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15 Candidates To Vie For WIPO Director General Post
Posted on February 13, 2008By William New Fifteen top officials will compete to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, according to WIPO. Most if not all of the candidates, all but one of whom is male, have strong backgrounds in Geneva policymaking, and many would be considered WIPO insiders...
US Government, Copyright Industry Continue Push For Stronger Enforcement
Posted on February 13, 2008By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch The United States is gaining ground in its fight against intellectual property piracy and counterfeiting, a potent interagency commission told President George Bush and the US Congress this week. Yet for every gain in IP enforcement, increasingly complex and unpredictable threats emerge, the agencies ...
Policymaking On Trade And IP Faces Mixed Prospects In 2008
Posted on February 13, 2008By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch With America's political elite fixated on the race for the White House, the likelihood that the world's most powerful country will make much progress during 2008 in free trade negotiations with other nations appears slim...
EU: Microsoft Raised IP Rights As Late Defence In European Case
Posted on February 12, 2008By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS - The European Commission has accused Microsoft of invoking intellectual property rights ?in the eleventh hour? to protect its dominant position in the global computer market. Per Hellstrom, a senior official in the Commission?s directorate-general for competition, indicated on Monday that the European ...
Inside Views: What To Look For In A New WIPO Director-General
Posted on February 12, 2008By Carolyn Deere This week presents a critical opportunity for the 184 member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Wednesday, 13 February is the deadline for WIPO's membership to submit nominations for the post of WIPO Director General...
February Edition of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available
Posted on February 12, 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 ...
Etats-Unis : la proposition de budget 2009 fait la part belle a l application des droits de propriete intellectuelle
Posted on February 12, 2008Par Liza Porteus Viana pour Intellectual Property Watch Le budget de trois milliards de dollars proposé en début de semaine par le Président Georges W. Bush pour l?année fiscale 2009 augmente la part allouée au Bureau américain des brevets (USPTO) et à des agences telles que la Commission américaine du commerce ...
Web 2.0 Expansion Sparks Questions Of Developing Country Participation
Posted on February 11, 2008By Kaitlin Mara For the first time in world history, there is a technology used more in the developing world than in the developed, said Marc Laperrouza, a senior research associate at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to attendees of the Lift Conference, an annual event in Geneva that ...
Proyecto de presupuesto fiscal de EEUU para 2009 indica que la observancia de la PI es una prioridad
Posted on February 11, 2008Por Liza Porteus Viana para Intellectual Property Watch La Oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados Unidos (USPTO) recibió un ligero espaldarazo financiero en el proyecto de presupuesto de 3 billones de dólares EE.UU. para el año fiscal 2009 presentado el lunes por el Presidente Bush, mientras que a organismos ...
New Thai Minister May Review Compulsory Licences On Cancer Drugs
Posted on February 08, 2008By Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK - Thailand?s new Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsup said on Friday he might review the imposition of compulsory licences on three cancer treatment drugs by the previous government. ?But review doesn?t mean cancelling the compulsory licences,? Chaiya told a group of 70 representatives ...
US Patent Reform Legislation On Bumpy Road To Completion
Posted on February 06, 2008By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch The Patent Reform Act of 2007, proposed legislation to modify United States patent law, is a step in the right direction, but in its current form threatens to undermine innovation, the Bush administration said this week...
New Online Licensing Deals Signal Direction For Music Industry
Posted on February 06, 2008Two large licensing deals were announced during the recent 42nd edition of the world?s largest music fair, Midem, which may help pave the way to smoother operations for online platforms in the digital music business. But while the more proactive licensing strategies of rights owners - both labels and collecting ...
US Fiscal 2009 Proposed Budget Shows IP Enforcement A Priority
Posted on February 06, 2008By Liza Porteus Viana The United States Patent and Trademark Office got a slight financial boost in President Bush's proposed $3 trillion fiscal 2009 budget released Monday, while agencies such as the State Department and International Trade Commission also were funded for various intellectual property and copyright enforcement programmes...
Les négociations bilatérales pèsent sur la politique commerciale multilatérale définie à Genève selon un groupe d?experts
Posted on February 04, 2008Par Kaitlin Mara et William New Un groupe d?experts gouvernementaux et non gouvernementaux a souligné, la semaine dernière, les conséquences importantes que les négociations menées par les principales économies en vue de conclure des accords de libre-échange bilatéraux ont sur les règles de politique commerciale multilatérale définies à Genève...
WHO Board Sets Course On IP, Avian Flu, Tighter Publication Policy
Posted on February 04, 2008By William New The World Health Organization Executive Board recently addressed several key issues pertaining to intellectual property rights and access to knowledge. This included extensive discussion of pandemic influenza policies, the management of IP and health, and an appeal by WHO Director General Margaret Chan for governments to trust her ...
