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March Edition of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available
Posted on March 11, 2008The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter features the most important news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the IP community at the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Geneva missions, regional and national IP offices, industry and non-governmental organisations, plus News Briefs on reports ...
Five IP Policy Questions For WIPO DG Candidates
Posted on March 11, 2008Intellectual Property Watch has posed five neutral questions on IP policy to all 15 candidates to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization. What actions are needed in the international IP systems, such as those that govern patents, trademarks and copyrights? One year after you take office, what ...
New Proposal At WIPO For Exceptions and Limitations Agreement; US Unconvinced
Posted on March 11, 2008By William New Several nations have joined Chile in presenting a new proposal for work on limitations and exceptions to this week?s meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee. The work would include establishing an international agreement on the issue...
Avancées significatives pour l?ACTA
Posted on March 11, 2008Par Liza Porteus Viana pour Intellectual Property Watch NEW YORK ? Des représentants des milieux industriels et de gouvernements ont appelé lundi à la ratification d?un traité international de lutte contre la contrefaçon et proposé une série de nouvelles stratégies destinées à endiguer le trafic de produits piratés...
WIPO Copyright Committee Begins New Era With Revised Agenda, Same Chair
Posted on March 11, 2008By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee on Monday began a new era in the wake of a failed decade of negotiations for a broadcasters? rights treaty. But it will tackle its new agenda including limitations and exceptions to copyright with the same chairman who guided the broadcasting ...
Inside Views: Interview With Debra Harry, Indigenous People?s Council on Biocolonialism
Posted on March 07, 2008Debra Harry, a member of the Northern Paiute indigenous group from Pyramid Lake, Nevada (US) is the founder and executive director of the Indigenous People's Council on Biocolonialism, which assists indigenous peoples in the protection of their traditional knowledge and the genetic resources in their traditional territories...
Complaint Lodged Over EU Parliament?s Exclusive Use Of Microsoft Systems
Posted on March 06, 2008By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS - A formal complaint has been lodged with the European Parliament over how its information technology systems rely almost exclusively on software manufactured by Microsoft. Advocates of open standard software, which is developed on a not-for-profit basis, allege that the Seattle-based giant enjoys an ...
Business, Governments See Momentum For ACTA, But EU Snags
Posted on March 04, 2008By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch NEW YORK - Business leaders and some global government officials on Monday urged ratification of a global anti-counterfeiting treaty and proposed a series of new strategies aimed at curbing pirated goods they say not only harm developed and developing countries' economies, but their ...
?Less Difficult? First WIPO Development Committee Meeting Begins
Posted on March 03, 2008By William New The ?historic? first day of the new World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) opened with a focus on procedure, a focus likely to carry through the whole first week, according to participants...
Indigenous Groups Express Concerns On IP Protection Of Their Knowledge
Posted on March 03, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Representatives of global indigenous groups were in Geneva last week to exchange views on the role of intellectual property in the protection of indigenous and traditional knowledge and folklore. Indigenous groups participated an informal meeting held on 22-23 February, and in the weeklong meeting of the World Intellectual ...
German High Court Defines New ?IT Basic Law? Curbing Online Searches
Posted on March 01, 2008By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch MUNICH - Germany's Federal Constitutional Court this week decided that infiltration of personal computers, laptops or other information technology devices of possible suspects by law enforcement violates the basic right of "confidentiality and integrity of IT systems...
Positive Outcome For WIPO Committee On TK, Folklore, Genetic Resources
Posted on February 29, 2008By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization committee on traditional knowledge and other issues concluded a weeklong meeting with a compromise way forward that a range of government officials said was a positive outcome that maintains committee progress...
Should the International Standards Organization approve the Microsoft OOXML document format as a global standard?
Posted on February 29, 2008This week we ask:
Free, Open Software Supporters Advocate Against Microsoft Document Standard
Posted on February 29, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Free software and open standards proponents met this week in Geneva to discuss the importance of standards-setting and to debate the role of patent protections and advocate freedom of information sharing in the digital economy. Organised by open source software advocacy group OpenForum Europe and happening against the ...
Members Seek Ways To Move Policy In WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee
Posted on February 28, 2008By William New Developing countries this week are seeking ways to generate progress in a World Intellectual Property Organization committee on traditional cultural expressions and other issues of importance to developing countries. But developed countries and to some extent the WIPO secretariat appear to be reluctant to allow the committee, which ...
World Customs Organization Recommends Far-Reaching New Rules On IP
Posted on February 28, 2008By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS - The World Customs Organisation is recommending far-reaching new rules on intellectual property rights that some say may extend beyond the organisation?s mandate. Staff at the WCO?s Brussels headquarters are preparing what they describe as voluntary ?model legislation? to provide guidance on how ...
