Intellectual Property Watch was an independent newspaper that covered international IP policy from 2005-2019
Explore its archives with the menu or the link below.
Latest articles
‘No More Paying For The Rich World’s Medicine’ – White House
The Trump administration yesterday made some firm statements about reducing health care and drug prices for American consumers and making costs more transparent. The statements again appear to focus on…
Malaysia Still Under Pressure To Make Hepatitis C Medicine More Expensive
The government of Malaysia continues to face pressure from the United States pharmaceutical industry and potentially the US government to undo an action taken to make a key hepatitis C…
WIPO Event: AI On All Fronts – Health, Cities, Agriculture – But Investment Needed; Europe Lagging
Artificial intelligence is with us to stay, and you can expect solutions to great challenges, but governments should be prepared to invest in education and research to keep up with…
Women On The Rise In Patent Filings, But Still Underutilised Potential, USPTO Says
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a report on 11 February showing an increase in US patents that include at least one woman inventor from 7 percent…
TRIPS Council To Look At IP And The Public Interest, Business Interest
The World Trade Organization is the prime gathering point for the world’s governments to discuss and negotiate on policies of the day. A decades-long swinging pendulum within the WTO’s committee…
Latest articles
Pre-Grant Opposition Filed Against Janssen’s Bedaquiline Fumarate Application In India
Tuberculosis and its variant – Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) – are global public health emergencies. Current treatment regimens are expensive, tedious and prolonged: the overall treatment durati…
Read More
On Eve Of Lego Movie 2 Release, WIPO Acts To Block Pirated Version
As the blockbuster animated movie Lego Movie 2 gets set to hit screens in the United States this weekend, the World Intellectual Property Organization had a release of its own: a domain dispute ruling…
Read More
IP Still At Heart Of Access To Medicines Discussions At WHO
Intellectual property is often pointed at as hindering access to medicines by resulting in their long-lasting unaffordability, a view which is strongly opposed by IP proponents. The discussions on acc…
Read More
Trump Highlights IP, Trade, Drug Prices In Speech To Congress
President Donald Trump gave the US Congress a rosy, nationalistic presentation of the condition of the US economy and security last night and amid the range of issues raised, mentioned intellectual pr…
Read More
US IP Enforcement Coordinator Under Trump Asks, “What Can We Do Differently?”
The Trump administration is taking the US intellectual property enforcement coordinator's role in new directions, building on past administrations but trying to address ways it has not been effective …
Read More
TRIPS Debated As WHO Board Reaches Agreement On Universal Health Coverage
World Health Organization Board members agreed last week on a draft resolution for the preparation of a United Nations General Assembly high-level meeting on universal health coverage in the fall, fol…
Read More