Expertos observan gran repercusión de los acuerdos comerciales bilaterales en la formulación de políticas de Ginebra
Posted on February 04, 2008Por Kaitlin Mara y William New Un panel integrado por expertos en cuestiones de propiedad intelectual y biodiversidad gubernamentales y no gubernamentales destacó la semana pasada el gran impacto que tienen las negociaciones comerciales bilaterales de las principales economías del mundo en la formulación de políticas multilaterales en Ginebra...
Divulgation : il en faudra plus pour atteindre l?équilibre en matière de propriété intellectuelle et de commerce
Posted on January 31, 2008Par Catherine Saez Lors d?une récente rencontre, un groupe d?experts issus de pays en développement a soulevé la nécessité de parvenir à un certain équilibre en matière de commerce et de propriété intellectuelle au niveau international, le système actuel favorisant trop largement les pays développés...
What advice on IP policy do you have for the US presidential candidates?
Posted on January 31, 2008Intellectual Property Watch announces the Discussion Forum, a new feature offering readers a place to discuss current IP trends and news. Our goal is to create a space for IP stakeholders to come together and share their ideas with the rest of the IP community...
Grupo de Trabajo: Se requiere un mayor equilibrio en PI y comercio; la divulgacion podria no ser suficiente
Posted on January 31, 2008Por Catherine Saez Un régimen internacional más equilibrado de los derechos de propiedad intelectual y el comercio es necesario para rectificar el sistema actual, que está demasiado inclinado a favor de los países desarrollados, dijeron los panelistas de los países en desarrollo en una reciente reunión...
EU Threatens Taiwan With WTO Case Over Law On Compulsory Licences
Posted on January 31, 2008By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS - The European Union has demanded that Taiwan change its intellectual property law within two months following a probe into how the East Asian island overruled patents on recordable CDs (CD-Rs)...
Thailand Avoids Compulsory Licence On Cancer Drug; 3 More Drugs Undecided
Posted on January 31, 2008By Sinfah Tunsarawuth for Intellectual Property Watch BANGKOK - The Thai government has decided not to use its right to a compulsory licence on a Novartis cancer treatment drug after the company agreed to provide for free its patented drugs for cancer patients under a major government-sponsored health insurance programme...
Panellists See High Impact Of Bilateral Trade Deals On Geneva Policymaking
Posted on January 30, 2008By Kaitlin Mara and William New A panel of government and non-governmental experts on intellectual property and biodiversity issues last week stressed the high impact that leading economies? bilateral free trade negotiations are having on multilateral policymaking in Geneva...
European Court: Governments May Require ISPs To Disclose Data On Suspected Pirates
Posted on January 30, 2008By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch The European Court of Justice (ECJ) avoided a potential upheaval in copyright enforcement by ruling on 29 January that governments can, but are not required to, order Internet service providers (ISPs) to disclose personal data about subscribers suspected of online piracy, according to Hogan ...
Music Is (A)live - But Music Industry Looks For Future
Posted on January 29, 2008By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch CANNES - Music industry 1.0 is dead, but 2.0 has not arrived quite yet. New models for making money from music and music rights are being looked for desperately at the world's largest music fair, Midem, this week in Cannes...
Cuestionan la constitucionalidad de las patentes brasileñas de concesión retroactiva
Posted on January 29, 2008Por Claudia Jurberg para Intellectual Property Watch RÍO DE JANEIRO ? Organizaciones de la sociedad civil han manifestado sus dudas en torno a la constitucionalidad de ciertas disposiciones de la Ley de propiedad industrial de Brasil ante el Procurador General, Antônio Fernando Barros e Silva e Souza...
Panel: More Balance Needed In IP And Trade; Disclosure May Not Be Enough
Posted on January 29, 2008By Catherine Saez A more balanced international regime for intellectual property rights and trade is needed to rectify the current system, which too strongly favours developed countries, developing country panellists said at a recent event. But some say that a proposed requirement to disclose the origin of genetic material and associated ...
La justice s?interroge sur la constitutionnalité du système brésilien de pipeline
Posted on January 29, 2008Par Claudia Jurberg pour Intellectual Property Watch RIO DE JANEIRO ? Des institutions de la société civile ont fait part au Procureur général, Antônio Fernando Barros e Silva e Souza, de leurs doutes sur la conformité à la Consititution de l'un des aspects de la loi brésilienne relative à la propriété ...
US Presidential Candidates Reveal Positions On Some IP Issues
Posted on January 28, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Intellectual property rights issues have been finding their way into the campaign platforms of candidates vying to become the next president of the United States. The following is a look at IP positions of the candidates so far. The role of the Internet in alleged intellectual property infringement, ...
Internet Governance: ICANN, Security And Nation States
Posted on January 28, 2008By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The future of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will remain an important topic in Internet governance in 2008, the tenth anniversary of the private global coordination body for Internet addresses and domain names...
Standardisation Policy More Effective Than Legislation On IP?
Posted on January 25, 2008By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Efforts by European Union authorities to take advantage of standardisation as a de facto regulatory tool have not been sufficiently systematic in recent years, according to a study published by the European Commission last week...
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