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Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization in difficult negotiations last week approved a new plan for implementation of recommendations for deepening WIPO’s development focus, according to participants.
While heralded by patent- and copyright-based industries as a welcome step, the annual report on alleged inadequate protection of US intellectual property rights released by the Office of the US Trade Representative released this week is being blasted by some civil society groups.
Alicia Greenidge, director general of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), has stepped down from the post.
World Trade Organization (WTO) members Thursday agreed to a second four-year term for current Director General Pascal Lamy. Prior to joining the WTO, Lamy was Commissioner for Trade at the European Commission, and also previously served as CEO of the…
The World Intellectual Property Organization should infuse its United Nations mandate and other aspects of the WIPO Development Agenda into all its norm-setting activities, panellists said this week.
The United States National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has published a notice of inquiry regarding the expiration of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the agency and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees technical…
LISBON - The role of information and communications technology (ICTs) in boosting global economic recovery plus the greening and convergence of ICTs were made top issues of the 4th World Telecom Policy Forum (WTPF) in Lisbon held on 22-24 April.
Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization are trying this week to agree on implementation of a new development dimension for the UN body and the global intellectual property system. And they have a new methodology proposed by the WIPO secretariat as a starting point.
While rightsholders hailed a “landmark” recent high-profile verdict against the operators of Swedish online file-sharing site The Pirate Bay (TPB), legal and digital rights analysts say it was no surprise. While the law of secondary liability for copyright infringement is by no means settled everywhere, TPB’s attitude toward intellectual property protections means the same decision could have happened in other countries as well, they said.
BRUSSELS - Copyright should be abolished because it undermines cultural diversity, a Brussels conference has been told.
As the need to protect the global environment grows, questions are being raised about how intellectual property might help incentivise the development of the right kinds of technology and its transfer to places that need it most.
BRUSSELS - The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is increasingly taking shape, but differences are becoming clearer and internet issues and intermediary liability appear to be giving negotiators some headaches. The European Commission Directorate General Trade on Tuesday invited stakeholders to a consultation meeting to share ideas on the much-debated agreement.