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Par William New Les dépôts de demandes de brevet poursuivent leur courbe ascendante, de même que les problèmes liés à l’assurance qualité et au traitement du volume croissant des demandes. Comme l’ont fait remarquer des représentants de l’Organisation mondiale de…
Par Catherine Saez Alors que le monde est confronté à une crise alimentaire, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’agriculture et l’alimentation (FAO) tente de défendre la biodiversité afin de contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire. À cette fin, elle a lancé…
Por William New A escala mundial, en particular en algunas naciones, la presentación de solicitudes de patente sigue creciendo, a medida que aumentan los problemas de procesamiento de solicitudes de gran volumen y de aseguramiento de calidad. Sin embargo, debe…
By Catherine Saez As the world struggles with a global food crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is working to support biodiversity as a way to contribute to food security. To that end, the FAO…
By William New
Patent filings continue to rise globally, especially in a few nations, as do problems of high-volume application processing and quality assurance. But more attention is needed to bring smaller economies into the patent system, and patenting may slow down with tough economic times, officials at the World Intellectual Property Organization said last week.
Por Catherine Saez Las cuestiones relacionadas con la propiedad intelectual (PI) parecen ser un claro enfoque de políticas de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD), ya que la 12.va conferencia cuatrienal de la UNCTAD celebrada…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Representatives of industry and the public as well as intellectual property law experts are puzzled by the ongoing secrecy under which negotiations on the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) are being held. The…
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…
By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch Nokia and Qualcomm, the two mobile phone equipment manufacturers engaged in a costly patent war that spanned three years and three continents settled their differences last week. However, questions still remain over the…
By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch CAIRO – In a bid to promote awareness of intellectual property rights issues and provide information about IP in the Arab world, the first dedicated IP Arab satellite channel has been launched. Based…