Gene Quinn (author of IPWatchdog.com) has released a list of the top 50 Patent Blogs. Although this is a non-scientific survey, it is worth looking at the list and making sure that you are visiting regularly the blogs that are important for you. Not all the blogs relate to the area of work that IQsensato focuses on, but it’s worth a look to check you are in the loop.
Archive for July, 2009
Keeping Up With the IP Debate
Saturday, July 25th, 2009HIV/AIDS Treatment – A Call to Join the Bomb Squad to Defuse a Timebomb
Friday, July 24th, 2009By 2030 an estimated 50 million people will need HIV/AIDS treatment compared to only 9 million who need the treatment today. This is the projection of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS (APPG) contained in - The Treatment Timebomb - a report released on 15th July 2009 in London. The report contains the findings of an inquiry of the APPG into the long-term access to HIV medicines in the developing world.
The WIPO Conference on IP and Public Policy: Suggestions for Improvement
Friday, July 17th, 2009The WIPO Conference on IP and Public Policy Conference which took place in Geneva on 13-14 July 2009 was notable for the participation of renowned speakers from different UN agencies, governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. Many speakers brought to the audience their experience in dealing with issues that are critical to the IP policy-making process in light of the public interest. In the Climate Change Panel, Haroldo Machado Filho, suggested the creation of a public multilateral fund for purchasing licenses with a view to facilitate technology transfer, and compulsory licensing in national emergencies related to climate change. These two ideas are in line with the discussions pushed forth by developing countries in the UNFCCC. The audience would have had an interest to discuss these suggestions in detail, unfortunately there was no time left for discussion during the morning session of the first day. This was one of the weaknesses of the Conference.
WIPO Public Policy Issues Conference - 28 Men and 3 Women
Monday, July 13th, 2009The Programme of the on-going WIPO Conference on IP and Public Policy Issues is quite astonishing in one respect. Its gender Insensitivity! Among the 31 speakers and moderators for the two day conference there are only three (3) women one of which is the head of a UN agency. In some sense you can think of it as a conference of 28 men and 3 women. It reminds you of another recent major event, the G20 London summit which was a summit of 18 men and 2 women. For the WIPO Conference, gender is particularly important when you consider the key issues under discussion - climate change; public health; and food security. In my earlier post on the conference, I mentioned that the programme could have been better. The gender issue is probably the most glaring.
The WIPO Conference on IP & Public Policy Issues - A Preview
Monday, July 13th, 2009The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is to hold, today and tomorrow (13th and 14th July 2009), a major international conference on intellectual property and public policy issues. It promises to be quite an event, a first in many ways. According to the initial list of participants, more than 600 people are registered for the conference with approximately 192 of these being government officials, 38 being representatives of intergovernmental organisations and 82 from NGOs, civil society and industry groups that are observers to WIPO. (more…)
