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Part I: Pfizer’s testimony leads the way as US pressure on India increases

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Readers may remember our recent coverage of Pfizer’s Chief IP Counsel, Roy Waldron’s testimony before a hearing of the US House of Representatives and the heated exchange that followed between Waldron and the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) thereafter. Waldron’s main allegations were that the Indian Pharmaceutical patent regime flouted international trade rules and abused the compulsory license system and recommended that the US government use all means at its disposal to get India in line. IPA responded with a strong […]

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Agreement reached on Treaty for the Visually Impaired!

/ By / Copyright

Some great news came out of Marrakesh last night as negotiators and civil society took to social media to celebrate consensus finally being reached on the Treaty for the Visually. KEI also put out a short clip of the reactions and congratulations going around just after the agreement was reached – available here. Mr Raghavender, Registrar of Copyrights and part of India’s delegation, is at 2:15 and he notes that “it’s a great day in the history of Copyright law

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SpicyIP Event: IPEX – 2013, Hyderabad

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As mentioned last week, SpicyIP is happy to announce IPEX – 2013, a conference and exposition on “Building and Managing an IP Ecosystem for Business Excellence”. This promises to be an excellent event and we hope that all interested parties are able to attend it. The event is partnered by the Indian Patent Office, USPTO-GIPA as well as Nalsar University of Law. We’re also happy to announce that SpicyIP is the Media partner for this event. Please see the details

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SpicyIP Event: IPEX – 2013, Hyderabad

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SpicyIP is happy to announce IPEX – 2013, a conference and exposition on “Building and Managing an IP Ecosystem for Business Excellence”. The event is partnered by the Indian Patent Office, USPTO-GIPA as well as Nalsar University of Law. We’re also happy to announce that SpicyIP is the Media partner for this event. Please see the details as below. SpicyIP readers should note that mentioning SpicyIP at the time of registration will give them a 30% discount on registration fees

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Battleground shopping: Big Pharma versus Indian Patent policy

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On March 13th 2013, in a hearing before the US House of Representatives, Pfizer’s Chief Intellectual Property Counsel Roy Waldron derided India’s pharmaceutical patent regime stating amongst other things that India has ‘routinely flouted trade rules’, discriminating in favour of domestic generic companies, and is abusing the compulsory license system. Waldron went on to recommend that the US government use ‘every available bilateral and multilateral fora’ and ‘review all available policy tools’ in order to send strong signals to the

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WIPS (Worldwide Intellectual Property Service) – IPR Solution experts

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SpicyIP is happy to bring to our readers news of a wonderful set of search and analytics tool by Worldwide Intellectual Property Service (WIPS) for those involved in the IP field. Please see as below: WIPS (Worldwide Intellectual Property Service) – IP Solution experts Description: WIPS, as a leader in the intellectual property fields, is endeavoring to provide various solutions for which clients may have difficulty in IP related issues. WIPS is Korea’s first company to offer online worldwide patent

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Guest post: Avoiding Open Source Surprises When Buying Proprietary Software

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We’re happy to bring to our readers a brief note by Protecode on protecting against the risks of Open Source Software being incorporated in purchased proprietary software without the knowledge of the buyer.  A bit about the authors: Mahshad Koohgoli, CEO of Protecode, has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry. Previously, he was founder and CEO of Nimcat Networks (acquired by Avaya in 2005) and founder of Spacebridge Networks and Lantern Communications Canada. Mahshad has a BSc

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Social Innovations: A Braille Smartphone

/ By / Others

Even as the draft Treaty for the Blind gets watered down and seems to be heading towards a failure (due to “competing” corporate copyright interests), an Indian company Kriyate Design Solutions seems  to be on the road to making more ‘every day’ things accessible to print impaired people by introducing the world’s first Braille smartphone! The difficulties faced by the print impaired is a topic we have often visited on this blog and it’s with pleasure we bring you some good news

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USTR’s Special 301 Process 2013 – India on Priority Watchlist

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Image from here A few years ago, a study done on a certain “of the people, by the people and for the people” governed country revealed that 62% of all its personal bankruptcy filings were due to medical bills. I’m not sure if their situation has since improved (though I hope it has) but it is with some ironic amusement that I read America’s latest USTR Special 301 Report advising India on how ‘to promote access to healthcare products’. [pg 24].

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Guest Post: US Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Gene Patents case

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Image from here We’re happy to bring you a guest post by Samantak Ghosh on the recent AMP v. Myriad Gene Patents case argued before the US Supreme Court on April 15th, 2013. Please see our previous post here for a detailed explanation on the background of the case. Samantak (JD Candidate ’13, Berkeley Law) also recently won the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s national student writing award for his paper on the policy ramifications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision

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