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Estados Unidos, Japón y Suiza tomaron medidas bilaterales en el ámbito de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) para examinar la aplicación de las normas de propiedad intelectual en China, pese a las objeciones de este país. Los tres países…
Members of the United States House of Representatives visited Geneva this week to learn more about ongoing trade negotiations and policy related to the possible avian influenza pandemic. The bipartisan group of Republicans and Democrats met on 28 November with…
By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The issue of intellectual property did not make the headlines during the concluding session of the five-year-long UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis. And some critics are concerned it…
Least-developed members of the World Trade Organization on 29 November agreed to extend the transition period for implementing the WTO agreement on intellectual property rights by seven and a half years, a reduction by half of their original request. In…
Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organisation last week spent significant time discussing a proposal to include the delivery of broadcasts over the Internet in a treaty updating the rights of broadcasters. But the proposal appears to have almost…
Rusia negocia su adhesión a la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) al tiempo que entabla negociaciones bilaterales con los Estados Unidos sobre disposiciones que exceden las condiciones estipuladas en el acuerdo de la OMC sobre propiedad intelectual. Un alto funcionario…
Tout en poursuivant le processus de son adhésion à l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), la Russie a engagé des négociations bilatérales avec les États-Unis qui vont au-delà de ce que prévoit l’Accord de l’OMC sur les droits de propriété intellectuelle.…
Bern, Switzerland – A day-long conference of experts on health issues demonstrated the range of views in the debate on how developing countries should best address their public health needs through international policies. Dominique Sprumont of the University of Neuchâtel…
The World Trade Organization next week will reconvene a suspended meeting on unresolved intellectual property issues that sources say have moved little in the final weeks before the 13-18 December ministerial in Hong Kong. The 29 November meeting will consider…
Key officials in Geneva indicate that World Trade Organization members are not likely to find a compromise on a permanent amendment to global trade rules in order to allow poor countries to import affordable medicines in time for the December…