Category Access to Knowledge/ Education

IP And Sustainable Technology Debate Centres On Access And Benefit-Sharing

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.

Obama Administration Lock(e)s And Loads Against Movie Piracy

WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration will fight for the movie industry and work to aggressively enforce its intellectual property protections both at home and abroad, United States Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said here Tuesday.

Equipo especial de alto nivel sobre derechos humanos dirige su atención hacia la salud y la propiedad intelectual

Según un nuevo documento elaborado para el Grupo de Trabajo sobre el Derecho al Desarrollo de Naciones Unidas, la estrategia mundial sobre salud y propiedad intelectual de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) comprende elementos sólidos y posibles cambios paradigmáticos; sin embargo, también presenta lagunas considerables en cuanto a derechos humanos.

高级人权工作组把目光投向健康和知识产权问题

一份即将呈交给联合国发展权工作小组的文件说，世界卫生组织在保护健康和知识产权方面的全球战略虽然囊括了强有力并有可能创新模式的因素，但在人权方面仍有显著缺憾。

فرقة العمل رفيعة المستوى المعنية بحقوق الإنسان تلقي نظرة على الصحة والملكية الفكرية

تحتوي الاستراتيجية العالمية بشأن الصحة والملكية الفكرية لمنظمة الصحة العالمية على عناصر قوية من شأنها أن تغير النماذج ولكنها تتضمن أيضا أوجه قصور بارزة في ما يتعلق بحقوق الإنسان، كما تفيد بذلك وثيقة جديدة أُعدت لفريق الأمم المتحدة المسؤول عن…

L’Équipe spéciale de haut niveau sur les droits de l’homme s’intéresse à la santé publique et à la propriété intellectuelle

Les éléments qui composent la stratégie mondiale pour la santé publique et la propriété intellectuelle de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé sont d’une grande portée et pourraient même entraîner un bouleversement de l’ordre établi. Toutefois, selon un rapport élaboré à l’attention du Groupe de travail sur le droit au développement des Nations Unies, cette stratégie présente des limites notables en matière de droits de l’homme.

President Obama Backs RIAA In Online File-Sharing Case

President Obama's US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a legal brief in support of damages sought by an affiliate of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), prompting some observers to speculate on the Obama administration’s impartiality in the RIAA’s file-sharing litigation campaign.

Special Interests Seeking Power In ICANN’s New Stakeholder Group

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which coordinates the global domain name system, is in the process of reforming its core bodies, and consumer representatives and others see a possibility to inject more balance into the international organisation’s stakeholder groups long dominated by a range of private sector representatives.

High Level Task Force On Human Rights Turns Eye To Health And IP

The World Health Organization global strategy on health and intellectual property includes powerful and potentially paradigm-shifting elements, but it also has notable shortcomings for human rights, says a new document prepared for the United Nations group responsible for the right to development.