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By Kevin E. Noonan – Last week, the Council 4 Innovation Promotion (C4IP) put on a webinar entitled "Unpacking the Proposed TRIPS Waiver Expansion: A Conversation with Gary Locke." Gary Locke (at right) was the Secretary of Commerce during the Obama Administration and later Ambassador to China, and he was joined in conversation with David Kappos, Undersecretary…
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By Donald Zuhn — A number of European firms, including J A Kemp, reported on Friday that the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation had passed a change to the rules of the EPC relating to the date on which a document is deemed to be delivered. The change will eliminate the 10-day rule,…
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By Donald Zuhn — On March 2, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued General License No. 13, which authorized "U.S. persons . . . to pay taxes, fees, or import duties, and purchase or receive permits, licenses, registrations, or certifications" for a limited time when…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — On April 27th, apparently without a trace of irony, Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), issued the 2022 Special 301 Report. In a press release, the USTR stated that "[i]ntellectual property-intensive industries support more than 60 million jobs – from the independent inventor just starting out to the documentary filmmaker…
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By Donald Zuhn — A General License issued on March 2, 2022 by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury authorizes "U.S. persons . . . to pay taxes, fees, or import duties, and purchase or receive permits, licenses, registrations, or certifications" for a limited time when such…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (at right) to express their "grave concerns with the so called 'compromise' agreement to waive global intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines." Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — As posted Monday, BIO (the Biotechnology Innovation Organization) provided a link to the supposed compromise agreement reached recently to permit WTO member states to waive patent protection for "subject matter required for the production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines without the consent of the right holder to the extent necessary to…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier today, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), Licensing Executives Society (LES) International, LES USA & Canada, and New York Intellectual Property Association (NYIPLA) issued a joint statement expressing their concern regarding reports that the European Union, India, South Africa, and United States had reached…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was terminating engagement with officials from the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) and Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), per guidance issued by the U.S. Department of State (see "USPTO Terminates Engagement with Rospatent and EAPO"). Nearly a week…
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By Donald Zuhn — A Reuters report published last week indicated that the United States, European Union, India, and South Africa had reached an agreement on a waiver with respect to patents for COVID-19 vaccines. The text of the compromise proposal, however, was not released. Following the announcement of the compromise, both the Biotechnology Innovation…
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