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voice to the global public debate..."
April 2009 - Submission of: ITSSD Comments on the Desk Review of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property From a Development Perspective - A/HRC/12/WG.2/TF/CRP.5 (March 27, 2009)), A/HRC/12/WG.2/TF/CRP.5/Rev.1 (June 2, 2009)); This report was issued by the High-Level Task Force on the Implementation of the Right to Development and commissioned by the Open-Ended Working Group on the Right to Development of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
June 2008 - ITSSD Request for ad hoc Observer Status at WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents ("SCP") (SCP/12/2); Approved by SCP (SCP/12/4.Rev. - Chair Summary)
Oct. 2008 - Submission of: ITSSD Response to the WIPO Report on the International Patent System (SCP/12/3)
Feb. 2009 - Submission of: ITSSD Comments on Annex III of the WIPO Report on the International Patent System (SCP/12/3 Rev. 2)
March 2009 - Submission of: i) ITSSD Comments Concerning the WIPO Report on Standards and Patents (SCP/13/2); ii) Executive Summary of ITSSD Comments Concerning WIPO Report on Standards and Patents (SCP/13/2); iii) ITSSD Comments Concerning WIPO Report on Exclusions from Patentable Subject Matter and Exceptions and Limitations to the Rights (SCP/13/3)
Industry
Feb. 2008 - ITSSD Presentation at: University of Miami School of Law's Inter-American Law Review Symposium, Coral Gables, FL, Globalization and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Brazilian Intellectual Property Law and US Policy Implications; Res Ipsa Loquitur News Summary of the Proceedings (This symposium was convened to address Brazilian Ambassador to the United States' Critique of IALR article)
Intergovernmental
Oct. 2008 - ITSSD Presentation at: Knowledge Ecology Institute ("KEI") Brownbag Lunch, discussing the then recently released WIPO Report on Patents and Standards > Preserving the Rights of IP Holders in an Open Environment
April 2009 - ITSSD Presentation at: 15th Annual Harvard International Development Conference, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA; IMPACT - Turning Global Challenges Into Opportunities (Panel 3B, p. 20) - Intellectual Property - Is It Promoting Or Hindering International Development? > Promoting International Development NOT Welfare Dependence: Benefiting From Intellectual Property
Non-Governmental/Governmental
April 2008 - ITSSD Presentation at: First EurasiaBIO International Congress for Biotechnology, Bioenergy and Bioeconomy of the Yu.A. Ovchinnikov Russian Society of Biotechnologists & the National Biofuel Association, Moscow, Russia > Taking Advantage of IP Protection to Advance Russian Biotech
Oct. 2008 - ITSSD Presentation at: BIOKorea 2008 Annual Conference/Exhibition, Bio-Technopolis, Cheongju City, Chungbuk Province, Korea; Track 8 - Business Development, Session #4 - Technological Innovation Strategy for Biotechnology > Harnessing Korea Biotech For The Markets: The Importance of IP Protection and Technology Transfer
Nov. 2008 - ITSSD Presentation at: ITEC Philadelphia Conference 2008, Valley, Forge, PA, Mid-Atlantic Russia Business Council Panel - Thinking Globally in Today's Economic Environment and How to Expand Globally in an IT Market > IP Vigilance in an Expanding Global IT Market
Theme #2: Regional and national 'public interest' rules that diverge from consensus-based international standards should be scientifically and economically justified, should not discriminate between technologies and products incorporating them based on whether they employ a proprietary or non-proprietary business model, and should not otherwise unnecessarily burden, curtail or impose obstacles to the market access of such products, or the exercise and/or use of underlying intellectual property rights and/or assets.
Regional and national regulations promulgated to ensure universal access to healthcare, environmental, and information and communication technologies, the products in which they are incorporated, and the proprietary intellectual property (including related undisclosed technical information and know-how) underlying them at concession rate prices, can effectively constitute indirect regulatory 'takings' (indirect expropriations) of exclusive private property rights in contravention of international, regional and bilateral trade and investment agreements, especially when they are enacted for other than a bona fide legitimate public policy (disguised protectionist) purpose.
Programs - ITSSD Theme #2 (2008-2009)
Strong Intellectual Property Right Protections