[governance] Fwd: IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP - JANUARY 24, 2011

Mon Jan 24 13:51:19 EST 2011

Thanks Mariela. Have you heard of M-CAM or Dr David Martin. He holds one of
the largest, if not the largest repository on patents (inherent knowledge)
some call it traditional knowledge and he works closely with developing
countries. It may be of interest, to visit his website.

http://www.m-cam.com/home
Thanks for the link that you sent. They also do Vendor Verification checks
etc.

An example of the work he has done in the Pacific to help developing
countries, in this instance, Samoa visit:
http://www.samoaobserver.ws/index.php?view=article&id=2066%3Awho-really-owns&option=com_content&Itemid=50

Kind Regards,

Sala
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Marilia Maciel <mariliamaciel at gmail.com>wrote:

> For those interested in intellectual property, I recommend this weekly
> newsletter and the website www.infojustice.org
>
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> From: Michael Palmedo <mpalmedo at wcl.american.edu>
> Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:16 PM
> Subject: IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP - JANUARY 24, 2011
> To: IP-ENFORCEMENT at roster.wcl.american.edu
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>  *IP ENFORCEMENT ROUNDUP – JANUARY 24, 2011*
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> * *
>
> *European academics circulate sign-on statement of opinion on ACTA*
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> * *
>
> A group of prominent European academics coordinated by Rita Matulionyte
> and Axel Metzger from the Leibniz University in Hanover has released an
> opinion on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).  The opinion
> shows how ACTA clashes both with EU policy and with the enforcement
> provisions of the TRIPS Agreement.  The drafting committee invites European
> and national institutions to carefully consider the opinion before ratifying
> the Agreement or withholding consent.  The document is open for signatures<http://www.iri.uni-hannover.de/acta-1668.html>until February 7, 2011. Click
> here for more. <http://infojustice.org/archives/848>   **
>
> * *
>
> *Publishers cut off researchers’ free access to medical journals in poor
> countries  *
>
>
>
> Large publishers are starting to pull out of the Health InterNetwork for
> Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), a system for providing free journals
> to low income countries established by the World Health Organization (WHO)
> in 2001. Earlier this month, researchers in Bangladesh received notice that
> they would no longer receive access to journals published by Elsevier,
> Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, and Springer through the program.  WHO has
> since revealed that 28 other Least Developed Countries will lose access to
> free journals through the HINARI.  Click here for more.<http://infojustice.org/archives/880>
>
> * *
>
> *Brazilian Ministry of Culture removes Creative Commons licenses from its
> website*
>
>
>
> Since 2003, the Brazilian Ministry of Culture website’s content has been
> posted under a Creative Commons license, but the Ministry has removed the
> Creative Commons logo from its website.  The removal occurred shortly after
> the publication of an open letter asking for the continuation of copyright
> reforms that were adopted or were under discussion during the government of
> Lula, and which would have expanded limitations and exceptions to
> copyright.  Therefore, the removal has been interpreted by the Brazilian
> civil society as a sign of the inflexibility of Minister Ana de Hollanda,
> who opposes the reforms. Click here for more.<http://infojustice.org/archives/867>
>
> * *
>
> *U.S. state legislators call for halt of trade restrictions on
> pharmaceutical pricing*
>
>
>
> On Friday, an organization of state legislators passed a resolution<http://forumdemocracy.net/article.php?id=570>calling on the U.S. to halt the use of trade agreements to enact
> international disciplines on pharmaceutical pricing programs. The resolution
> specifically targets the ongoing negotiation of the Trans-Pacific
> Partnership (TPP), a plurilateral trade agreement among eight nations. To
> date, no negotiating text has been publicly released. But the branded drug
> lobby has requested the inclusion of a chapter in the agreement that would
> require countries to “appropriately recognize the value of patented
> medicines” when determining reimbursement levels for medicines purchased in
> the public health sector. Click here for more.<http://infojustice.org/archives/910>
>
> * *
>
> *Notes from the State of the Net Conference***
>
>
>
> On January 18, the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Congressional Internet
> Caucus held the Seventh Annual  State of the Net Conference to discuss
> current issues and upcoming legislation in 2011. The Director of
> Immigrations and Customs Enforcement described Operation In Our Sites, which
> targeted infringing sites, and Members of Congress discussed strengthening
> domestic and international IP protection, and a panel discussed the
> feasibility and wisdom of enforcement measures in COICA.  Many of the
> keynote speeches are available online.  Click here for more.<http://infojustice.org/archives/859>
>
> * *
>
> *UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health enters Kenyan legal
> challenge to anticounterfeiting bill*
>
>
>
> The East African Standard has reported that Anand Grover, the Special
> Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Anand Grover will “intervene as an
> interested party to support the constitutional principles of access to
> essential medicines" in a court case against the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeiting
> bill.  Health advocates have warned that the bill contains loose definitions
> of “counterfeit” that will allow patent owning firms to block legitimate
> generic medicines.  Click here for more.<http://infojustice.org/archives/904>
>
> * *
>
> *Upcoming events and submission deadlines***
>
>
>
> On February 2-3, the Sixth Global Congress Combating Piracy<http://www.ccapcongress.net/>will take place in Paris, co-hosted by WIPO and INPI, in partnership with
> Interpol, the World Customs Organization, BASCAP, and the International
> Trade Mark Association.  February 15 is the deadline for submitting comments
> to the US Trade Representative for the 2011 Special 301 Report, and for
> submitting comments on ACTA. The WTO TRIPS Council will meet on March 1-2.
> Thiru Balasubamaniam from KEI has posted key dates for upcoming WHO, WIPO
> and WTO meetings on intellectual property <http://keionline.org/node/1048>.
> WIPO has also published a list of its Conferences, Meetings and Seminars<http://wipo.int/meetings/en/>to be held in the first half of 2011.  For future reference, PIJIP is
> creating an ongoing list of upcoming events and submission deadlines which
> will be available here<http://infojustice.org/upcoming-meetings-on-ip-enforcment>
> .
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>
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> *Contributors: Mike Palmedo, Sean Flynn, Marilia Maciel.
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> *
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> Mike Palmedo
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> Assistant Director
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