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The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter features unique summaries of events, the latest on who is coming and going at the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Geneva missions, IP offices, industry and non-governmental organisations, plus briefs on reports and events…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen The European Parliament yesterday agreed by a large majority to the European Commission’s plan of going forward with talks on patent reform in Europe, but with a number of amendments to the current plan aimed…
Por William New El 3 de octubre, las asambleas anuales de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) concluyeron con un raro espíritu de cooperación y algunos recordatorios forzados sobre la difícil labor normativa y administrativa que deberá realizarse…
By John T. Aquino for Intellectual Property Watch The past few weeks have witnessed the evolution of the world of user-upload sites. MySpace.com and YouTube.com were once youthful rebels – their founders were young, their audience was predominantly under 30.…
Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Un alto funcionario de salud pública en Washington ha instado al Director de la Organización Mundial de la Salud a retirar una publicación patrocinada por la OMS en la que se critica la política comercial…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen [Editor’s Note, 12 October: Parliament passed the resolution, with amendments, according to informed sources. Details to follow soon.] Members of the European Parliament will vote on 12 October on a resolution that would give the…
By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch European copyright owners’ organisations, consumer groups and artists’ collecting societies voiced strong differences of opinion on the importance of, and need for, digital rights management (DRM) systems to spur development of Internet content…
New Negotiators In Geneva: European Commission Expert on GIs, Indian Official on Biodiversity. Also, The World's Top 50 IP People, new names at WIPO and the NGOs, and more. In the IP-Watch People News.
Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen La Organización Mundial de la Salud celebrará consultas públicas para sectores no gubernamentales involucrados en cuestiones de salud pública y propiedad intelectual acerca de un grupo de trabajo intergubernamental que examinará aspectos de este tema.…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Developing countries say they will push their proposal on biodiversity and the European Union is sharply stepping up its call for enforcement, but otherwise the preliminary agenda of an upcoming World Trade Organization meeting on…
Par Sarah Lai Stirland pour Intellectual Property Watch Les efforts des entreprises américaines de technologie de l’information visant à remanier le système national de brevets d’invention ont peu avancé lors du Congrès américain en 2006, notamment en raison de l’opposition…
Niels Louwaars writes: Biotech companies, particularly those based in the United States consider that their patents on plant biotech inventions do not allow the use of the plants containing the invention as a source for further breeding, even if the…