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Experts Call For Global Accountability Mechanism For Access To Essential Medicines
Global health experts, including senior officials at the World Health Organization, are calling for a global accountability mechanism for access to essential medicines, noting that a the lack of data…
Traditional Knowledge, Folklore: How To Protect Them From Misappropriation – This Week At WIPO
The ways to protect traditional knowledge and folklore against misuse and misappropriation are under discussion this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Member states are trying to find consensus…
Singapore IP Office Grants First Accelerated Patent Under New FinTech Initiative
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has granted its first accelerated patent under its new FinTech Fast Track initiative last week to Voyager Innovations, a technology company based in…
European Council Committee Agrees On Higher Protection For Spirit Drinks, Takes GIs Beyond TRIPS
An agriculture committee of the European Council today adopted an agreement on labelling of spirit drinks, giving them higher protection by adding seven years to the World Trade Organization minimum…
European Commission Introduces Its Inaugural IP “Watch List”
Echoing the United States’ Special 301 Report on alleged inadequacy of trading partners’ protection of US intellectual property rights, the European Commission has released its first ever Counterfeit and Piracy…
The Future Of The Ideas Business – The Rise Of Data-Driven Invention
New ideas are getting harder to find, and with less ideas there is a decline in organisational productivity and economic growth. This isn’t new, nor is the fact that to…