Humanitarian Program Comment

From: Suerie Moon [redacted]Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 5:18 PMTo: HumanitarianProgramSubject: Comments from the Medicines Patent Pool Dear Edward and colleagues at USPTO,I am pleased to submit for your consideration comments from the MedicinesPatent Pool on the reexamination voucher initiative. Please do not hesitate to contact me if we can provide any further information or clarification. We wish you success in realizing this important initiative, Best wishes,Suerie _____________________________ Suerie Moon, PhDUS mobile: +1-646-309-4460 Swiss mobile: +41-79-897-2442 Advisor, Medicines Patent Pool Comments of the Medicines Patent Pool In response to: Request for Comments on Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologiesand Licensing Through the Intellectual Property SystemDepartment of Commerce, United States Patent and Trademark Office[Docket No. PTO –P –2010–0066]Introduction The Medicines Patent Pool thanks the USPTO for the opportunity to provide comments on its important initiative, “Incentivizing Humanitarian Technologies and Licensing Through the Intellectual Property System.” If structured well, the humanitarian fast-track ex parte reexamination voucher (henceforth “the Voucher,” for brevity) could have an important effect on the willingness of patent-holders to license their technology in a way that facilitates availability and access in the developing world. The proposed incentive raises a number of issues and challenges, many of ...