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Brand name pharmaceutical companies are advocating for inclusion of disciplines on public pharmaceutical reimbursement programs in the ongoing negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade agreements. This post answers some frequently asked questions by U.S. public health advocates about these proposals. Why is pharmaceutical reimbursement policy being negotiated […]
Author: Carlos Correa Abstract: The steady increase in patent applications and grants that is taking place in developed and some developing countries (notably in China) is sometimes hailed as evidence of the strength of global innovation and of the role of the patent system in encouraging it. However, such an increase does not correspond to […]
[Cross posted from Equilibri.net] U.S. business interests and government officials are trying to sell the idea that heightened intellectual property protections in India are essential to foreign investment, innovation, and achievement of public health goals. Instead, heightened intellectual property rights will make India consumers captive to Big Pharma’s extortionate pricing…. Unfortunately, the joint communiqué issued at […]
Prof. Raquel Xalabarder Chair of Intellectual Property Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Click here for the full paper (PDF) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In February 2014, the Spanish Government proposed a bill to amend the Spanish Intellectual Property Law (TRLPI).[1] Among other amendments, the bill introduces an ancillary right in favor of press publishers for the aggregation of […]
[Reposted from TWN News, Link] Member States at the recently concluded 46th General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted a “no decision” outcome when consensus failed on four key issues. This occurred on past midnight of the last day of the session that was held from 22 to 30 September 2014. Despite […]
Co-published on atlantic-community.org. As the 7th Round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) gets underway behind closed doors in Chevy Chase, Maryland, it is an opportune time to ask what proponents of a successful TTIP should learn from the latest failed trade agreement negotiation involving the U.S. and Europe – the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement […]
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