US NGO’s Call For George Washington University to Cease Industry-Sponsored...
On June 7, 2010 medicine access advocacy groups joined together in asking that George Washington University (GWU) put a stop to its industry-sponsored intellectual property (IP) summits and to take an...
View Article2008 U.S. Copyright Office Memo concluded that export of accessible works is...
In briefings about the WIPO proposal for a treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities, the U.S. government has sent mixed signals regarding the legality of exporting of accessible...
View ArticleWIPO SCCR 20: Proyecto de conclusiones
Esta es la version de las 3.30 pm del 24 de junio del 2010 del proyecto de conclusiones de la OMPI SCCR 20 en espanol. El documento fue distribuido durante el dia de hoy por el secretariado de la OMPI...
View ArticleNotes on the October 7, 2010 USTR NGO briefing on ACTA
Notes on the October 7, 2010 USTR NGO briefing on ACTABy Judit Rius Sanjuan & Anne Mira GuhaToday, USTR held a nearly 2-hour public briefing on the new version of the ACTA text. USTR...
View ArticleSenator Sanders Letter to FDA: U.S. needs an ethical pathway for biological...
On November 2, 2010, U.S. Senator Bernard Sanders (VT-I) sent a letter to Margaret Hamburg, the FDA Commissioner, urging the agency to review the ethical implications of the 12 years of marketing...
View ArticleGlobal Fund calls upon drug companies to "share without delay" AIDS drug...
In a October 7, 2010 letter, Professor Michel Kazatchkine, the Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, has written to Dr. Jorge Bermudez, the UNITAID Executive...
View ArticleWIPO SCCR21: Group B proposal on a work program for Copyright exceptions and...
Today, Wednesday November 10 2010, during the 3rd day of the WIPO SCCR21, the Group B presented a proposal for a Work Program on copyright exceptions and limitations for the WIPO SCCR. Group B is the...
View ArticleCivil Society comments on USPTO humanitarian priority review voucher proposal
On November 19, 2010, Knowledge Ecology International, Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors without Borders, Oxfam America and Public Citizen answered a Request for Comments from the US Department of...
View ArticleUS Industry IP memo for the TPP negotiations leaked
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) has received a copy of U.S. industry demands on the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations. A draft letter...
View ArticleKEI comments on Tibotec voluntary licenses of a new HIV-AIDS product
Today, Tibotec, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, announced it has signed voluntary licensing agreements with several Indian and South African generic companies to allow generic competition on a...
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