Intellectual property
Australia - Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements Applicable to Tobacco Products and Packaging
On 9 June 2020 the Appellate Body issued its reports in the cases brought by Honduras and the Dominican Republic in “Australia — Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements Applicable to Tobacco Products and Packaging” (DS435 and DS441).
Estados Unidos - Artículo 110(5) de la Ley de Derecho de Autor de los Estados Unidos
El 15 de junio de 2000 la OMC hizo público el informe del Grupo especial sobre el caso “Estados Unidos - Artículo 110(5) de la Ley derecho de Autor de los Estados Unidos”.
États-Unis - Article 211 de la Loi générale de 1998 portant ouverture de crédits
Le 02 janvier 2002 l’Organe d’appel a publié son rapport sur l’affaire “États-Unis - Article 211 de la Loi générale de 1998 portant ouverture de crédits”.
Australia - Determinadas medidas relativas a las marcas de fábrica o de comercio, indicaciones geográficas y otras prescripciones de empaquetado genérico aplicables a los productos de tabaco y al empaquetado de esos productos
El 9 de junio de 2020 el Órgano de Apelación emitió sus informes en los asuntos planteados por Honduras y la República Dominicana en “Australia — Determinadas medidas relativas a las marcas de fábrica o de comercio indicaciones geográficas y otras prescripciones de empaquetado genérico aplicables a los productos de tabaco y al empaquetado de esos productos” (DS435 y DS441).
Estados Unidos - Artículo 211 de la Ley Omnibus de Asignaciones de 1998
El 06 de agosto de 2001 la OMC hizo público el informe del Grupo especial sobre el caso “Estados Unidos - Artículo 211 de la Ley Omnibus de Asignaciones de 1998”.
Estados Unidos - Artículo 211 de la Ley Omnibus de Asignaciones de 1998
El 02 de enero de 2002 el Órgano de Apelación hizo público el informe sobre el caso “Estados Unidos - Artículo 211 de la Ley Omnibus de Asignaciones de 1998”.
Arabie saoudite, Royaume de - Mesures concernant la protection des droits de propriété intellectuelle
Le 16 juin 2020 l’OMC a distribué le rapport du Groupe spécial chargé d’examiner l’affaire introduite par le Qatar “Arabie saoudite — Mesures concernant la protection des droits de propriété intellectuelle” (DS567).
India - Patent Protection for Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Chemical Products
On 7 April 1997 the US requested consultations with Japan in respect of the latter’s prohibition under quarantine measures of imports of certain agricultural products. The US alleged that Japan prohibits the importation of each variety of a product requiring quarantine treatment until the quarantine treatment has been tested for that variety even if the treatment has proved to be effective for other varieties of the same product. The US alleged violations of Articles 2 5 and 8 of the SPS Agreement Article XI of GATT 1994 and Article 4 of the Agreement on Agriculture. In addition the US made a claim for nullification and impairment of benefits.
Communautés européennes - Protection des marques et des indications géographiques pour les produits agricoles et les denrées alimentaires
Le 15 mars 2005 l’OMC a publié le rapport du Groupe spécial dans l’affaire “Communautés européennes - Protection des marques et des indications géographiques pour les produits agricoles et les denrées alimentaires”.
India - Protección mediante patente de los productos farmacéuticos y los productos químicos para la agricultura
El 05 de septiembre de 1997 la OMC hizo público el informe del Grupo especial sobre el caso “India - Protección mediante patente de los productos farmacéuticos y los productos químicos para la agricultura”.
Canadá - Período de protección mediante patente
El 05 de mayo de 2000 la OMC hizo público el informe del Grupo especial sobre el caso “Canadá - Período de protección mediante patente”.
Canada - Protection conférée par un brevet pour les produits pharmaceutiques
Le 17 mars 2000 l’OMC a publié le rapport du Groupe spécial dans l’affaire “Canada - Protection conférée par un brevet pour les produits pharmaceutiques”.
Australia - Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements Applicable to Tobacco Products and Packaging
On 28 June 2018 the WTO circulated the panel report in the cases brought by Honduras the Dominican Republic Cuba and Indonesia in “Australia — Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements Applicable to Tobacco Products and Packaging.
Australia - Determinadas medidas relativas a las marcas de fábrica o de comercio, indicaciones geográficas y otras prescripciones de empaquetado genérico aplicables a los productos de tabaco y al empaquetado de esos productos
El 28 de junio de 2014 la OMC distribuyó el informe del Grupo Especial en los asuntos planteados por Honduras la República Dominicana Cuba e Indonesia “Australia — determinadas medidas relativas a las marcas de fábrica o de comercio indicaciones geográficas y otras prescripciones de empaquetado genérico aplicables a los productos de tabaco y al empaquetado de esos productos” (DS435 DS441 DS458 y DS467)
États-Unis - Article 211 de la Loi générale de 1998 portant ouverture de crédits
Le 06 août 2001 l’OMC a publié le rapport du Groupe spécial dans l’affaire “États-Unis - Article 211 de la Loi générale de 1998 portant ouverture de crédits”.
Product Patents and Access to Innovative Medicines in a Post-TRIPS era
This WTO working paper studies availability and affordability of new and innovative pharmaceuticals in a post-TRIPS era. The WTO’s TRIPS Agreement (TRIPS) makes it obligatory for WTO members– except least-developed country members (LDCs) - to provide pharmaceutical product patents with a 20-year protection term. Developing country members other than LDCs were meant to be compliant with this provision of TRIPS by 2005.
Intellectual Property and Digital Trade Mapping International Regulatory Responses to Emerging Issues
This paper explores how regulatory responses to emerging IP issues in digital trade may develop at the international level and in particular how existing mechanisms might influence the chances of developing internationally agreed rules in this regard. The primacy of state sovereignty in intellectual property up to the late 19th century gave way to the important WIPO treaties which still retained some independence of member states and based international regulatory responses directly on national experience. While more regulatory sovereignty was ceded in TRIPS the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty the adoption of non-binding instruments (such as the WIPO Joint Recommendations in the area of trademarks) show the limits of decision making by consensus.
Patent-Related Actions taken in WTO Members in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 caused by SARS-Cov-2 was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. Since then the issue of the relationship between patent protection and the development of and access to medical treatments and technologies – a longstanding and enduringly important public policy issue – has become central to the debate on the linkages between IP innovation access and public health between stakeholders with divergent interests.
WIPO-WTO colloquium papers 2010
The WIPO-WTO Colloquium Papers is a peer-reviewed academic journal published jointly by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization each year since 2010. Providing a uniquely representative and diverse showcase for emerging IP scholarship from across the globe the journal aims to stimulate analysis and debate on intellectual property (IP) issues particularly of interest to developing countries. And it offers an avenue for the dissemination of a broader and more geographically diverse and representative range of scholarship than is common in much of the academic literature on IP law and policy.
WIPO-WTO colloquium papers 2015
The WIPO-WTO Colloquium Papers is a peer-reviewed academic journal published jointly by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization each year since 2010. Providing a uniquely representative and diverse showcase for emerging IP scholarship from across the globe the journal aims to stimulate analysis and debate on intellectual property (IP) issues particularly of interest to developing countries. And it offers an avenue for the dissemination of a broader and more geographically diverse and representative range of scholarship than is common in much of the academic literature on IP law and policy.