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Medicines Patent Pool, Roche Strike HIV-Related Medicine Pricing Agreement 5 Aug 2013 | 10:43 am
The Medicines Patent Pool today announced an agreement with Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche to increase access and reduce the cost of a medicine that treats a viral infection in people with weakene...
US Justice Department Proposes Remedy In E-Books Case 3 Aug 2013 | 12:44 am
The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) today announced its remedy proposal to address Apple’s anticompetitive conduct to raise e-book prices. The proposal follows a July decision by the US Di...
Reactions To Treaty On Plant Genetic Resources For Food And Agriculture 3 Aug 2013 | 12:03 am
The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) has been the subject of various comments this week. Related Articles: Genetic Origin In Food And Agriculture Di...
What Does WTO Extension For LDCs To Enforce IP Mean For Pharmaceuticals? 2 Aug 2013 | 02:45 pm
The recent extension granted by World Trade Organization members to least developed countries giving 8 more years to implement international intellectual property protection rules threw a shroud of co...
International Coalition Counters TPP Secrecy With Open Copyright Forum 1 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm
A coalition of international public interest and business organizations has launched an open, crowdsourced platform to discuss what copyright should look like under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
Governments Disagree On Geographical Indication Protection At TLD Level 1 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
Governments met recently to try to decide: Should special protection be provided online for geographical indications, in addition to trademark rights, geographical names and names of international org...
Infojustice: The Question Of Patent Eligible Subject Matter And Evergreening Practices 31 Jul 2013 | 07:33 pm
Infojustice writes: Over the past few years, patent-eligible subject matter has become one of the hotly debated areas of patent law in several countries. Even in the United States, the Supreme Court i...
EFPIA, PhRMA Release Joint Principles For Clinical Trial Data-Sharing, To Criticism 31 Jul 2013 | 02:59 am
The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) endorsed joint principles for clinical trial data-sha...
Infojustice: Setting The Record Straight On Fair Use In US 31 Jul 2013 | 02:40 am
A paper examining the fair use doctrine in the United States, published by law professors Peter Jaszi and Matthew Sag and University of California at Berkeley fellow Gwen Hinze, addresses specific iss...
Patent Risk: The ‘New Normal’ In Patent Troll Litigation 30 Jul 2013 | 06:11 pm
New York - Financial companies in 2012 faced nearly four times the patent litigation from non-practicing entities (NPEs), often called “patent trolls”, than they did five years ago and 2013 promises t...
