The White House Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC) has issued a request for comments to inform the drafting of the next Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement. The notice “invites public input and participation in shaping…
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link, (CC-BY)] Once again, the European Union (EU) has blocked progress at the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) that met in Geneva from 29 June-3 July 2015. And…
[Electronic Information for Libraries, Link (CC-BY)] EIFL is delighted that Mongolia is in line to become the ninth country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled. On 9 July 2015, the…
Forthcoming in H Ullrich, R Hilty, M Lamping, J Drexl, TRIPS plus 20 – From Trade Rules to Market Principles, Springer (2015) Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper No. 15-05. Abstract: In the 1980s, significant differences in…
The User Rights track of the Fourth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest[1], to take place in Delhi, India, December 15-17, 2016, seeks research contributions. The User Rights track will focus on how law and policy can…
Statement at the WTO TRIPS Council, June 2015 – Agenda Item: Request of Least Developed Country WTO Members with Respect to the Extension of the Transition Period for Pharmaceutical Products Universal health coverage is the central policy objective in global…
[Joint Letter from 70 civil society groups to the Members of the World Trade Organization, PDF] As civil society organizations concerned with ensuring prompt availability of affordable medicines in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) we call on WTO Members to unconditionally…
The following is the introduction of South Centre Research Paper no. 61, Guidelines on Patentability and Access to Medicines, by Germán Velásquez. The full paper is available here. Until recently, the link between the examination of patents carried out by…
ARTICLE 19 has welcomed the annual report of Farida Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, presented to the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council in March 2015. The Special Rapporteur’s final report subjects copyright laws…
Authors: Margaret Kyle and Yi Qian Abstract: We examine the effect of pharmaceutical patent protection on the speed of drug launch, price, and quantity in 60 countries from 2000-2013. The World Trade Organization required its member countries to implement a…
Today’s leak of the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) chapter proposed for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement would give new rights to private companies to challenge limitations and exceptions to copyrights, patents, and other intellectual property rights in unaccountable…
[UNITAID Press Release, Link] UNITAID is concerned about the expiry of the ‘pharmaceuticals exemption’ for least-developed countries (LDCs) which originates from the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. Due to this exemption, least developed countries (LDCs) are…