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GRANADA, Spain — A revised draft proposal for an international regime governing the use of genetic resources presented here on 2 February at a Convention on Biological Diversity negotiating session is meeting with strong opposition from developed countries. The new…
ROME – The top official for copyright issues at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) this week told a gathering of experts that standards are needed to protect content online, and stressed cooperation among institutions and others in the field.…
GRANADA, Spain – A draft version of international regulations on the use of genetic resources has been put forward by the chairwoman of a United Nations conference here. The draft was welcomed by developing countries and a few developed countries…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch CANNES – Napster went down, Grokster went down, yet as both digital music services drew millions of people to their sites, industry is eager to make them stay there as law-abiding music download-services.…
The World Health Organisation Executive Board agreed Friday to submit a heavily bracketed draft resolution on the need to develop safe and affordable medicines for diseases primarily affecting the world’s poorest people to the World Health Assembly for consideration. The…
The World Health Organisation Executive Board this week agreed on a resolution linking health to international trade issues, and will forward it on to the World Health Assembly in May for final adoption. The resolution was agreed to by an…
The Executive Board of the World Health Organisation this week is struggling with how to proceed on issues of intellectual property rights, innovation and public health. The issues are being addressed by a special commission which failed to meet a…
En vue de la prochaine réunion du nouveau Comité du plan d’action de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) pour le développement, le gouvernement chilien a présenté cette semaine une proposition par laquelle il demande que des mesures concrètes…
Member governments of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), meeting in Granada, Spain, have been urged by the secretariat to make progress next week on the development of a global regime on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing.…
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has clarified the legal basis for its insistence that China provide the details of numerous judicial cases involving the enforcement of intellectual property rights from 2001 through 2004. The clarifications are contained…