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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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Group Of Countries To Back Proposal For WIPO Treaty On Blind Readers? Rights

Posted on May 24, 2009
A group of Latin American and Caribbean countries have declared their intention to support discussion of a proposal to negotiate a World Intellectual Property Organization treaty ensuring an exception to copyright for visually impaired readers who lack access to protected reading materials...

Off The Agenda, Counterfeits Still Draw Attention At Health Assembly

Posted on May 23, 2009
Counterfeit medicines were left off this year?s truncated World Health Assembly agenda but still managed to have an impact. The contentious, intellectual property-related issue arose during a discussion on the World Health Organization?s future plans, as several nations objected to a budget line referencing a programme to combat counterfeit drugs.

Broad Plan On IP, Innovation In Developing Countries Approved At WHO

Posted on May 22, 2009
Applause broke out at the annual World Health Assembly Friday as agreement was reached at the end of a five-year process to devise a plan for boosting research and development on and access to drugs needed by developing countries. Now with the full assembly's approval, the focus will turn to implementation and as-yet unclear ways to pay for it.

World Health Assembly Finds Way Forward On Pandemic Flu

Posted on May 22, 2009
Responsibility to take forward a still in-progress framework to cope with global influenza pandemics is now in the hands of the World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan, member states agreed in a meeting Thursday. This was approved by the full World Health Assembly on Friday.

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WHO Members Near Deal On IP, Innovation And Public Health, With Key Question

Posted on May 21, 2009
Some five years after setting a mandate to address barriers faced by poor countries in accessing needed medicines, World Health Organization members are near agreement on a strategy and plan of action. But a key question remains on WHO involvement in a possible treaty on biomedical research and development for diseases disproportionately affecting developing nations, and the WHO secretariat is facing accusations that the process has not been amply inclusive.

UN Internet Governance Panel Urges Infrastructure, Education On Access To Knowledge

Posted on May 19, 2009
Access to knowledge is a future challenge and a key factor for social and economic development but a balance needs to be found between the interests of rights holders and those of the public, said speakers at a high panel on access to knowledge during the World Summit on the Information Society Forum on Monday.

Pandemic Flu A Top Focus Of Health Assembly, But IP Issues Unresolved

Posted on May 19, 2009
As the world looks to the World Health Assembly for a plan of action in case of pandemic, delegates are negotiating remaining parts of a framework for pandemic influenza preparedness, and an associated model agreement for the movement of virus and vaccine-related materials...

WHO Members Fail To Finish Pandemic Flu Preparations

Posted on May 18, 2009
A series of meetings intended to set out a global framework for dealing with a potential pandemic completed its last session Saturday night with progress made but several essential issues still uncompleted.

Plainte contre un enseignant argentin : l?acc�s � l?�ducation en question

Posted on May 18, 2009
Un professeur argentin de philosophie qui avait mis en ligne sur Internet des traductions en espagnol des travaux du philosophes fran�ais Jacques Derrida est actuellement poursuivi par la justice pour violation pr�sum�e des droits d?auteur, selon l?organisation Copy South Research Group...

US Patent Reform Prospects Unclear; First-To-File Questioned

Posted on May 18, 2009
Patent reform may be chugging along in the United States Congress, but so far, with the Senate soon to be consumed with what could be a contentious Supreme Court nomination fight, and with President Obama still lacking a new director of the US Patent and Trademark Office, some are questioning whether reform will actually happen this year...

Un caso sobre derechos de autor en Argentina pone en primer plano el acceso a la educaci�n

Posted on May 18, 2009
Se ha entablado una demanda contra un profesor argentino de filosof�a por una presunta violaci�n de derechos de autor ante la publicaci�n de versiones traducidas de las obras del fil�sofo franc�s Jacques Derrida en una p�gina web, seg�n inform� el Grupo de Investigaci�n CopySouth...

IP Enforcement As US Foreign Policy

Posted on May 18, 2009
The United States Chamber of Commerce, the largest US business group, on Monday issued a release applauding a new bill introduced into the US House of Representatives by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (Democrat, California) that would ?enhance State Department resources and training for intellectual property enforcement efforts in countries not meeting their [...

World Health Assembly Takes On R&D, Pandemics, Not Counterfeits

Posted on May 17, 2009
The annual World Health Assembly kicks off Monday with key issues of intellectual property and public health on the agenda, but the plan to end the assembly early this year in the face of the pandemic influenza crisis has trimmed talks on counterfeit medicines from the meeting, according to official sources.

Content Industry Still Seeks Digital Model As Enforcement Focus Persists

Posted on May 15, 2009
In the continued absence of a new model that adequately includes them, major global media groups remain concerned over revenues lost to unauthorised file-sharing decades after the arrival of the internet, and their focus is still on enforcement and extension of their rights.

