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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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Golan Case May Put US In Violation Of International Copyright Treaties

Posted on May 08, 2009
A United States federal court recently gave some bad news to the US government and many foreign copyright owners - including the estates of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Dmitry Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, and Igor Stravinsky. The court struck down a US statute which had restored copyright protection to the works of these foreign authors...

EPO Looks To Future Technologies, 2010 Leadership Change

Posted on May 08, 2009
PRAGUE - The current revolution in science and information was the topic of this year?s European Patent Forum, which brought together examiners, lawyers, policymakers and other patent professionals to discuss how the pace of the patent system can mesh with today?s whirlwind of technological change...

Technology Essential for Green Jobs & Planet

Posted on May 07, 2009
The recent commem-oration of Earth Day and World IP Day raised the importance of IP rights to innovation and jobs, says David Hirschmann of the US Chamber of Commerce. How about calling it ?Green Innovation Week??

Brazil Tightens Rules On Drug Companies? Influence On Physicians

Posted on May 07, 2009
RIO DE JANEIRO - The interaction between pharmaceutical companies and physicians has been discussed intensely in the last three years in Brazil, and recently has come under heightened scrutiny.

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EU Parliament Signals Against ‘Three-Strikes’ Filtering

Posted on May 06, 2009
The EU Parliament on Wednesday underlined its position that any limitations of the fundamental right of access to information is subject to a prior check by a judge. By voting for amendment No. 138/46 in the report of French Socialist Catherine Trautmann, the Parliament rejected a last-minute compromise Trautman had worked out with the Council...

US First-to-File Price Tag: $10M

Posted on May 05, 2009
If the United States enacts reform of its patent law, S 515, this year as proposed, it would cut discretionary spending by US$173 million over the period 2010-2014, according to a 30 April US Congressional Budget Office cost estimate. This in part arises from an expectation of increased volume of patent applications, on which fees [...

WIPO Buzzing With Possible Names For Top Cabinet Posts

Posted on May 05, 2009
Behind the day-to-day policy and technical work at the World Intellectual Property Organization, member governments' lobbying of new Director General Francis Gurry to obtain top positions for national officials at WIPO has been intensive in recent weeks and is near conclusion, according to sources...

WIPO Members Move Ahead On Development Agenda Implementation

Posted on May 04, 2009
Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization in difficult negotiations last week approved a new plan for implementation of recommendations for deepening WIPO?s development focus, according to participants.

WIPO Pushes Members On Patent Treaty Compliance; US Wants PCT II

Posted on May 04, 2009
The secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization is working this week to gain support for a proposal to get countries to better implement the UN organisation?s core revenue-generating instrument, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). But some developing countries are wary of the proposed changes, even as the United States is calling for a new PCT.

Special 301 Process Acclaimed By Industry, Assailed By Public Interest Groups

Posted on May 02, 2009
While heralded by patent- and copyright-based industries as a welcome step, the annual report on alleged inadequate protection of US intellectual property rights released by the Office of the US Trade Representative released this week is being blasted by some civil society groups.

Greenidge To Step Down As Director Of IFPMA

Posted on May 01, 2009
Alicia Greenidge, director general of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA), has stepped down from the post.

Panel Reminds WIPO Of UN Mandate; Calls For Independent Evaluation

Posted on April 30, 2009
The World Intellectual Property Organization should infuse its United Nations mandate and other aspects of the WIPO Development Agenda into all its norm-setting activities, panellists said this week.

Pascal Lamy Reappointed WTO Director General

Posted on April 30, 2009
World Trade Organization (WTO) members Thursday agreed to a second four-year term for current Director General Pascal Lamy. Prior to joining the WTO, Lamy was Commissioner for Trade at the European Commission, and also previously served as CEO of the bank Credit Lyonnais prior to its privatisation and worked in the French civil service...

L?UE d�bat du droit d?auteur, de l?acc�s aux ?uvres et des artistes dans le contexte de l?�re num�rique

Posted on April 29, 2009
BRUXELLES - � Le droit d?auteur devrait �tre aboli car il nuit � la diversit� culturelle �, a-t-on entendu lors d?une conf�rence � Bruxelles.

The United States National Telecommunications

Posted on April 28, 2009
The United States National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has published a notice of inquiry regarding the expiration of the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the agency and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which oversees technical aspects of the internet domain name system...

2009 World Telecom Policy Forum: All About The ITU Mandate

Posted on April 28, 2009
LISBON - The role of information and communications technology (ICTs) in boosting global economic recovery plus the greening and convergence of ICTs were made top issues of the 4th World Telecom Policy Forum (WTPF) in Lisbon held on 22-24 April.

