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The impact of copyrights on access to everything from digital books in libraries to online music was discussed at a 21 February side event of a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) meeting on a development agenda. One of the main…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen and William New Nations negotiating on a range of proposals to increase the development dimension at the World Intellectual Property Organization are divided over ways to either advance or conclude the talks. The first proposal…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen and William New Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) meeting established to discuss proposals for a development agenda at the United Nations body spent considerable time today discussing how to manage the…
On the second day of a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) meeting on a proposed development agenda, how to move forward and discuss the roughly 50 proposals that WIPO has received was the theme of regional as well as plenary…
The World Trade Organization secretariat has issued a new paper on the relationship between WTO rules on intellectual property rights and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The 78-page paper, which reflects the past eight years of discussion on the…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen and William New A meeting on a development agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organization got off to a slow start after a half-day debate over who would chair the meeting. This took place in…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen and William New Non-governmental organisations attending this week’s meeting on a stronger development agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are working to remind participants of the key elements of the original proposals. In…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen and William New On the eve of a meeting on a development agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United States and Colombia have added proposals for improving technical assistance for developing countries…
A finales de enero, el Consejo Ejecutivo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) acordó presentar a la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud un proyecto de resolución sobre la necesidad de elaborar medicamentos seguros y asequibles para las enfermedades…
Por William New PRAGA- Aquellas industrias dependientes de patentes que llevaron a cabo una costosa labor de cabildeo para tratar de obtener la aprobación de una directiva en materia de patentabilidad de invenciones relacionadas con computadores están aprendiendo de sus…