Category Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer

Draft Programme Of WIPO Funder Meeting For Development

The World Intellectual Property Organization secretariat has circulated a draft programme for a funders' meeting for IP and development in 2009 that includes proposed panels on IP projects in developing countries; science and innovation for development; WIPO-World Trade Organization cooperation; digital content in developing countries; work with indigenous communities; and reading access for the blind and visually impaired. The secretariat is expected to begin consultations on the proposed programme this week. Also released at the recent WIPO General Assembly was the statement by the WIPO Audit Committee chair, and the report by the Swiss Federal Audit Office of WIPO's 2006-2007 budget.

Last-Minute Progress Made On Pandemic Flu; More Still To Come

By Kaitlin Mara Significant strides were made at last week’s World Health Organization meeting on pandemic influenza preparedness, as assembled delegates searched for – and found – a way to satisfy member states’ differing views on the need for access…

Internet Governance Forum: ACTA A Possible Show-Stopper For IP Progress

By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The third annual United Nations-led Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India this month addressed a range of topics related to intellectual property rights and the free flow of information, and provided a venue…

Lamy invita a los Miembros de la OMC descontentos a que usen el examen del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC y la Salud Pública

Por William New Se afirma hace un tiempo que no están funcionando las disposiciones de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) destinadas a incrementar el acceso a los medicamentos de los países pobres. En respuesta a estas afirmaciones, el Director…

Pascal Lamy invite les membres de l’OMC mécontents à utiliser le réexamen de l’Accord sur les ADPIC et la santé publique

Par William New Mardi, face aux allégations de longue date qui nient l’efficacité des règles de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) visant à améliorer l’accès aux médicaments dans les pays pauvres, le Directeur général de l’OMC, Pascal Lamy, a appelé…

Accélération des efforts de l’Afrique dans la lutte anti-contrefaçon menée par les pays développés

Par Nick Wadhams pour Intellectual Property Watch NAIROBI, KENYA – Suite à la crainte d’un déferlement sur l’Afrique de contrefaçons de médicaments et de pesticides, l’organisme international chargé de l’application des lois INTERPOL ouvre la voie vers un renforcement des…

New WIPO Director’s Revised Budget On Track To Passage After Debate

[Editor’s Note: Final formal committee-level approval of the Program and Budget Committee recommendations took place on Friday morning.] By William New The powerful World Intellectual Property Organization Program and Budget Committee on Thursday tacitly approved a new one-year budget funding…

WHO Members Slow To Bridge Disagreements At Pandemic Flu Meeting

By Kaitlin Mara Four days into one-week “critical” negotiations on pandemic influenza preparedness, World Health Organization members had yet to tackle areas of core disagreement and participants were expressing doubt as to whether consensus can be achieved by week’s end.…

Technology, IP Vital To Addressing Climate Change, UN Meeting Hears

By Kaitlin Mara Finding a balance between needed incentives for innovation and equally needed affordable access to new technology is necessary to combat ecological challenges, yet striking it may prove difficult as countries at the United Nations’ talks on climate…

Generic Drugmakers, Activists Praise Lamy; Gurry Defends ‘Respect’ For IP

By William New Generic pharmaceutical producers have grown in importance in recent years despite or because of intellectual property rights, and at their annual meeting this week in Geneva they attracted the leaders of the primary intergovernmental institutions engaged in…