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Consistency of Korea-US FTA copyright provisions with US law
20-Dec-2011 Info Justice
There are at least three major inconsistencies between KORUS and U.S. copyright legislation, reports Sean Flynn
With WTO stalled, GI industry proponents move to create their own register
10-Oct-2011 IP Watch
An international private-sector network lobbying for the protection of geographical indications is set to establish a compilation of all GIs currently protected in the world in what could seem like a response to the repeated failure of governments to agree on the establishment of a GIs register at the World Trade Organization.
As bilateral trade deals proceed, WIPO hears warnings, calls for change
4-Oct-2011 IP Watch
On 1 October, eight governments – Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and the United States – signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), negotiated entirely behind closed doors with almost no known input from the public or elected officials.
US rights to export variety of cheeses to Korea upheld
31-Aug-2011 NMPF
In June, the US and South Korean governments clarified that US cheese manufacturers will be able to continuing shipping to Korea a wide variety of cheeses of importance to the US dairy industry despite the EU-Korea FTA’s provisions on geographical indications
ICAAP10 2011: No safe avenue to address your concerns
29-Aug-2011 HealthDev.Net
The 10th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP10) has been turned upside down completely
Protestors attacked by police at international AIDS conference
29-Aug-2011 The Scavenger
An anti-Free Trade Agreement protest that took place outside an International Congress on AIDS in the Asia Pacific (ICAAP) in Busan, South Korea, on 27 August was violently attacked by police.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Did US move threaten public health?
12-Jul-2011 IP Watch
Civil society groups say a leaked document from regional free trade negotiations between countries bordering the Pacific Ocean shows the United States favouring giant pharmaceutical companies at the expense of public health.
"BRICS can ensure affordable drugs"
10-Jul-2011
While ‘data exclusivity’ clauses will not feature in the India-European Union free trade agreement (FTA), the threat posed by the impending deal to the world’s supply of cheap generic drugs is far from over.
The Bangkok Declaration on free trade agreements & access to medicines
23-Jun-2011
Statement of May 2011 against the increasingly rapid spread of Free Trade Agreements that put the profits of multinational pharmaceutical companies ahead of people’s right to health around the world.
Health groups call for moratorium on FTAs, TRIPS-plus measures by developed nations
8-Jun-2011 PharmaBiz
As the global community meets in New York for the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS from 8 to 10 June 2011, networks of People living with HIV, health groups and treatment activists from around the world are calling for an immediate moratorium on all Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and TRIPS-plus measures.
Karl De Gucht writes Andris Piebalgs on topic of European Union IPR demands on India and other developing countries
29-May-2011 KEI
KEI has received a copy of a May 16, 2011 letter from Karl De Gucht to Andris Piebalgs, which discusses (1) the EU-India FTA, and (2) Relations between IPR and development policies.
Cigarettes may be too hot to handle
28-May-2011 The Australian
The Australian government’s attempt to bring in plain packaging for cigarettes may violate the TRIPS agreement, the US-Australia free trade agreement and the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
28 Senators write Obama urging strong IP chapter in Trans Pacific Partnership
19-May-2011 infojustice
A group of 28 US Senators has written President Obama urging his administration to include “the highest level of IP protections” in the Trans Pacific Partnership.
India, Mercosur "must withstand EU pharma demands"
6-May-2011
Nations currently negotiating trade deals with the European Union (EU) have been warned that they must resist European demands which could threaten access to medicines in emerging and developing countries.
US IP enforcement ambitions in Trans-Pacific trade agreement stir reactions
17-Mar-2011 IP Watch
An alleged official document leaked last week showed that the United States is taking the lead in escalating intellectual property rights enforcement in negotiations for a regional trade agreement among countries bordering the Pacific Ocean.
Bodies express concern over potential negative impact of FTA
4-Mar-2011
Positive Living HIV (PLHIV) organisations in Malaysia yesterday expressed concern over the potential negative impact on HIV medication of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) which the government is currently negotiating with the United States and the European Commission (EC).
HIV patients say ‘no’ to IP provision on generic drugs
2-Mar-2011
People in Asia living with HIV and who depend on affordable generic AIDS medicines to stay alive have impressed upon the Indian government to stand strong against European Union demands on the sensitive Intellectual Property (IP) chapter in ongoing Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations.
The bubble bursts for Ukraine’s ’Champagne’
1-Mar-2011 The Independent
Ukrainian winemakers will be forced to stop labelling their sparkling white wines as "Champagne" as part of a free trade agreement with the European Union due to be signed later this year.
Stronger IP rights in EU-Korea FTA: Precedent for future FTAs?
20-Feb-2011 IP Watch
On intellectual property protection, the FTA contains the extension of patent rights for pharmaceuticals and data exclusivity, both provisions ardently fought over in the ongoing EU-India FTA negotiations.
Unholy smoke!
17-Feb-2011 DTE
As the Philips Morris case shows, any corporation can potentially sue the Indian government in a bid to block sovereign actions for protecting the wellbeing of its people.