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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues (2015)
- [Apbrebes] Updates on Plant Variety Protection Issue #19, 10 December 2015
(15 Dec 15)
- WIPO: Advisory Committee on Enforcement to discuss legislative assistance
by K.M. Gopakumar (27 Nov 15)
- WHO: Expert working group on SSFFC definitions established
by K.M. Gopakumar (26 Nov 15)
- TWN statements at WIPO Committee on Development and IP (October 2015)
(23 Nov 15)
- Stevia-Derived Sweeteners Violate Indigenous Rights
(23 Nov 15)
- WHO: Socio-economic impact study of SSFFC medicines is “propaganda”, says South
by K M Gopakumar (20 Nov 15)
- WHO proposes to join Global Fund's IP enforcement initiative
by K M Gopakumar (19 Nov 15)
- TRIPS Council Decision On Extension of the Transition Period Concerning Pharmaceutical Products
(06 Nov 15)
- Unconditional 17-year exemption from pharmaceuticals patents agreed
by Sangeeta Shashikant (03 Nov 15)
- APBREBES Info - Issues at UPOV Body
(28 Oct 15)
- Vague Results Questions the Need for Harmonized PVP Filing System in UPOV?
by Sangeeta Shashikant (27 Oct 15)
- Development: Contentious negotiations over Farmers' Rights resolution
by Sangeeta Shashikant (27 Oct 15)
- NGO letter on pharmaceutical transition period for LDCs
(23 Oct 15)
- Poor countries press for extension of exemption from drug
by Anne Gulland (22 Oct 15)
- "Unconscionable and indefensible" - U.S. 10-year offer to LDCs for pharmaceutical patent waiver
(21 Oct 15)
- New Publication - Tool for Designing a Sui Generis Plant Variety Protection System
(19 Oct 15)
- Some Middle-income Countries Pay More for HepC Drugs than Rich Countries
(19 Oct 15)
- WIPO: IGC's negotiation mandate renewed after intense negotiations
by K.M. Gopakumar & Mirza Alas (14 Oct 15)
- US stands in the way of LDCs' pharmaceutical transition period
by Sangeeta Shashikant (15 Oct 15)
- WIPO: Hectic negotiations to renew the mandate of IGC
by K.M. Gopakumar & Mirza Alas (14 Oct 15)
- WIPO - Disagreement over mandate renewal of work on genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore
by Mirza Alas & K.M. Gopakumar (12 Oct 15)
- UN Special Rapporteur on right to culture recommends new IP regime for pharmaceuticals
by K M Gopakumar (12 Oct 15)
- WIPO: Developing countries stress balanced approach to intellectual property
by Mirza Alas (09 Oct 15)
- Genes can't be patented, rules Australia's High Court
by Michael Slezak (08 Oct 15)
- Press Release: Call on Countries and Parliaments to reject ratification of TPP
(08 Oct 15)
- WIPO Assemblies to tackle several key unresolved issues
by K M Gopakumar (05 Oct 15)
- Suspension of UNODC work program on model law on fraudulent medicines
by K M Gopakumar (01 Oct 15)
- Independent Assessment Needed to Address Contradictions between International Instruments on Farmers' Rights
(01 Oct 15)
- Investor-State Arbitration of IP Monopolies on Medicines – Eli Lilly v. Canada and the TPPA
by Prof. Brook K. Baker & Katrina Geddes (01 Oct 15)
- Don’t let TPP lock Peru into unequal trade
by Joseph E. Stiglitz & Adam S. Hersh (01 Oct 15)
- Public SDGs or Private GGs?
by Barbara Adams (25 Sept 15)
- Intellectual Property in the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Increasing the Barriers for the Access to Affordable Medicines
(25 Sept 15)
- Is the UN fit for the ambitious new Sustainable Development Agenda?
