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The powerful Programme and Budget Committee (PBC) of the World Intellectual Property Organization this week appears to be in agreement with WIPO management on several critical and previously contentious endeavours. At the sparsely attended first day of the 11-13 July…
The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter features unique summaries of events, the latest on who is coming and going at the UN, WTO, Geneva missions, industry and NGOs, plus briefs on reports and events from the IP community. For this…
Intellectual Property Watch is happy to announce that Catherine Saez has joined the staff as Office Manager, with critical wide-ranging responsibilities including oversight of office functions, accounting, management of databases, outreach, and editorial contributions. She also will help with French-English…
By William New and Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen After two week-long meetings and intensive consultations during the year, talks on bolstering the development perspective of the World Intellectual Property Organization ended today with no agreement, sending proposals back to the…
Negotiations for the infusion of a stronger development mandate into the work of the World Intellectual Property Organization may have hit a wall today after key proponent governments called for an end to talks to protest unfair treatment of their…
As they head into the final scheduled meeting of the year on a proposed development-oriented reform of the World Intellectual Property Organization, member governments are looking for agreement on how to proceed – this week and in the future. Officials…
The World Intellectual Property Organization Coordination Committee this week welcomed new appointees to the highest policy echelons of WIPO, but some governments added calls for broader regional representation in the organisation. In addition, a question remains as to whether WIPO…
India, Brazil and other countries are calling for an amendment to the 1994 World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) [WTO document WT] to help countries to better protect their biological resources and traditional knowledge…
Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization who act in a coordinating capacity for the UN body today indicated acceptance of the officials proposed by the WIPO director general to act as his cabinet for the next three years,…
Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Brasil cuenta probablemente con la fuente de biodiversidad más rica del mundo, y lucha por obtener apoyo a nivel internacional para proteger estos recursos naturales de lo que considera una explotación injusta a través del…
Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Un grupo de seis países en desarrollo, liderado por la India, presentó a la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) el 29 de mayo una propuesta en la que se plantean cambios al derecho comercial internacional…
Par Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Le 29 mai dernier, un groupe de six pays en développement, représenté par l’Inde, a soumis à l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) une proposition prévoyant d’introduire dans le droit commercial international des prescriptions relatives à…