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The World Intellectual Property Organization Programme and Budget Committee finished its work for the year with the acceptance of a proposed mechanism to insert member governments more fully into WIPO’s budget processes. The committee also heard updates on proposed new…
Atul Kaushik is in his last week of work as first secretary (legal) of the Permanent Mission of India to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva this week (week of 10 July). Kaushik, who has played a major role…
By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch The United Kingdom independent music sector wants content distributors to pay creators for transmitting their works over the Internet, mobile phones and other devices. At a 12 July London roundtable headed by the…
BRUSSELS – The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Charlie McCreevy, this week said he will pay “particular attention” to intellectual property rights during the coming year, including one last drive to create a European Community patent. “I will…
Kamil Idris, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, has acted to correct his age as it is recorded at WIPO after 20 years, setting off speculation that he stands to gain handsomely from the change. In addition, some…
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…
BRUSSELS – The European Commission today fined Microsoft €280.5 million ($356.35 million) for failing to comply with a 2004 Commission request to provide documents that would make it easier for other companies to develop products that would be interoperable with…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Procedural questions could kill a proposed European Union directive aimed at fighting theft of products, patents and copyrights, after the Dutch Parliament raised jurisdictional objections last week. At issue is the planned EU…
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…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Should everybody who registers an Internet domain name be forced to publish his private address, email address and phone number on the Internet? A storm broke out over the question of the so-called…