Steven C. Price, Ph.D.CEO/PresidentP.O.Box 548

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.Washington, DC 20044-0548

scprice@piipa.orgwww.piipa.org

Public Interest Intellectual Property

Advisors, Inc.

(PIIPA)

Facilitate the linking of free IP assistance with developing countries

and public service non-profits

PIIPA

DONORS

ApplicantsIP Corps

PIIPA STRUCTURE

• What does PIIPA involve?– Outreach to:

• IP professionals• Applicants

– Matching service

IP Corps

• IP professionals of repute around the world

• Relationship with PIIPA– Commitment of time pro bono– Gain access to applicant referrals

Applicants

Nature of potential PIIPA Applicants:• Intergovernmental organizations (e.g. WHO, UNAIDS,

FAO)• Developing country governments and government agencies• Research institutions such as universities and public laboratories

(primarily government funded and in developing countries)• International research consortia (E.g., CGIAR centers, disease

specific public private partnerships, ICBG’s)• Non governmental organizations and non-profit entities (e.g.,

MIHR, PIPRA)• Qualified small-to-medium enterprises• Qualified individual innovators

What PIIPA Can Do

Patent prosecution, counseling, licensing and litigation Trademark prosecution, counseling, licensing and litigation Copyright counseling, licensing and litigation Trade secret protection, counseling, licensing and litigation Legislative counseling (i.e., drafting, legislation and regulation

in relation to IP matters) National, international & multinational dispute resolution

Potential Areas of Activity

Issues affecting developing countries and related to: Health (e.g. access to patented medicines)

Agriculture (e.g. license of transgenic technology)

Biodiversity (e.g. biodiversity prospecting agreements)

Scientific Research (e.g. patents on inventions by academics)

Traditional/Indigenous knowledge (e.g. art and music)

Software & technology licensing (e.g. website ownership and disputes)

PIIPA now has over 400 members in its IP Corps

PIIPA has completed or has in progress over 100 projects around the

world

In 2002 PIIPA was approached by the Kenyan Wildlife Service

to help with an alleged misappropriation of biological

materials by Genencor International and Proctor &

Gamble

PIIPA was approached by Peru to help determine if a New Jersey company’s patent on maca root

was valid

Examine Compatibility of National Laws with International

Law

PIIPA was contacted by Vietnam, Jamaica, and Sierra Leone to determine if PIIPA could obtain assistance to help those countries review and write new intellectual

property laws.

PIIPA arranged with academic legal clinics to work on these projects

International Alpaca Association in Peru: PIIPA was contacted to identify pro bono assistance in a dispute regarding a Certification Mark.

African Agricultural Technology Foundation has contacted PIIPA for

assistance in performing an ownership analysis on several

patents.

PIIPA is investigating the establishment of a international

Alternative Dispute Resolution system that would be pro bono,

provide training to mediators, and focus on intellectual property; project

with Harvard Law School

Brazilian Institute for International Trade Law and

Development, as well as Amazon Link approached PIIPA

to facilitate the revocation of several trademarks in Europe and the United States including Acai

Rapadura, and Cupuacu

PIIPA has conducted a world-wide survey of the need for

Intellectual Property Assistance

The survey went by email to about 7000 people and by

surface mail to an additional 800 people

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For what types of intellectual property is assistance required?

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The Survey asked respondents to identify specific needs

132 responded with “understandable” specific needs

IP Type & Matters Needing Assistance (132)

IP Policy

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PIIPA Projects

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Specific Projects Respondents Actually Identified

Comparison of Assistance Requested

Comparison of Assistance Requested

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PIIPA Projects

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Projects Respondents Actually Identified

Conclusions

The range of types of projects observed within PIIPA concordant

with survey

The need for pro bono IP assistance is huge

Trademarks emerge as an area of greatest need; traditional knowledge

(?), biodiversity, geographic designations least

Larger need for assistance with national laws than anticipated by

respondents

Future Analysis

In person surveys

Venable LLP

National Institutes of Health

Smithsonian Institution

Rockefeller Foundation

Sigrid Rausing Trust

U.K. Department for International Development

PIIPA would like to thank its sponsors: