Category Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative Aimed At Protecting African Medical Industries

By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch West African people should establish a medical anti-counterfeiting task force to promote local herbal medicines by protecting indigenous knowledge and genetic property and establishing benefit-sharing systems in addition to tackling the spread of…

US: We Will Not Give Up Oversight Of Internet Domain Name Root Zone

By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The Bush administration has no intention of giving up United States oversight role of the management of the central root zone of the internet domain name system (DNS), the essential database storing information…

Abrupt End To Ministerial Leaves Questions On Future Of IP Issues At WTO

By William New The World Trade Organization Doha Round is over, and bitterly, at least for now, but negotiators left town with the general consensus that hard-earned work to date should not be lost and that there might be resumption…

Panel Shows Flaws In Global IP Enforcement Push, Especially For Developing Countries

By Kaitlin Mara Intellectual property is the last real comparative advantage that rich countries have, said a panellist at a recent International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) joint event. This…

Collapse Of WTO Talks Washes Away Hope For TRIPS Changes

By William New Seven-year negotiations at the World Trade Organization collapsed today after an intensive nine-day ministerial snagged on an agricultural issue. And with the end of the Doha Round of trade negotiations for the foreseeable future go the hopes…

TRIPS Issues Still Possible At WTO, If Overall Talks Unlock

By William New Intellectual property issues are progressing slowly and quietly on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization ministerial as prospects for an agreement on broader issues remain tense and uncertain, according to sources. Ways to proceed on IP…

Prospects Dim For TRIPS Issues At WTO Ministerial; October Deadline Possible

By William New The prospect for an agreement to negotiate on three intellectual property issues at the World Trade Organization has dimmed considerably, with no further meetings with delegations likely on Sunday, according to officials. A possible proposal is circulating…

Mandelson Keeps TRIPS Issues Critical As Lamy Hints At Need To Move On

By William New The European Union on Saturday restated the necessity of including three intellectual property issues in any outcome of the World Trade Organization ministerial negotiations, even as the WTO director general signalled a need to prevent the IP…

WTO Ministerial TRIPS Chair Floats ‘Elements’ As Main Issues Start To Move

[Update: Ministers reached a tentative deal Friday night on some aspects of agriculture and NAMA, and will take up services on Saturday, according to ministers.] By William New Word went out Friday evening that there may have been some progress…

Chair: Compromise On TRIPS Issues Still Possible, If Broader WTO Talks Can Move

By Kaitlin Mara and William New Compromise on intellectual property issues at this week’s World Trade Organization ministerial meeting has been hard to find, but the facilitator of the IP talks said Thursday night that the possibility remains if the…