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Read More »Waiving intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines is ‘no silver bullet,’ EU Council head says
Speaking at a news conference ahead of the summit, which is scheduled to begin on Friday, European Council President Charles Michel reiterated his skepticism about the much-touted idea of an intellectual property waiver for Covid-19 vaccines. “The question of intellectual property rights will likely be raised,” Michel stated. The measure …
Read More »Russia ready to back waiving intellectual property rights for Covid vaccines, as Putin says now ‘not the time to maximize profits’
The proposals to waive intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines “don’t contradict” the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which allow such an option during emergencies, Putin said on Thursday. The Russian president instructed Tatyana Golikova, the deputy prime minister responsible for social policy, to explore patent waivers. “Of …
Read More »Biden admin backs proposal to lift intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines, Pfizer & Moderna stocks slip
“These extraordinary times and circumstances call for extraordinary measures,” US Trade Representative Katherine Tai tweeted on Wednesday. “The US supports the waiver of IP protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic and we’ll actively participate in @WTO negotiations to make that happen.” There have been calls for months …
Read More »US says China should do more for intellectual property protection, as Beijing struggles to meet trade deal targets
The office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has kept China on its “priority watch list” for intellectual property (IP) rights enforcement problems, according to the agency’s report published on Friday. While the list included eight more countries – Argentina, Chile, India, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, and Venezuela – …
Read More »The woke left are demonizing parents and want to abolish the family. It’s the intellectual equivalent of a toddler’s tantrum
2020 has been a year of pandemics. The most prominent of these is coronavirus, which has killed over a million people worldwide and wreaked havoc on the global economy. But it isn’t the only problematic outbreak to ravage the globe in 2020 – the pandemic of woke idiocy continues to …
Read More »In the Facebook gaining popularity of Ukrainian intellectual flashmob
Ukrainians are encouraged to read books of Ukrainian writers. The social network Facebook Ukrainian book Institute has launched a flash mob for fans of the Ukrainian book. To spread the ideas of the book you need to write about read the last book of Ukrainian publishing houses, take a picture …
Read More »The reaction leading to the “MP-intellectual” blew Network
Oleh bereziuk laugh leading. The statement of the head of the faction “Samopomich” Oleg Berezyuk, the TV channel Zik emergency “intellectual level” of his fellow party member Semyon Semenchenko was surprising leading Tatiana Danilenko. “I have to it no any claims. It is an intellectual incredible…” – he began to …
Read More »Fun postcard from the series “the Rules of a real intellectual”
Oh, these intellectuals. Intellectuals — a concept that emerged in the Soviet Union as the designation of the representatives of the “intellectual” professions, and the opposition of the working class. In fact, a real intellectual is a English gentleman, but our batch! And though he is close and strong folk …
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