In a move that can throw open big scope for the small and medium pharma players in the country and curtail the huge profit margins of multinational biggies, the World Health Organization is making an initiative called ‘patent pool’ to make drugs for neglected diseases affordable across the world.
To begin with, the WHO is looking […]

PHARMACEUTICAL firms are against limiting prices of 22 of their patented drug products as planned by the government under the maximum retail price (MRP) regimen, arguing this would violate their right to benefit from their patents.
Reiner Gloor, executive director of the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP), said the law clearly says the […]

NEW DELHI: Diversified Japanese group Hitachi has warned of legal action against parties who violate the company’s trademarks in India.
The company in a recent public notice said that without its consent, no party should be using any trademarks that are identical or similar with that of the firm.
Hitachi, which is operating in India as […]

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei’s Intellectual Property Law is finally seeing some action following the charges brought against a company for using pirated copies of computer software.
The company, EcoPrime Networks Sdn Bhd, had been charged under the countries’ Copyright Order in Court early this month for using copies of unlicensed Microsoft software in their […]

BRUNEI’S Intellectual Property Law is finally seeing some action following the charges brought against a company for using pirated copies of computer software.
The company, EcoPrime Networks Sdn Bhd, had been charged under the countries’ Copyright Order in Court early this month for using copies of unlicensed Microsoft software in their business operations, the Attorney-General’s Chambers […]

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Saturday, June 20, 2009 – (Business Wire India)
Panelists at the session on IP Management, Licensing and Valuationon the final day of Bangalore Bio 2009 opined that India has just entered a phase of not only filing more and more IPRs, but also realising the true values of IPs. According to them: […]

The World Customs Organization this week will try to reach agreement on a softened replacement group against counterfeiting and piracy that may defuse concerns of overreaching by customs officials. It also will consider a proposal to add an explicit focus on public health and safety to its enforcement activities.
The WCO Policy Commission will meet from […]

Mumbai: The EU has joined the bandwagon of multinational drug makers to exert pressure on India to agree to provisions that could affect the registration and availability of low-cost medicines.
The EU wants India to incorporate “patent extensions” and “grant of data exclusivity “in the mutual Free Trade Arrangement (FTA) between the two. These provisions are […]

BANGKOK - Thailand plans to toughen its intellectual property protection law to punish, for the first time, buyers of products that breach copyright and trademark laws, aiming primarily at pirated music and movies and fake brand-name goods, a senior Thai official said Thursday.
In an effort to fight increased infringement of local music and movies, the […]

Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam as ASEAN Member States have launched an ASEAN Patent Examination Co-operation (ASPEC) programme. It is the first regional patent cooperation programme.

The purpose of this programme is to share search and examination results between the participating offices to allow applicants in participating countries to obtain […]