Standards Body Weighs Microsoft?s Competing Format For Document Sharing
Posted on February 27, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Public and private-sector representatives from thirty-seven nations are in Geneva this week for a five-day closed-door meeting to try to resolve editing suggestions on a recently proposed document format that if accepted as a standard could impact file-sharing worldwide...
India analiza uso de licencias obligatorias para la exportación de medicamentos
Posted on February 25, 2008Por Tatum Anderson para Intellectual Property Watch En audiencia programada para la última semana de febrero, el gobierno de la India considerará la posibilidad de conceder permiso para que los medicamentos patentados puedan ser fabricados y exportados sin el consentimiento de los titulares de las patentes...
L?Inde envisage de délivrer des licences obligatoires pour l?exportation de médicaments
Posted on February 25, 2008Par Tatum Anderson pour Intellectual Property Watch Lors d?une audience prévue la dernière semaine de février, le gouvernement indien va se pencher sur la question de savoir s?il doit permettre que les médicaments brevetés puissent être fabriqués et exportés sans le consentement des détenteurs de brevets...
Record Patent Filings Keep WIPO Revenues High; Audit, Budget Meetings Loom
Posted on February 22, 2008By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization may see significant revenues from its record high patent filings and it may be nearing agreement on a new budget designating how to spend it. WIPO's Audit Committee is meeting this week, addressing concerns about oversight, staffing and new construction, and the General ...
European Carmakers Use Home Courts To Block Alleged Chinese Copies
Posted on February 20, 2008European carmakers are turning to European courts to urge enforcement of their intellectual property rights against Chinese firms, and they have a good chance of prevailing, legal experts say. At issue are car models that European manufacturers Daimler, BMW, and Fiat say are made-in-China replicas of their models...
India Considers Compulsory Licenses For Exportation Of Drugs
Posted on February 20, 2008By Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch The Indian government will consider whether it should grant permission for patented drugs to be manufactured and exported without the consent of the patent owners at a hearing scheduled for the last week of February...
Renforcement des droits de propriété intellectuelle: Washington et l?industrie des droits d?auteur continuent de faire pression
Posted on February 19, 2008Par Dugie Standeford pour Intellectual Property Watch La semaine dernière, une commission interagences influente a indiqué au président Bush ainsi qu?au Congrès américain que les Etats-Unis gagnaient du terrain dans la lutte contre le piratage et la contrefaçon des droits de propriété intellectuelle...
Are major public health donors overly influencing the scope and diversity of scientific research?
Posted on February 18, 2008This week we ask:
Officials Outline International Organisations? IP Enforcement Policies
Posted on February 18, 2008By Kaitlin Mara and William New Officials from key international organisations on Friday outlined efforts to develop policies intended to prevent the spread of pirated and counterfeit goods. The officials were joined by representatives of law firms and international companies such as online auction service eBay, which described efforts to save ...
Estados Unidos: La industria del derecho de autor presiona para obtener una observancia más estricta
Posted on February 18, 2008Por Dugie Standeford para Intellectual Property Watch Estados Unidos gana terreno en su lucha contra la piratería y la falsificación en el ámbito de la propiedad intelectual, comunicó esta semana una importante comisión interinstitucional al presidente George Bush y al Congreso de Estados Unidos...
15 candidatos compiten por el cargo de director general de la OMPI
Posted on February 15, 2008Por William New Quince altos funcionarios competirán para convertirse en el próximo director general de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual, según informó la OMPI. La mayoría, si no la totalidad, de los candidatos, de los cuales todos menos uno son del sexo masculino, tienen amplia experiencia en el ámbito de ...
Inside Views: Interview With Geoff Tansey, Co-Editor, The Future Control Of Food
Posted on February 15, 2008Geoff Tansey, a leading intellectual property and agriculture researcher and co-founder of the academic journal Food Policy, co-edited a new book examining a rarely-explored side of intellectual property legislation: its effects on access to food. The book, The Future Control of Food: A Guide to International Negotiations And Rules On ...
15 candidats vont s affronter pour le poste de directeur general de l?OMPI
Posted on February 15, 2008William New - Selon l?Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI), quinze hauts fonctionnaires sont en lice pour le poste de nouveau directeur général de l?organisation. La plupart (sinon l'ensemble) des candidats, qui sont tous de sexe masculin excepté un, disposent d?une solide expérience en matière d?élaboration de politiques à ...
European Commission Seeks Copyright Extension, New Levy Debate
Posted on February 14, 2008By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch In a flurry of intellectual property-related activity Thursday, the European Commission proposed extending copyright protection for performers from 50 to 95 years, resurrected debate on the contentious issue of copyright levies on blank media, and ranked member states on their innovativeness...
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