WHO Meeting On Pandemic Flu Reconvenes Under Pressure

Posted on May 15, 2009
As cases of swine flu in humans pile up and fears that a more serious outbreak could occur in the future, member states, drug manufacturers and public health advocates gather Friday and Saturday to see if they can come up with a way to facilitate sharing of both viruses and vaccine related materials...

Experts Aim To Balance Intellectual Property Rights And Human Rights

Posted on May 15, 2009
The United Nations human rights framework is being brought to bear on intellectual property law, in the hopes that the weight of expert voices in human rights can lead IP regimes toward a better balance between the needs of industry and the needs of public policy.

WTO?s Lamy Continues Engagement On Intellectual Property Issues

Posted on May 14, 2009
World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy continues to be engaged on intellectual property issues as WTO members begin to revive broader trade negotiations. This week Lamy hosted the heads of the World Intellectual Property Organization and World Health Organization together, and then chaired a consultation with ambassadors on proposals to amend WTO rules on intellectual property and trade.

UK Patent Office To Fast-Track Green Inventions

Posted on May 14, 2009
The United Kingdom will now fast-track patent applications for inventions that could have a significant impact on combatting climate change. The ?green” patent initiative was launched on 12 May by David Lammy, UK Minister for Intellectual Property...

French Parliament Seals Restrictive Internet Anti-Piracy Law; Reaction Expected

Posted on May 13, 2009
The French Senate?s vote on Wednesday sealed the adoption by the Parliament of the controversial French HADOPI law creating a graduated punishment mechanism for alleged copyright infringement on the internet.

Seven Names Said To Be Chosen For Top WIPO Posts

Posted on May 13, 2009
Word is out among Geneva diplomats that seven officials have been informally proposed to be the next cabinet of World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Francis Gurry.

WIPO Patent Cooperation Committee To Proceed With Study With Constraints

Posted on May 12, 2009
World Intellectual Property Organization members on Friday overcame anxiety about overreaching of the UN body and agreed to study the Patent Cooperation Treaty, including proposals aimed at improving the efficiency and implementation of the treaty, taking into account some members? concerns.

HADOPI Bill Adopted Tuesday By French Deputies

Posted on May 12, 2009
The much-disputed French HADOPI legislation on the diffusion and protection of works on the internet was adopted Tuesday by the French National Assembly by a majority of 296 in favour and 233 against. With Tuesday’s passage, alleged copyright infringers now face, among other things, suspension of their internet access while still having to pay for [...

May Edition Of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available

Posted on May 12, 2009
The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Edition features top news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the international IP community, news briefs and more. The May edition is now available for subscribers.

Argentina Copyright Case Brings Access To Education Into The Spotlight

Posted on May 12, 2009
An Argentinean philosophy professor is being sued for alleged copyright infringement for posting translated versions of French philosopher Jacques Derrida?s works on a website, according to the Copy South Research Group. The case is bringing international attention to the limitations on access to education brought about by copyright.

Miembros de la OMPI impulsan la aplicaci�n del Programa para el Desarrollo

Posted on May 12, 2009
Los miembros de la Organizaci�n Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual entablaron a finales de abril unas dif�ciles negociaciones para aprobar un nuevo plan para la aplicaci�n de recomendaciones que permitan profundizar el enfoque de la OMPI en el desarrollo, seg�n comentaron los participantes.

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Posted on May 12, 2009
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Les membres de l?OMPI progressent sur la mise en application du Plan d?action pour le d�veloppement

Posted on May 12, 2009
En avril dernier, les membres de l?Organisation mondiale de la propri�t� intellectuelle (OMPI) ont entrepris des n�gociations complexes dans le but d?approuver un nouveau plan de mise en application des recommandations visant � accro�tre les efforts de l?OMPI en faveur du d�veloppement, comme l?ont d�clar� des participants.

The World Is Going Flat(-Rate)

Posted on May 11, 2009
A new study shows a copyright exception for legalising file-sharing is feasible, as a cease-fire in the ?war on copying? emerges. A new social contract between creatives and society is needed, says media sociologist Volker Grassmuck.

Panel: Public Domain Fosters Innovation, More Limitations & Exceptions Needed

Posted on May 08, 2009
The public domain is key to the promotion of innovation and should be fostered, but international intellectual property policies may hinder that process, said speakers at a side event to the last week?s meeting of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property...

US Weighs New Exemptions To Copyright Law

Posted on May 08, 2009
The United States Copyright Office held two days of hearings this week to consider new fair use exemptions to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits breaking encryption on copyrighted digital material. Every three years, the Copyright Office considers possible exemptions to the DMCA, and held those hearings this week...

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