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29.10.2010 por Joana Varon

Brazilian intervention at TRIPS Council: ACTA

According to press releases, the negotiating process of ACTA is virtually concluded. Statements released by authorities from the countries participating in the ACTA negotiations pointed that a few points only would still remain open and those points would not prevent a final agreement from being reached soon.

Brazil shares the main thrust of the concerns expressed by other delegations this week at the last session of the TRIPS Council and on the possible negative impact of ACTA. The following statement was delivered by Brazil:

Direitos da Internet | Política Internacional | Propriedade Intelectual

28.10.2010 por Koichi Kameda

Seven Years On, ‘August 30 Decision’ Has Failed to Improve Access to Medicines and Remains Virtually Unused

WTO must reform the rules

Geneva – As the World Trade Organization’s TRIPS Council meets in Geneva today to discuss how to improve a system intended to help countries without medicines manufacturing capacity get access to affordable medicines, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) urges governments to revise an agreement that has proven entirely ineffective and unworkable.

“The August 30 Decision was supposed to help countries without drug manufacturing capacity access affordable medicines – but the system is so complicated that seven years on, we see that virtually nobody has been able to benefit from it,” said Michelle Childs, Director of Policy Advocacy at MSF’s Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines.  “MSF’s experience shows that the system is so cumbersome and full of red tape for both parties that want to export and import medicines, that it acts as a major disincentive.”

Biotecnologia e saúde pública | Patentes

20.10.2010 por Joana Varon

Latest version of ACTA from October/2010

From: Knowledge Ecology International

The October 2, 2010 version of the ACTA text is now available. A copy is here.

The Civil Society Organization Knwledge Ecology International was made a quick analisis of the latest text, just as follows bellow:

Biotecnologia e saúde pública | Direitos autorais | Direitos da Internet | OMPI | Política Internacional | Propriedade Intelectual

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20.10.2010 por Joana Varon

15th meeting from the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents reaches agenda on future works

The last day of sessions of the 15th meeting from the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was rough, surrounded by controversies and lack of consensus regarding future activities of the Committee.

Plenary sessions were suspended and informal meetings were caried out most of the day based on the documment prepared by the Chair, Maximiliano Santa Cruz, considering proposals for future works. The proposal was underlined after informal meetings from Thursday, when the chair and most of Developing Countries thought consensus were reached.

Biotecnologia e saúde pública | OMPI | Política Internacional | Propriedade Intelectual

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15.10.2010 por Joana Varon

Creative Commons launches Public Domain Mark, Europeana and Cultural Heritage institutions lead early adoption

Creative Commons announces the release of the Public Domain Mark, a tool that enables works free of known copyright restrictions to be labeled in a way that clearly communicates that status to the public, and allows the works to be easily discovered over the Internet.

The Public Domain Mark effectively increases the value of the public domain by making works that are already free of copyright readily accessible to the public. The Mark makes it clear to teachers and students, artists and scientists, that they are free to re-use material. Its release benefits everyone who wishes to build upon the rich and vast resources that are part of the shared public domain.

Direitos autorais | Política Internacional | Propriedade Intelectual

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15.10.2010 por Joana Varon

Chair’s proposal for future works to be discussed today at the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents

After a week of controversial informal meetings, the Chair, Maximiliano Santa Cruz, prepared a proposal for future work of the Committee (SCP). The proposal will be analyzed by Member States, International Organizations and Non-governmental organizations today, Friday, the last day of meeting.

It seams a steep forward considering demands from both sides: LDC’s demands on addressing Development Agenda recommendations and further understanding on exceptions and limitations, but also Developing countries interests on client-attorney privilege and patent quality. Nonetheless, the goal was to establish topics to remain on the agenda, which shall be debated further at SCP 16th meeting, to eventually turn out into practical deliberations. 

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14.10.2010 por Joana Varon

Group B releases proposal for Future Work at Standing Committe on the Law of Patents (SCP) at WIPO

Second and third day of sessions from the 15th meeting of Standing Committee on Patents (SCP) can be characterized as an alternation between open sessions and informal meetings where the following topics have been addressed:

During formals, the following preliminary studies have been discussed:

- Standards and Patents

- Exclusion from Patentable Subject Matter and Exceptions and Limitations to the Rights

Não categorizado | OMPI | Política Internacional | Propriedade Intelectual

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12.10.2010 por Joana Varon

General Statement on Access to Knowledge and Development made by CTS/FGV at SCP/WIPO

On the second day of the 15 th meeting from the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), when the floor was open to general statements for civil society organizations, the Center for Technology and Society did it’s statement, just as quoted bellow:

“I speak on behalf of the Centre for Technology and Society (CTS), research center and think-thank from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Brazil.

Our institution works on the intersection between Intellectual Property Law and New Technologies, addressing these topics with a developmental view. Focusing on applied research, we work closely with Brazilian governmental bodies and other national and international research institutions and activists towards promoting access to knowledge, digital inclusion and innovative open business models, as complementary to the existing IP based businesses.

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05.10.2010 por Koichi Kameda

ACTA: No More Negotiating Rounds Planned; Latest Text To Be Released

By Kaitlin Mara

IP-Watch

The round of negotiations in Tokyo last week on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) will be the last in the several-year long process to come to a final agreement, negotiators have said. The latest text – along with highlighted issue areas on which certain countries still have reservations – will be released before the end of the week, negotiators told Intellectual Property Watch.

Política Internacional | Propriedade Intelectual

02.10.2010 por Joana Varon

Some highlights of the first day of Open Video Conference

Copyright and best practices of fair use, open formats, open business models, net neutrality and many important topics for freedom of expression at Internet are being discussed now at Open Video Conference.

The event started yesterday, October, 1st, and will go through out today, Oct 2nd, gathering video makers, musicians, media especialists, academics, hackers and all kinds of people that exercises and share creativity using the Internet. To access the schedule of the event, click here

The first day was fulfilled with enlightened presentations, discussions and movie shows. Here I present a few highlights of the discussions I’ve managed to catch.

Direitos da Internet | Eventos e Cursos | Não categorizado

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01.10.2010 por Koichi Kameda

First Patent Holder Grants Licences To UNITAID

By Kaitlin Mara

IP-Watch

The United States National Institutes of Health has become the first patent holder to join the newly created Medicines Patent Pool, a project of drug purchasing mechanism UNITAID. Public health organisations hailed the move as key step in the right direction but said there is still much work to do.

Biotecnologia e saúde pública | Política Internacional