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WIPO Director General Candidates Answer 5 Questions On IP Policy
Intellectual Property Watch posed five questions on IP policy to the 15 candidates to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization. What actions are needed in the international IP systems, such as those that govern patents,…
New Proposal At WIPO For Exceptions and Limitations Agreement; US Unconvinced
By William New Several nations have joined Chile in presenting a new proposal for work on limitations and exceptions to this week’s meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee. The work would include establishing an international agreement on…
Avancées significatives pour l’ACTA
Par Liza Porteus Viana pour Intellectual Property Watch NEW YORK – Des représentants des milieux industriels et de gouvernements ont appelé lundi à la ratification d’un traité international de lutte contre la contrefaçon et proposé une série de nouvelles stratégies…
WIPO Copyright Committee Begins New Era With Revised Agenda, Same Chair
By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee on Monday began a new era in the wake of a failed decade of negotiations for a broadcasters’ rights treaty. But it will tackle its new agenda including limitations and…
Sectores empresarial y gubernamental consideran que hay impulso para el ACTA, pero UE pone trabas
Por Liza Porteus Viana para Intellectual Property Watch NUEVA YORK – Algunos dirigentes empresariales y funcionarios de gobierno instaron el lunes pasado a que se ratifique un tratado internacional contra la falsificación y propusieron diversas estrategias nuevas destinadas a poner…
March Edition of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available
The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter features the most important news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the IP community at the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Geneva missions, regional and national IP…
Interview With Debra Harry, Indigenous People’s Council on Biocolonialism
Debra Harry, a member of the Northern Paiute indigenous group from Pyramid Lake, Nevada (US) is the founder and executive director of the Indigenous People’s Council on Biocolonialism, which assists indigenous peoples in the protection of their traditional knowledge and…
Complaint Lodged Over EU Parliament’s Exclusive Use Of Microsoft Systems
By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS – A formal complaint has been lodged with the European Parliament over how its information technology systems rely almost exclusively on software manufactured by Microsoft. Advocates of open standard software, which is…
Business, Governments See Momentum For ACTA, But EU Snags
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch
NEW YORK - Business leaders and some global government officials on Monday urged ratification of a global anti-counterfeiting treaty and proposed a series of new strategies aimed at curbing pirated goods they say not only harm developed and developing countries' economies, but their citizens' health as well.
Meanwhile, European Union participation in the negotiations has come into question, and non-governmental critics have raised concerns about the need for a treaty and the inclusiveness of the negotiations.
“Less Difficult” First WIPO Development Committee Meeting Begins
By William New The “historic” first day of the new World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) opened with a focus on procedure, a focus likely to carry through the whole first week, according to participants.…
Indigenous Groups Express Concerns On IP Protection Of Their Knowledge
By Kaitlin Mara Representatives of global indigenous groups were in Geneva last week to exchange views on the role of intellectual property in the protection of indigenous and traditional knowledge and folklore. Indigenous groups participated an informal meeting held on…