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Member governments of the UN World Intellectual Property Organisation at their 26 September to 5 October General Assemblies agreed on a way to proceed with negotiations for a treaty on broadcasters’ rights. They will prepare a “basic proposal,” or draft…
tradução em português (IP-Watch is not responsible for the accuracy of this translation) Encouragement for the use of free and open source software and open standards for science and technology has quietly worked its way into the draft texts being…
Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organisation tonight overcame a flare-up in tensions to reach agreement on the future of a proposed WIPO development agenda and the future work of a key patent committee. The final texts of both,…
The member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organisation today agreed on a plan to negotiate a treaty on the rights of broadcasters by 2007 after two more committee meetings. The proposal before the WIPO General Assembly, meeting from 26…
After a week of meetings at the World Intellectual Property Organisation General Assembly, the United States is possibly alone in firmly objecting to the continuation of a high-level meeting on a proposal for a WIPO development agenda. The proposal for…
In the lead-up to the Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November, government negotiators are working to form a text for leaders to sign. A key…
Issues under negotiation at the World Trade Organization committee responsible for intellectual property issues are somewhat stalled, despite – or because of – their ties to broader issues being negotiated at the WTO, sources in Geneva say. It remains to…
The 25 nations of the European Union on Thursday proposed that talks on a stronger development-oriented agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organisation be continued through 2006. The Group of African nations on Thursday also put forward a new list…
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…
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…