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WIPO General Assembly Calls For Action On Financial, Personnel Concerns
The member states of the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organisation on Friday called on the organisation to act on independent recommendations to clean up its financial and personnel management practices.…
WIPO Negotiators Seek Final Agreement On Key Issues At General Assembly
Government negotiators at the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organisation General Assemblies continued their work into the weekend to try to reach agreement on key outstanding issues. All discussions of these…
US Holds Out On Extension Of High-Level Meeting On Development Agenda
After a week of meetings at the World Intellectual Property Organisation General Assembly, the United States is possibly alone in firmly objecting to the continuation of a high-level meeting on…
U.S. Patent Reform Effort Narrowed in Congress; Could Resurface In Supreme Court
By Sarah Lai Stirland for Intellectual Property Watch A wall of opposition from the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and independent inventor communities this year gutted some of the most controversial provisions from…
WIPO’s Future Work, Past Credibility On Table At General Assemblies
The top officials of the World Intellectual Property Organisation member states this week gather for their annual meeting facing an unusual number of critical issues for the U.N. body, several…
Trade-Off With WTO Geographical Indications Register Still In Question
A meeting on 16 September of the World Trade Organization committee responsible for intellectual property rights saw little progress on the issue of a creating a register for geographical indications…