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Intellectual Property Watch 
Reports on the interests and behind-the-scenes dynamics that influence the design and implementation of international intellectual property policies.
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UNCTAD IP Activities Rise With Renewed Mandate; Greater Collaboration
Posted on July 24, 2008By Catherine Saez Intellectual property-related issues appear to be a clear policy focus of the United Nations Conference On Trade and Development (UNCTAD) as an IP mandate was reconfirmed by the 12th quadrennial UNCTAD conference in April and the organisation has been named by two other prominent UN agencies as a ...
WTO Ministerial: TRIPS Issues May Be Tackled In Smaller Groups Seeking Compromises
Posted on July 23, 2008By Kaitlin Mara and William New A meeting tentatively scheduled for late Wednesday evening to mediate differences of opinion on three intellectual property issues was postponed, at least until Thursday, when consultations may move into smaller groups, sources say...
Norway Chairs As Europe Replies GIs A ?Must?; Others Gear Up Biodiversity Push
Posted on July 23, 2008[Update: this evening's meeting will not take place. It would have been with the Norwegian minister, not with Lamy] By Kaitlin Mara with William New Key stakeholder nations on intellectual property issues at this week's World Trade Organization ministerial in Geneva are holding consultations with the Norwegian foreign minister facilitating to iron ...
IP Rights Holders Frown On Proposed Changes To WTO TRIPS Agreement
Posted on July 23, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Some intellectual property rights holders and their representative governments are looking with concern at the drive to hold discussions on draft modalities for IP issues in this week?s World Trade Organization mini-ministerial. Letters sent early this week to the United States Trade Representative and European Union External Trade ...
Schwab: US Will Not Negotiate On Extension Of Geographical Indications At WTO
Posted on July 22, 2008By Kaitlin Mara United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab on Tuesday told reporters at the World Trade Organization that the United States does not plan to negotiate this week on the extension of high-level protections on product names associated with locations to products other than wines and spirits...
Talks But No Breakthroughs Yet On IP Issues For Ministers At WTO
Posted on July 21, 2008By William New and Kaitlin Mara Intellectual property issues have been a topic of debate at the World Trade Organization ministerial negotiations since Friday and while there have been no changes in positions there has been some talk of looking for compromises, according to sources attending the event...
Es posible que Europa agilice el tratamiento del ACTA
Posted on July 21, 2008Por Monika Ermert para Intellectual Property Watch A pesar de las declaraciones anteriores de negociadores europeos que sostenían que se necesitaría más tiempo para realizar las adaptaciones necesarias al planificado Acuerdo Comercial de Lucha contra la Falsificación (ACTA, por su sigla en inglés), las naciones parecen aceptar ahora agilizar su tratamiento...
La nouvelle organisation du droit d?auteur Sud/Est Afrique vise la protection et l?innovation locale
Posted on July 19, 2008Par Wagdy Sawahel pour Intellectual Property Watch Dans une invitation à renforcer la collaboration régionale dans les domaines de l'industrie de la création, du droit d'auteur et des droits connexes, dix-sept ministres africains de l'art et de la culture, ont officiellement lancé le Southern and Eastern Africa Copyright Network (Seaconet), organisation ...
La première année du Comité du développement de l?OMPI se termine sur une note plutôt positive
Posted on July 19, 2008Par William New Le comité le plus récent et le plus prometteur de l?Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI), qui vise à garantir que toutes les actions de l?organisation sont suffisamment propices au développement pour convenir à l?ensemble de ses membres, a conclu sa première année par des avancées concrètes ...
El Comité sobre Desarrollo de la OMPI finalizó su primer año en un tono general de acuerdo
Posted on July 18, 2008Por William New El más reciente comité de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), cuyo impacto posiblemente sea el más alto y cuyo objetivo es garantizar que todas las actividades de la organización sean lo suficientemente favorables para el desarrollo de modo de satisfacer a su amplia gama de ...
New WTO Draft Modalities Text On IP Issues Gathers Wider Support
Posted on July 18, 2008[Note: IP issues may be the subject of meetings between ministers and WTO DG Lamy over this weekend, according to sources.] By Kaitlin Mara and William New A new draft of proposed modalities for negotiating three intellectual property issues at next week?s World Trade Organization ministerial shows that proponents have gathered ...
All Eyes On Latest Qualcomm-Nokia Court Battle?s Impact On Patents And Licensing
Posted on July 18, 2008By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch An important court case in the ongoing saga between two of the mobile industry's most influential technology firms begins next week. The case is a crucial stage in the ongoing disagreement between the two equipment manufacturers - Finnish Nokia and US Qualcomm - that has ...
Initiative Aimed At Boosting Knowledge And Technology-Based Legislation In Africa
Posted on July 17, 2008By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch CAIRO - African countries recently approved a plan to set up a parliamentary knowledge network to enhance legislative and institutional capacity for creating science and technology-based legislation including intellectual property rights...
New Rules On Generic Biological Medicines Under US Congressional Debate
Posted on July 17, 2008By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch When Biotechnology Industry Organization CEO Jim Greenwood meets with members of the United States Congress to talk to them about follow-on biologics, he brings a graphic model of an aspirin and a DVD showing the complex molecules of a biologic drug...
WIPO Event Addresses Tensions Of Librarians And Publishers In Digital Archiving
Posted on July 17, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Records of human history and creativity - glimpses into the past caught on papyrus or in carefully preserved books - might themselves become things of the past without better ways to create permanent record in an increasingly digitised world, said speakers at a 15 July conference at the ...
