Category Enforcement

Le symposium sur la nouvelle économie culturelle appelle à élargir le débat sur les droits d’auteur

Par Monika Ermert pour Intellectual Property Watch LINZ, AUTRICHE – Les discussions concernant les droits d’auteur se résument de plus en plus à un débat entre les pirates «qui pille absolument tout» et les détenteurs de droits d’auteur «qui veulent…

Simposio insta a cesar el debate dicotómico sobre titulares de derechos contra piratas

Por Monika Ermert para Intellectual Property Watch LINZ, AUSTRIA – La discusión sobre el derecho de autor se ha convertido en un debate simplista y dicotómico entre “piratas que roban todo” y “titulares de derechos que todo desean proteger”, advirtió…

Open Business Systems Fill Gap In Mainstream Entertainment Industry

By Kaitlin Mara Outside the realm of mainstream proprietary entertainment, owned by big studios and protected by brand names, lay large numbers of artists without audiences looking for the means to distribute their creativity, and groups of people who yearn…

Symposium Calls For End Of Binary Discussion Of Rightsholders Versus Pirates

By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch LINZ, AUSTRIA – Copyright discussion has become a simplistic binary debate of “pirates that steal everything” versus “rightsholders that want to protect everything,” warned Japanese entrepreneur, blogger and CEO of the Creative Commons…

US Presidential Candidates Prioritise IP Issues But Diverge On Details

By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch
The presidential election in the United States is getting down to the wire, with Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama being officially chosen as their parties' nominees.

The intellectual property community is taking particular note of what positions the candidates are taking on patent reform, copyright enforcement, internet neutrality, and a host of other issues. Both campaigns have a plethora of expertise in the form of law professors, patent lawyers, and others advising them, either informally or formally.

Traité ACTA : inquiétudes concernant le caractère secret des négociations

Par Monika Ermert pour Intellectual Property Watch Des représentants des milieux industriels et gouvernementaux, ainsi que des experts dans le domaine du droit de la propriété intellectuelle se sont déclarés surpris par le secret qui entoure les négociations sur le…

ACTA: las negociaciones progresan “detrás del telón”; muchas preocupaciones

Por Monika Ermert para Intellectual Property Watch Los representantes de la industria y del público y los especialistas en derecho de propiedad intelectual están desconcertados por el permanente secreto en el cual se están llevando a cabo las negociaciones sobre…

Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative Aimed At Protecting African Medical Industries

By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch West African people should establish a medical anti-counterfeiting task force to promote local herbal medicines by protecting indigenous knowledge and genetic property and establishing benefit-sharing systems in addition to tackling the spread of…