SPC) manufacturing waiver, an intellectual property exception…

Four Million EU Voters Sign Call Against Upload Filters, Protection Of ‘Snippets’

Four Million EU Voters Sign Call Against Upload Filters, Protection Of ‘Snippets’

Monika Ermert Dec 13, 2018 1 min read

Ahead of the 5th trilogue meeting on the future copyright regulation between the rapporteurs of the European Parliament, member states and the European Commission on 13 December in Strasbourg, France,…

WIPO: Facilitators Suggest First Revision Of Draft Articles On Protection Of TK, Folklore

WIPO: Facilitators Suggest First Revision Of Draft Articles On Protection Of TK, Folklore

Catherine Saez Dec 13, 2018 1 min read

This week’s first revisions of draft articles of potential treaties protecting traditional knowledge, and folklore were released midweek at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Changes included new elements on a…

Indigenous IP And Climate Change Subject Of New Book

Indigenous IP And Climate Change Subject Of New Book

Catherine Saez Dec 12, 2018 1 min read

As this week opened with a meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization committee working on the protection of genetic resources and traditional knowledge, a new book was released that…

Stan Lee: Writer, Creator, And Marketer Of Intellectual Property

Stan Lee: Writer, Creator, And Marketer Of Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property Watch Dec 11, 2018 1 min read

Dave Davis writes: As the many and well-deserved accolades for Stan Lee pour in on the occasion of his death after a career in content creation —mostly in writing— that…

Indigenous Knowledge Misappropriation: The Case Of The Zia Sun Symbol Explained At WIPO

Indigenous Knowledge Misappropriation: The Case Of The Zia Sun Symbol Explained At WIPO

Catherine Saez Dec 11, 2018 1 min read

In 1925, New Mexico, which gained statehood in the United States in 1912, adopted a design for its flag featuring a sun symbol belonging to the Zia peoples. According to…