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Yochai Benkler is a law professor at Yale Law School. He helped host a well-attended conference on Access to Knowledge held 21-23 April at Yale. Benkler focuses on the effect of laws on flows of information and knowledge in the…
Graham Dutfield is a legal researcher at the Queen Mary College of the University of London. He is a supporter of traditional knowledge protection and a critic of the anti-development and anti-consumer orientation of current trends in intellectual property rule-making.…
Intellectual Property Watch was very pleased to have sponsored Martha Pigott and Nick Duston, college students from the United States, this spring on internships to carry out research, writing and outreach activities. “We were thrilled to have them working with…
By William New and Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Developing country members of the World Intellectual Property Organization this week are demanding that a key committee on genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore be mandated to agree on a legally binding…
[For the official biography of Michael Keplinger, please see IPW, May 5, 2006, WIPO] The United States government today confirmed it has put forward a senior Commerce Department official’s name for a top spot at the World Intellectual Property Organization.…
Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen et William New Un rapport très attendu de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), réalisé par une commission spéciale chargée d’étudier les liens entre les droits de propriété intellectuelle et les activités de recherche et développement…
Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen y William New El tan esperado informe de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), elaborado por una comisión especial para analizar la relación entre los derechos de propiedad intelectual y la investigación y el…
Government negotiators addressing the global harmonisation of patent systems today could not agree on a work programme for a key World Intellectual Property Organization committee, effectively stalling debate on the issue until the end of the year. “It is not…
The member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) cautiously opened discussion today on the future work programme of the committee responsible for harmonisation of patent laws. The issue is contentious as many WIPO developing country members have previously…
A new international trademark law treaty could streamline procedures for global protection of marks of developed and developing countries, but it is unclear what the impact will be on the majority of members of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The…