Flurry Of Copyright, Interoperability Policy Activity At European Union
Posted on July 17, 2008By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch In a flurry of intellectual property-related activity, the European Commission this week ordered copyright collecting societies to loosen their stranglehold on cross-border music licensing, proposed extending the term of copyright protection to 95 years, and launched debate on copyright exceptions on the internet...
Panel: IP Rights In Standards Impede Competition, Disadvantage Developing Countries
Posted on July 17, 2008By Catherine Saez Standards and intellectual property rights appear to be worlds apart and to respond to opposite purposes, according to a recent panel of legal and policy experts. While standards are established to ensure compatibility in technology to the advantage of all users at national, regional or international levels, intellectual ...
Europe May Put ACTA Back On Faster Track
Posted on July 16, 2008By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Despite earlier statements by European negotiators that the planned Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) would need time for fine-tuning, nations seem to accept a fast track movement now. ACTA has been mentioned as an agenda item of the French presidency of the European Union (from ...
New Southern/East African Copyright Network Targets Protection, Local Innovation
Posted on July 15, 2008By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch Seventeen African ministers of arts and culture have officially launched the newly formed Southern and Eastern Africa Copyright Network (Seaconet) in a bid to strengthen regional collaboration and cooperation in the field of creative industries, copyright and related rights...
Modalities Drafted For WTO Geographical Indications, Biodiversity Amendment
Posted on July 15, 2008By Kaitlin Mara A confidential draft text circulated recently among some World Trade Organization members reveals an attempt to consolidate separate proposals aimed at the protection of product names with location-related associations and characteristics (called geographical indications) and at the protection of biological diversity and traditional knowledge...
Modalities Text On IP Issues Floated At WTO Available Here
Posted on July 15, 2008A confidential text, available here, and circulated recently among some World Trade Organization members reveals an attempt to consolidate separate proposals on the protection of geographical indications, biodiversity and traditional knowledge. Please note: this article is password protected and only available for IP-Watch Subscribers...
Intellectual Property: A Means To An Access And Benefit-Sharing End?
Posted on July 14, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Intellectual property is a useful leveraging tool for developing countries eager to see the creation of a global access and benefit-sharing regime on genetic resource use, said a recent panel on biodiversity protections in international law...
WIPO Development Committee Ends First Year On Mostly Agreeable Note
Posted on July 12, 2008By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization?s newest and potentially highest impact committee - aimed at ensuring all of the organisation?s activities are sufficiently development-friendly to fit its wide-ranging membership - completed its first year with some concrete progress and lots of hints for the future, including many new faces ...
Draft Chair?s Summary Of WIPO Committee On Development And IP
Posted on July 11, 2008Chairman Trevor Clarke of the WIPO Committee on Development and IP on 10 July drafted a summary of the committee's second meeting, being held 7 to 11 July. Members will discuss the text on Friday, and send the agreed version to the September WIPO General Assembly for approval...
Las patentes mancomunadas son la siguiente etapa para la creación de un organismo de adquisición de medicamentos innovadores
Posted on July 11, 2008Por Kaitlin Mara Una iniciativa intergubernamental de carácter excepcional para la financiación de medicamentos en las regiones pobres y mal abastecidas tomó una decisión histórica la semana pasada: adoptar un acuerdo sobre el interés de compartir los derechos de propiedad intelectual (PI) a fin de reducir los costos y mejorar la ...
Lors d?une réunion-débat, appel à des réponses politiques pour encourager le transfert de technologie vers les PMA
Posted on July 11, 2008Par Catherine Saez Selon certains participants à une réunion-débat qui s?est tenue récemment, le transfert de technologie vers les pays les moins avancés (PMA) a été freiné par divers facteurs, comme la réticence des entreprises des pays développés à établir des relations commerciales ou à consentir des investissements étrangers directs (IED) ...
La communauté de brevets, prochaine étape des organismes développant des stratégies innovantes d?achat de médicaments
Posted on July 11, 2008Par Kaitlin Mara UNITAID, une initiative intergouvernementale de financement des médicaments dans les régions pauvres et mal desservie, a pris une décision la semaine dernière une décision qui fera date en reconnaissant l?utilité de partager les droits de propriété intellectuelle afin de réduire les coûts et d?améliorer la qualité des médicaments ...
Grupo de expertos: se necesitan políticas para impulsar la transferencia de tecnología a los PMA
Posted on July 11, 2008Por Catherine Saez La transferencia de tecnología a los países menos adelantados (PMA) se ha visto obstaculizada por diversos factores, entre ellos, la renuencia de empresas de países desarrollados a realizar negocios o inversiones extranjeras directas, la incapacidad de los PMA para incorporar la tecnología, y un sistema de informes ineficiente, ...
WIPO Development Committee Makes Careful Progress On Implementation
Posted on July 11, 2008By William New Members of the new World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) this week are negotiating implementation of agreed changes to WIPO practices intended to ensure they are development-friendly...
Advocates Say Geographical Indications Will Benefit Developing Nations
Posted on July 11, 2008By Kaitlin Mara An association of producers of geographical indications - product names associated with a particular place and characteristics - is promoting the idea that extending the high-level protection of geographic indications currently enjoyed by wines and spirits to other goods (called GI extension) is in the interest of developing ...
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