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Category: International IP
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By Kevin E. Noonan – In April, Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2024 Special 301 Report. In a press release, the USTR stated that "[m]any of the issues highlighted in the Special 301 Report demand collaborative efforts from our allies and partners" and additionally, "[m]any of my counterparts share the goal of making…
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By Donald Zuhn –- After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 17th annual list of top patent stories. For 2023, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) a significant impact on patent practitioners and…
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By Kevin E. Noonan – On April 26th, Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2023 Special 301 Report. In a press release, the USTR stated that "[i]nnovation and creativity are at the heart of American competitiveness. That is why the Biden-Harris Administration's new story on trade includes lifting up the 60 million jobs and…
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By Donald Zuhn –- On February 1, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a "zero draft" of a WHO convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (or "WHO CA+") for the consideration of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) at its fourth meeting, which will take place on February 27, 2023. …
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By Donald Zuhn –- After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 16th annual list of top patent stories. For 2022, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) a significant impact on patent practitioners and…
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By Donald Zuhn –- After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 16th annual list of top patent stories. For 2022, we identified ten stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) a significant impact on patent practitioners and…
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By Donald Zuhn — On December 16, the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a report recommending that the General Council extend the deadline by which the WTO would decide whether to extend the COVID-19 vaccine waiver to COVID-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. The General Council is…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) announced that the start of Sunrise Period is being postponed by two months from January 1, 2023 to March 1, 2023. The UPC indicated that the initial plan called for the Sunrise Period to begin on January 1, 2023, with the Agreement on a…
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By Donald Zuhn –- On December 6, the same day that the U.S. Trade Representative issued a statement on the June 17, 2022 Ministerial Decision that authorized developing Members to use the subject matter of a patent required for the production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines without the consent of the right holder to the…
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By Kevin E. Noonan – It is often observed (or asserted) that a fair compromise in a dispute has likely been reached when both sides are not particularly happy about it. This is not always the case, of course, and is more likely not to be the case the more complex the dispute and disparate the parties'…
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