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At the start of day two of a meeting on reform of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization toward developing country concerns, the United States put a political stake in the ground, calling for the meeting to recommend moving development…
Up against a deadline to agree on a final report this week, members of the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organisation debating how the organisation can better reflect developing country needs got underway quickly Wednesday. The goal this week is “to…
Just days before the final round of a debate over a proposed development agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organisation, non-profit groups from all corners of the world are signing on to a call for support of WIPO reform. The…
Luxembourg City–A new report from a UN task force on governance of policy issues related to the Internet sets the stage for global negotiations over who has oversight of those issues. The report, the final outcome of a working group…
Luxembourg City—The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit corporation in charge of technical aspects of the Internet naming system, is being questioned this week for potentially unaccountable actions. The questioning comes from the organisation’s constituents at…
Luxembourg City—The organisation responsible for the Internet name and address system this week hailed completion of a contract signed over the weekend with a new .mobi Internet domain, but heard criticism of its handling of the new .xxx domain for…
Luxembourg City–Among the many issues arising at this week’s meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is how to improve the accuracy and privacy of the database of contact information about Internet website owners. The so-called…
A note to our readers: The July edition of Intellectual Property Watch’s Monthly Reporter is available on our website. The monthly publication, available online and in hard copy every month, features an updated compilation of top stories appearing on the…
[Editor’s Note: This story was modified on 6 July] The World Intellectual Property Organisation, a Geneva-based U.N. body, is holding informal, invitation-only talks on a treaty on broadcasters’ rights around the world rather than at its headquarters. The informal gatherings…
A working group of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Program and Budget Committee sent a message to the WIPO director general last week that he should move ahead with a charter for internal audits. The working group meeting on 23…