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Bern, Switzerland – A day-long conference of experts on health issues demonstrated the range of views in the debate on how developing countries should best address their public health needs through international policies. Dominique Sprumont of the University of Neuchâtel…
The World Trade Organization next week will reconvene a suspended meeting on unresolved intellectual property issues that sources say have moved little in the final weeks before the 13-18 December ministerial in Hong Kong. The 29 November meeting will consider…
Paris – En octobre, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO) a approuvé une convention sur la protection de la diversité culturelle malgré les efforts acharnés des États-Unis pour convaincre les gouvernements de s’y opposer.…
París – La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) aprobó, en octubre, un tratado para la protección de la diversidad cultural pese a una enérgica campaña de los Estados Unidos destinada a…
The chairman of the World Trade Organization group that has discussed the proposal for a geographical indications register for wines and spirits said in a draft report that there has been no progress in the talks, and asked ministers for…
Key officials in Geneva indicate that World Trade Organization members are not likely to find a compromise on a permanent amendment to global trade rules in order to allow poor countries to import affordable medicines in time for the December…
Peu de progrès ont été réalisés au cours des quatre jours de réunion du comité de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) chargé des questions de propriété intellectuelle, mais de nombreuses questions sont restées ouvertes en vue de la Conférence ministérielle…
A half-decade after it began, a United Nations committee on 21 November adopted a document intended to clarify nations’ responsibilities on intellectual property and human rights. The text, while not legally binding, could bolster legal disputes in other international and…
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Brazil on 17 November proposed that the World Intellectual Property Organisation tie its draft treaty on broadcasters’ rights to a recently agreed treaty on cultural diversity that was seen as strengthening nations’ ability to control information flows across their borders.…
Lyon, France — The declaration that emerged from an international anti-piracy conference this week is a strong call for stepped-up efforts by industry and governments to bring about further protection of intellectual property rights, including greater powers for law enforcement…
By Steve Gibb for Intellectual Property Watch Washington, DC–A US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) plan to privatise a prestigious open-access environmental science journal is drawing criticism from Democrats in the US Congress and activists who say public…