(23 Sept 15)
- Renewable Energy Agency Parrots Patent Propaganda
by Edward Hammond (21 Sept 15)
- When US, UK doctors refuse to prescribe Indian drugs, it reeks of racism
by Rema Nagarajan (01 Sept 15)
- Preliminary analysis of biologics exclusivity in the leaked Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement text
(21 Aug 15)
- South stress balanced approach to patents for public health and development
by Mirza Alas (04 Aug 15)
- TWN statements at WIPO committee on patent law (27 and 29 July)
(28 Jul 15)
- Fit for Whose Purpose? Private funding and corporate influence in the United Nations (Global Policy Forum report)
by Barbara Adams & Gretchen Luchsinger (28 Jul 15)
- Potential human rights impacts of the TPP (new TWN report)
(27 Jul 15)
- WIPO Patent law committee to discuss studies on inventive step and disclosure
by TWN (27 Jul 15)
- Making middle income countries pay full price for drugs is a big mistake
(20 Jul 15)
- AFSA Statement on ARUSHA PVP PROTOCOL
(10 Jul 15)
- German Govt Study finds UPOV Inappropriate for Developing Countries
(08 Jul 15)
- [Apbrebes] Latest Updates on Draft ARIPO Protocol on Plant Variety Protection Issue #16, 4 July 2015
(06 Jul 15)
- The Herald - Zimbabwe: Country Should Reject Aripo Plans On Seed Control
by Jeffrey Gogo (30 Jun 15)
- Seed Freedom! A last chance to thwart the great African seed grab
by Ali-Masmadi Jehu-Appiah (30 Jun 15)
- APBREBES - Updates on Plant Variety Protection Issue #15, 26 June 2015
(29 Jun 15)
- Draft ARIPO Plant Variety Protocol & Farmers Rights to Save, Use, Exchange and Sell Seeds
by Sangeeta Shashikant (25 Jun 15)
- ITPGRFA: FAO Seed Treaty to Consider a New Benefit Sharing Approach
by Edward Hammond (22 Jun 15)
- Draft ARIPO Protocol On Plant Varieties: Whose Interest Does it Serve?
by Sangeeta Shashikant (22 Jun 15)
- LDC Pharma Extension Request At WTO Yields Support But Needs Further Discussion
(12 Jun 15)
- WHO Statement on LDC Request for Extension of Pharmaceutical Transition Period
(12 Jun 15)
- LDC Group's Statement on Its Request for Extension of Pharmaceutical Transition Period
(12 Jun 15)
- Confidential USTR Emails Show Close Industry Involvement In TPP Negotiations
by William New (08 Jun 15)
- Civil society letter on LDC TRIPS exemption
(08 Jun 15)
- WHO public health, innovation and IP programme to be reviewed
by K.M. Gopakumar (31 May 15)
- CSOs urge support for LDC request on pharmaceuticals exemption
by Kanaga Raja (26 May 15)
- WHO: Health Assembly steps up Global Vaccine Action Plan implementation
by Mirza Alas & K.M. Gopakumar (26 May 15)
- How food, beverage giants influence WHO rules
by Rema Nagarajan (22 May 15)
- Safeguard WHO's Independence From Private Interests, urged public activists
(22 May 15)
- Anti microbial resistance: India wants access, resources, tech transfer spelt out in global action plan
by Rema Nagarajan (21 May 15)
- CSOs voice concerns over corporate takeover of WHO
by Kanaga Raja (21 May 15)
- Access to medicines and the right to health and life: South Centre View
by Martin Khor (15 Apr 15)
- A simple “agreement” proposed to accommodate Industry’s UPOV-plus demands
by Sangeeta Shashikant (19 Mar 15)
- Sabara - An African Anti-Cancer Medicinal Plant Claimed by French Universities (English, Spanish and French versions)
by Edward Hammond (17 Mar 15)
- WTO: LDC request for extension of transition period on pharmaceuticals
by K. M. Gopakumar (25 Feb 15)
- The registration of biosimilar medicines: lessons from Colombia’s experience
by German Velasquez (13 Feb 15)
- WHO: Secretariat ignores requirement of review report on GSPOA
by K. M. Gopakumar (29 Jan 15)
- WHO capacity on disease outbreaks and emergencies to be enhanced
by K. M. Gopakumar (25 Jan 15)
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