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By Ryan Abbott, Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University of Surrey School of Law and Adjunct Assistant Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles [Note: Originally published in the UCLA Law Review here. Reprinted with permission.] For more than sixty years, “obviousness” has set the bar for patentability. Under …
Charles Gore took over the role of Executive Director at the Medicines Patent Pool in July 2018, just after its board decided to greatly expand its mandate into essential medicines. Nine months into his term, IP-Watch’s William New talked with him about his role and how the expansion is going. Gore took up the post …
Inside Views: Interview With Charles Gore, Medicines Patent Pool Executive Director Read More »
21/03/2019 by Intellectual Property Watch 5 Comments By Sean Flynn, Associate Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law South Africa took another step toward enactment of a Copyright Amendment Bill focused on improving the lot of creators. On March 20, the committee of jurisdiction in the National Council …
Inside Views: South Africa Moves Forward With Creator Rights Agenda Read More »
European Union member states today agreed to accede to an agreement negotiated under the World Intellectual Property Organization that raises protections for geographical indications, products whose names derive from a particular regions with certain characteristics. Joining the so-called Geneva Act establishes a GI register for agricultural and non-agricultural products and appears to have the effect …
EU Agrees To Accede To Controversial WIPO Agreement Raising GI Protection Read More »
A coalition of inventors, patent licensing, business and political groups has issued a letter of support for an effort by Trump administration agencies to withdraw from an Obama-era arrangement with the US Patent and Trademark Office on standards-essential patents that the groups say is harming innovation. Standards-essential patents (SEPs) are those deemed vital for all …
Inventors, Licensing Groups Back US Withdrawal From Standards-Essential Patent Pact Read More »
The government of oil-dependent Saudi Arabia has posted a series of requests for proposals for renewable energy technology partnerships via the World Intellectual Property Organization “Green” initiative that provides a marketplace for IP-protected products related to the environment. The initiative is aimed at boosting the King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy, a WIPO …
Saudis Seek Alternative Energy Partners Through WIPO Green Program Read More »
The decision is a year away, but there has been buzz for months around who might run in the election to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Intellectual Property Watch shares with you some of the names we’ve heard in the early going, completely unofficially and in no way intended …
WIPO Election: Who Will Run To Be The Next Director General? Read More »
20 November 2018 The doors have closed on another successful EPO Patent Information Conference, this time in Brussels, some 25 years after we last held it there. It was the first time I personally had the pleasure to open the event, and huge thanks go to Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Employment, Economy …
