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By William New Hundreds of employees at the World Intellectual Property Organization, a prominent United Nations agency, have signed a petition calling on WIPO Director General Kamil Idris to put the organisation’s interests before his own in addressing allegations that…
Pour la version française, cliquer ici Where are you Director General? For the first time in WIPO’s history, the Assemblies were unable to agree on the adoption of the budget of the Organization. For the first time, the member states…
By Paul Garwood Non-governmental organisations have been able to influence the debate and priorities within the World Intellectual Property Organization and make IP issues more understood in the developing world, speakers at a seminar in Geneva said Monday. Wend Wendland,…
By William New Switzerland, in its role as host country of the World Intellectual Property Organization, this week issued a call for an immediate search for a new leader of the organisation in order to address concerns of mismanagement and…
By William New The annual General Assemblies of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization ended in a stalemate Wednesday with no approval of a new budget or proposed cuts in patent fees and no decision on the fate of embattled…
Par William New Les membres de l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle ont officiellement adopté vendredi un nouveau Plan d’action pour le développement, jetant les bases d’une orientation plus marquée de l’organisation vers le développement. Les détails relatifs à la…
Por William New Los Estados miembros de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual adoptaron formalmente el pasado viernes un nuevo Programa para el Desarrollo, imprimiendo así una perspectiva más amplia del desarrollo a todas sus actividades. Los detalles sobre…
By William New Governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization on Tuesday appeared to be near a breaking point on the effort by developed countries to discuss possible improprieties and mismanagement by the WIPO director general and their effort to…
By Sisule F. Musungu On Friday, 28th September 2007 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Assembly finally adopted a development agenda for WIPO. The Assembly adopted a set of 45 proposals under six clusters, namely: technical assistance and capacity…
English version here De Salvatore Di Palma, ex Directeur adjoint, OMPI 1er octobre 2007 Lettre ouverte au Directeur général Kamil Idris C’est avec un grand intérêt que j’ai pris connaissance du « Rapport de Revue Interne concernant l’OMPI » de…