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Par Dugie Standeford pour Intellectual Property Watch Les critiques à l’égard des fournisseurs d’accès Internet (FAI) se font de plus en plus vives concernant leur rôle dans le piratage de musique en ligne. Les détenteurs de droits d’auteur et les…
[Note: new Commerce Department letter added 16 June] By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC – Performance-rights groups and broadcasters went head-to-head Wednesday as the two sides testified before the United States Congress as to whether conventional…
Por Dugie Standeford para Intellectual Property Watch Los proveedores de servicios de Internet (ISP, por su sigla en inglés) reciben cada vez más ataques alrededor del mundo por la función que cumplen sus redes en la piratería de música en…
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch
NEW YORK - The groundwork has been laid at the United Nations by governments, non-governmental organisations, and intellectual property and finance experts on how to use intellectual property assets to encourage credit around the globe while not interfering with intellectual property laws.
By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS – The European Commission has recommended that a forum involving creative artists and the consumer industry should be established to determine the future of private copying levies. Twenty-one of the European Union’s…
By Kaitlin Mara NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT – The efficacy of the patent system is not equivalent across all industries, and appears to be particularly ineffective in software, said a panel at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference held at Yale…
par Liza Porteus Viana pour Intellectual Property Watch Bien qu’en apparence, la réforme des brevets soit entrée dans une impasse au Congrès américain, l’administration Bush intensifie ses efforts pour qu’un projet de loi soit achevé au cours de la période…
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch
NEW YORK - A United Nations group on Monday began debate on a publication aimed at helping the world's governments harmonise their secured financing and intellectual property laws.
The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group VI is meeting in New York this week to hammer out differences various parties have on issues including transfer of intellectual property rights, creation of a security right, registries, and intellectual property rights related to tangible assets when those rights are used as collateral to secure credit.
Por Liza Porteus Viana para Intellectual Property Watch Pese a un aparente estancamiento en la reforma del régimen de patentes en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos, la Administración Bush sigue presionando para que se finalice la aprobación de un…
Par Drew Clark pour Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC – Le Président de la Cour d‘appel chargée de statuer sur les litiges concernant les brevets a accepté de reconsidérer la décision rendue en 1998 qui admettait la possibilité de breveter…
Por Drew Clark para Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC.- El principal tribunal de apelación de Estados Unidos que entiende en litigios de patentes reconsideró de lleno si la decisión de Estados Unidos, adoptada en 1998, de dar mayor cabida a…
By Kaitlin Mara Nearly three weeks of meetings of governments, civil society organisations, trade groups, and intergovernmental bodies will report on how far nations have come towards bridging the so-called “digital divide” between those who have access to information technology…