Accord sur les ADPIC : point de d�part et non finalit� de l?Accord de lutte contre la contrefa�on

Posted on April 27, 2009
BRUXELLES - L?Accord de lutte contre la contrefa�on (ACTA) continue de prendre forme, mais des divergences se font de plus en plus jour entre les pays membres sur les questions li�es � l?Internet et � la responsabilit� des interm�diaires qui semblent donner des maux de t�te aux n�gociateurs...

El ACTA: seg�n la Comisi�n Europea, el Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC es la base, no el l�mite

Posted on April 27, 2009
BRUSELAS ? El Acuerdo Comercial de Lucha contra la Falsificaci�n (ACTA, por su sigla en ingl�s) est� tomando forma, sin embargo, se est�n haciendo cada vez m�s patentes las discrepancias y, al parecer, los temas relacionados con Internet y con la responsabilidad de los intermediarios est�n dando dolores de cabeza a los negociadores...

Mixed Review Of Swedish Pirate Bay Jail Sentences

Posted on April 26, 2009
While rightsholders hailed a ?landmark? recent high-profile verdict against the operators of Swedish online file-sharing site The Pirate Bay (TPB), legal and digital rights analysts say it was no surprise. While the law of secondary liability for copyright infringement is by no means settled everywhere, TPB?s attitude toward intellectual property protections means the same decision could have happened in other countries as well, they said.

WIPO Members Discuss New Methodology For Development Agenda

Posted on April 26, 2009
Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization are trying this week to agree on implementation of a new development dimension for the UN body and the global intellectual property system. And they have a new methodology proposed by the WIPO secretariat as a starting point.

EU Stakeholders Debate Copyright, Access And Artists In Digital Age

Posted on April 24, 2009
BRUSSELS - Copyright should be abolished because it undermines cultural diversity, a Brussels conference has been told.

IP And Sustainable Technology Debate Centres On Access And Benefit-Sharing

Posted on April 23, 2009
As the need to protect the global environment grows, questions are being raised about how intellectual property might help incentivise the development of the right kinds of technology and its transfer to places that need it most.

Enforcement The Prevailing IP Trade Policy Priority For EU, US

Posted on April 22, 2009
Protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights is emerging as the dominant priority in international trade policy for the European Union and United States, based on communications from trade officials and others. Stimulating innovation also has a significant role.

European Commission On ACTA: TRIPS Is Floor Not Ceiling

Posted on April 22, 2009
BRUSSELS - The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is increasingly taking shape, but differences are becoming clearer and internet issues and intermediary liability appear to be giving negotiators some headaches. The European Commission Directorate General Trade on Tuesday invited stakeholders to a consultation meeting to share ideas on the much-debated agreement.

More Time For China On DSB Ruling On IP

Posted on April 22, 2009
China repeated its position to the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body Monday that it will “need a reasonable period of time” to implement the DSB ruling that called for changes to its enforcement of intellectual property rights...

Gurry To Judges: We Must Work For Changes To Global Patent Treaty

Posted on April 22, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - The Patent Cooperation Treaty is not performing up to par and is not helping enough to alleviate the stress on the global patent system, World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Francis Gurry said here Tuesday. The backlog theme was echoed by judges from across the globe who said their dockets are getting fuller with IP-related cases.

Stronger IP Enforcement Finds A Home In Bilateral Trade Agreements

Posted on April 21, 2009
Bilateral free trade agreements can have a profound effect on national intellectual property legislation, and a Thursday panel offered countries a deeper understanding of the stronger enforcement provisions typically found in such agreements.

Judge Rules No Webcasts Of Tenenbaum Case

Posted on April 21, 2009
Music companies suing music downloader Joel Tenenbaum of Harvard University for copyright infringement won the right to block webcasts of the court proceedings, according to a copy of the opinion available here. The case has attracted national attention for its challenge to the unpopular music industry practice of suing citizens for unauthorised content downloading...

Trust A Missing Ingredient In Global IP Enforcement Policy

Posted on April 21, 2009
When it comes to intellectual property rights enforcement, developed country rights owners and their governments continue to puzzle over how to get the rest of the world?s economies to drink from the trough now that they have brought them there. One approach that may regain interest is combining the all-out war on piracy with efforts to build greater trust in the enforcement system.

Obama Administration Lock(e)s And Loads Against Movie Piracy

Posted on April 21, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration will fight for the movie industry and work to aggressively enforce its intellectual property protections both at home and abroad, United States Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said here Tuesday.

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