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By William New The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on 5 March announced a new report it said shows that distributors of the most popular filesharing programmes “repeatedly deployed features that they knew or should have known could…
By William New A confidential report on the use of different ages by the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has now become available online. The report by the WIPO Internal Audit and Oversight Division found that over…
By William New An informative event this week pitted key proponents of opposite views on how to best protect the intellectual property rights of pharmaceutical companies while also addressing the needs of poor patients around the world unable to afford…
Par Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Des personnes présentes à une réunion de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) sur les droits de propriété intellectuelle qui s’est tenue le 13 février dernier nous ont informés que les consultations sur les questions de…
Por William New Durante los últimos 24 años, el Director General de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) firmó repetidas veces documentos oficiales en los que se consignaba su fecha de nacimiento nueve años antes de la fecha…
By William New Two-and-a-half years after the introduction of proposals to make the World Intellectual Property Organization more favourable to developing countries, a preliminary agreement has been reached. “What we got was meaningful and balanced,” a Brazilian official said afterward.…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are moving quickly on negotiating draft texts aimed at improving the organisation’s development focus, as a week-long meeting nears its end. Four days into the 19-23…
By William New A high-profile researcher in the United States this week presented analysis showing that work needs to be done to improve flows of technology transfer to developing countries, and is related to intellectual property rights. The author, Professor…
By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Member countries of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) discussing proposals to strengthen WIPO’s orientation towards development this week are moving closer to a draft text they could report to the September General Assembly. But…
By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch
When should a patent be considered higher quality? Qualcomm, the United States mobile technology firm at the heart of countless patent infringement court cases, has justified the royalties it charges on mobile phone patents in a paper released earlier this month.