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IP-Watch Reader Survey – Last Chance!
Last call for surveys! We value your views – this is the final reminder about our reader survey. Please click on the link included in this email and tell us…
World Customs Organization Publications Copyright Policy Questioned
By William New In an unusual policy for an international organisation, the World Customs Organization imposes copyright over every document its bodies produce, even agendas, which means that no document…
Islamic Strategy: Knowledge Access, Local Innovation And IP Protection
By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch Islamic states have declared 2009 “the year for renewal and innovation” and will launch a project to prepare a landmark map of science,…
RealDVD Court Case Could Prompt More Commercial-Grade DVD Copying Software
By Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch An upcoming federal court ruling in the United States that will determine whether or not RealNetworks’ RealDVD copying software violates the US Digital…
Governments, Financial Stakeholders Meet On Policy For IP As Collateral
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch Intellectual property and financial stakeholders, representatives from developing and developed countries, and non-governmental organisations are in Vienna this week to work on…
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Wealthy Nations Move Ahead With Patent Harmonisation
Washington, D.C.–The nations responsible for the majority of the world’s patent filings have agreed to move ahead with private negotiations to iron out differences in their patent regimes. The t…
Read MoreWashington Patent Meeting Stirs Concerns
A meeting next week of the world’s top patent-producing nations to try to bring their patent regimes closer together is raising concerns among developing countries and others who perceive it as a thre…
Read MoreNew Editor-in-Chief Appointed
Intellectual Property Watch is delighted to announce the appointment of William New as its new Editor-in-Chief. William will take up the reins of Intellectual Property Watch on January 17, 2005 –…
Read MoreUN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Adoption of General Comment on the “moral and material interests of the rights of authors” deferred
After many hours of contentious discussion, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) chose last week to defer adoption of a General Comment on the “right of everyone to bene…
Read MoreAbout Weblogs
What is a weblog? A weblog (or blog for short) is an easily, instantly and frequently updated website focused around a topic, industry or personality. (Via Easy Bake Weblogs) A weblog consists of date…
Read MoreWIPO Broadcasting Treaty Discussions End in Controversy, Confusion
Discussions last week in WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights (SCCR) on a proposed treaty that would expand protections for broadcasting organisations ended in heated debate abou…
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