Publications

In this paper the Stockholm Network`s David Torstensson and Dr Meir P. Pugatch discuss and analyse the pharmaceutical IP environment in Canada. The paper describes the changes that led Canada – which until the 1990s was an "outlier" among developed countries in terms of the level of protection provided to pharmaceutical IPRs – to go ahead and strengthen its pharmaceutical IP environment, making it much more aligned with the environments of other developed countries such as the US, the EU Member States and Japan. Still, the paper suggests that this shift has not yet been completed and that Canada is still undergoing some significant internal debates about the future of its pharmaceutical IP landscape, not least in the context of its judicial system.

This paper is the first part of a publication series under the banner of our initiative CEE Ahead: A vision for sustainable healthcare. CEE Ahead aims to put forward a new vision for healthcare in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

The paper examines the transformation and reforms of Central and Eastern European (CEE) health care systems following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Taking the examples of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Romania it sketches the major success stories but also examines the missed opportunities and major backlashes against these reforms.

This edition of Know IP contains the following articles:

• Commentary – Land, knowledge and the space in between – is there a distinction between property rights and intellectual property rights? – Dr Meir Pugatch and Helen Disney
  
• Topic of the Month – More Italian than the Italians? Geographical indications and Parmesan – Savvas Parselias
  
• Experts’ Corner – Sittin’ in the dock with eBay – Benjamin May
  
• Views – The IP challenges of Web 2.0 – Gulya Isyanova
  
• Newsflashes – Top stories in the world of IP and Competition

This ninth edition of Climate of Opinion focuses on technology transfer and contains the following articles:

• Commentary – Arrested development: why tech transfer can be done better – Paul Domjan
  
• Can a better-informed technology transfer of renewable energy be achieved for developing countries? – Dr Judith Alazraque Cherni
  
• Climate change technologies: the new IP battleground – Helen Davison
  
• Publication – Carbon Scenarios: Blue Sky Thinking for a Green Future – Paul Domjan and Gulya Isyanova
  
• Microclimates – Top stories in energy and environment

This summer edition of the Eye on Europe focuses on the challenges and prospect of Turkey accession to the EU. This edition also includes a review of Johnny Munkhammar`s new book The Guide to Reform, four think tank profiles and a look back at the first Annual Stockholm Network Golden Umbrella Think Tank Awards.

The Stockholm Network`s Carbon Scenarios describe different possible futures that result from the differentiated substance and implementation of possible climate policies. We hope that our 3 scenarios – Kyoto Plus, Agree & Ignore, and Step Change – will be a simple yet powerful tool for discussing the complexity of climate change policy with a variety of stakeholders. These scenarios enable thinking about how far climate policies could take us, at what cost, how global energy markets would evolve in response and how effective these policies will be in addressing the challenges of climate change.

Dans ce numéro, nous abordons les sujets suivants :

• Play it again, Sam ! La santé et la course à la Maison Blanche – David Torstensson

• Un panorama du secteur de santé américain – Grace-Marie Turner

• Le point de vue du Hudson Institute – Catherine M. Fisher

• La médecine socialisée en Europe, et la médecine libérale aux Etats-Unis ? – Kristian Niemietz

• Des coûts plus faibles par une couverture plus large, ou une couverture plus large grâce aux coûts plus faibles ? – David B. Kendall contre David Freddoso

• ‘Sicko’ de Michael Moore – Kristian Niemietz

• Publications et événements du Stockholm Network

En tant que ministre du Travail, José Piñera fut l`architecte de la réforme des retraites au Chili (1980), fondée sur un système de capitalisation et des comptes épargne-retraite individuels, et de l`introduction d`un régime privé d`assurance-maladie. Il fut l`auteur du code du Travail de 1979 qui a réintroduit la démocratie syndicale et des négociations collectives décentralisées.

Depuis 1994, il est entièrement dédié à la diffusion au niveau mondial du système de comptes épargne-retraite en tant que président-fondateur de l`International Center for Pension Reform (www.pensionreform.org). Il est l`auteur de huit livres et de nombreux articles et intervient régulièrement dans les médias à travers le monde. Il est titulaire d`un doctorat en économie de l`Université de Harvard.

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This edition Gesundheit! contains the following articles:

• Play it again, Sam! Health care and the race to the White House – David Torstensson

• A profile of the American health sector – Grace-Marie Turner

• A view from the Hudson Institute – Catherine M. Fisher

• Socialised medicine in Europe, free market health care in America? – Kristian Niemietz

• Lower costs through higher coverage, or higher coverage through lower costs? – David B. Kendall vs. David Freddoso

• Michael Moore’s Sicko – Kristian Niemietz

• New initiatives and publications