2. Steven C. Price, Ph.D. CEO/President P.O.Box 548 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Washington, DC 20044-0548 scprice@piipa.org www.piipa.org scprice@piipa.org Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors, Inc. (PIIPA)

3. Facilitate the linking of free IP assistance with developing countries and public service non- profits

4. PIIPA DONORS Applicants IP Corps PIIPA STRUCTURE

5. What does PIIPA involve? –Outreach to: IP professionals Applicants –Matching service

6. IP Corps IP professionals of repute around the world Relationship with PIIPA –Commitment of time pro bono –Gain access to applicant referrals

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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)

10. PIIPA now has over 400 members in its IP Corps

11. PIIPA has completed or has in progress over 100 projects around the world

12. 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

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

14. Examine Compatibility of National Laws with International Law

15. 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.

16. PIIPA arranged with academic legal clinics to work on these projects

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

18. African Agricultural Technology Foundation has contacted PIIPA for assistance in performing an ownership analysis on several patents.

19. 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

20. 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

21. PIIPA has conducted a world- wide survey of the need for Intellectual Property Assistance

22. The survey went by email to about 7000 people and by surface mail to an additional 800 people

23. Question 14. Which Categories Best Describe You &/or Your Organization? (n=@500)

24. How many such organizations are you aware of that need intellectual property assistance?

25. The 500 respondents said they were aware of between 4,910 and 8,145 organizations in need of IP professional assistance

26. For what types of intellectual property is assistance required?

27. For what matters is assistance required?

28. The Survey asked respondents to identify specific needs 132 responded with “understandable” specific needs

29. IP Type & Matters Needing Assistance (132)

30. Projects for Which Assistance Has Been Sought from PIIPA (n = 69)

31. Comparison of Assistance Requested

33. Conclusions The range of types of projects observed within PIIPA concordant with survey

34. The need for pro bono IP assistance is huge

35. Trademarks emerge as an area of greatest need; traditional knowledge (?), biodiversity, geographic designations least

36. Larger need for assistance with national laws than anticipated by respondents

37. Future Analysis In person surveys

38. 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: