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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…
The new draft text for the upcoming World Trade Organization ministerial in Hong Kong urges negotiators to intensify discussions of issues related to the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The 42-page draft is entitled the “Doha…
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…
Paris – En octobre, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO) a approuvé une convention sur la protection de la diversité culturelle malgré les efforts acharnés des États-Unis pour convaincre les gouvernements de s’y opposer.…
París – La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) aprobó, en octubre, un tratado para la protección de la diversidad cultural pese a una enérgica campaña de los Estados Unidos destinada a…