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WIPO Pitches Proposed Programme Of Strategic Realignment
Posted on October 29, 2008By William New A few weeks after its new director general took office, the World Intellectual Property Organization has announced a programme of strategic realignment in the secretariat aimed at opening up the organisation and improving the focus on customer service...
In-Depth Interview With WIPO Director General Francis Gurry
Posted on October 28, 2008Francis Gurry became the fourth director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization on 1 October. Gurry, an Australian, is a 23-year veteran of WIPO, most recently deputy director general in charge patents, the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre and global IP issues...
Improbable Match: Open Licences And Collecting Societies In Europe
Posted on October 28, 2008By Catherine Saez A French musical group has signed a contract with French collecting society Sacem allowing the exclusion of the group?s internet rights that some claim opens a door to a new model where authors could manage their internet rights while the collecting society administers all other rights related to ...
Groups Seek Legal Right To Access For The Blind Under EU Copyright Rules
Posted on October 27, 2008By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS - Exceptions to European Union copyright rules designed to allow blind people access to publications should be made legally binding, according to disability rights organisations. In July, the European Commission opened a public consultation exercise on whether a central piece of EU law on ...
New Arab Group Aims At Protecting Local Products With Geographical Origins
Posted on October 27, 2008By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch In a bid to harness the significant value of geographical indications to the economies of the 22 member states of the Arab League, an Arab Society for Geographical Indications (ASGI) has been proposed. This was announced by Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, president of the private-sector Arab Society ...
Panel: WTO Cross-Retaliation Could Bring Compliance But Political Pressure High
Posted on October 24, 2008By Catherine Saez Inducing compliance, after a favourable ruling of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body, from countries which breached international trade rules can prove difficult, especially for developing countries. For many of them, retaliation in a trade sector unrelated to the one affected by the violation of WTO ...
TRIPS May Evolve To Keep Pace With Modern IP Concerns
Posted on October 24, 2008By Dugie Standeford and Kaitlin Mara The World Trade Organization Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS) is being ?recalibrated? as developing and developed countries challenge old assumptions, Vanderbilt University law professor Daniel Gervais said this week...
Le Comité de l?OMPI sur les savoirs traditionnels et le folklore ne parvient pas à trouver d?accord
Posted on October 23, 2008Par Kaitlin Mara Vendredi dernier, en fin de soirée, ce sont des représentants gouvernementaux épuisés qui ont dû admettre que les négociations internationales relatives aux savoirs traditionnels et au folklore qui se sont déroulées à l?Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) étaient dans l?impasse...
No hay acuerdo en las negociaciones del Comité de la OMPI sobre conocimientos tradicionales y folclore
Posted on October 23, 2008Por Kaitlin Mara Tarde en la noche del viernes, los para entonces cansados funcionarios gubernamentales tuvieron que admitir que habían llegado a un punto muerto en las negociaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual sobre la protección internacional de los conocimientos tradicionales y el folclore...
Indigenous People Seek Recognition At WIPO Meeting On Their Rights
Posted on October 23, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Indigenous groups are looking for better representation at the United Nations body negotiating on issues related to the protection of their traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. At the World Intellectual Property Organization last week, indigenous groups, member states, and interested non-governmental organisations came together for the Intergovernmental Committee ...
IP-Watch Reader Survey - Last Chance!
Posted on October 22, 2008Last call for surveys! We value your views - this is the final reminder about our reader survey. Please click on the link included in this email and tell us what you think about the Intellectual Property Watch website and publications. It only takes 5 minutes and ...
Inside Views: WIPO DG Francis Gurry Speaks On His Plans
Posted on October 22, 2008Videocast: Intellectual Property Watch sat down with the World Intellectual Property Organization's new director general, Francis Gurry, to discuss his plans for the organisation. The appointment of Gurry was widely hailed by supporters as a positive change, and a way to get WIPO back to its original mandate of managing ...
World Customs Organization Publications Copyright Policy Questioned
Posted on October 21, 2008By William New In an unusual policy for an international organisation, the World Customs Organization imposes copyright over every document its bodies produce, even agendas, which means that no document can be reproduced without the organisation?s express consent...
RealDVD Court Case Could Prompt More Commercial-Grade DVD Copying Software
Posted on October 20, 2008By Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch An upcoming federal court ruling in the United States that will determine whether or not RealNetworks' RealDVD copying software violates the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) will likely have a major impact on releases of similar software in the near future...
Islamic Strategy: Knowledge Access, Local Innovation And IP Protection
Posted on October 20, 2008By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch Islamic states have declared 2009 "the year for renewal and innovation" and will launch a project to prepare a landmark map of science, technology and innovation to promote science and technology investment and technical cooperation both within the Islamic world, and between the ...
Governments, Financial Stakeholders Meet On Policy For IP As Collateral
Posted on October 19, 2008By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch Intellectual property and financial stakeholders, representatives from developing and developed countries, and nongovernmental organisations are in Vienna this week to work on a global guide on how to use intellectual property as collateral in commerce...
No Agreement For WIPO Committee On Traditional Knowledge And Folklore
Posted on October 18, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Late Friday evening, weary government officials had to admit they had reached a deadlock in negotiations on international protection of traditional knowledge and folklore at the World Intellectual Property Organization. ?No agreement,? said the meeting?s chair, Rigoberto Gauto Vielman, leaving the closing plenary...
New Text For Committee On Traditional Knowledge, Folklore, And Genetic Resources
Posted on October 17, 2008The chair of the World Intellectual Property Organization Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore has released a draft chairman's proposal for accelerated work at the next two meetings of the IGC...
WIPO Poised To Move To Talks On Potential Traditional Knowledge ?Treaty?
Posted on October 17, 2008By Kaitlin Mara and William New Member states of the committee on traditional knowledge, genetic resources, and folklore at the World Intellectual Property Organization on Friday must decide whether and how they will carry on the work of the committee after this week?s session ends...
WIPO Committee On Traditional Knowledge And Folklore Running In Place
Posted on October 16, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Work of the World Intellectual Property Organisation body dedicated to the protection of traditional knowledge and folklore this week has moved largely to informal meetings after progress in the full plenary sessions over the first few days proved elusive...
Progress In WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee Seen In Informal Sessions
Posted on October 16, 2008By Kaitlin Mara Movement is beginning to be seen at the World Intellectual Property Organization body tasked with discussing protection for traditional knowledge and folklore as informal meetings - and, in particular, bilateral meetings between the African Group and other regional groups - begin to bridge differences on modalities for future ...
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WIPO Creates, Seeks To Fill Top Posts Targeting Economic, Global Challenges
Posted on October 15, 2008By Kaitlin Mara The World Intellectual Property Organization has advertised a range of top positions, including head of the Internal Audit Section, chef de cabinet (director of the director general's office) and his/her deputy, a chief information officer, a human resources director, a chief economist and an official responsible for global ...
President Bush Signs New IP Enforcement Bill Into Law
Posted on October 14, 2008By Catherine Saez President Bush on Monday signed into law a bill strengthening civil and criminal laws against counterfeiting and piracy, boosting resources for enforcement and prosecution, and changing coordination of IP enforcement issues within the Executive Branch...
WTO Members Call For More TRIPS Talks; Director Post May Open Up
Posted on October 14, 2008By William New Whether the World Trade Organization director general position will be up for grabs in the new year remains a question, as current DG Pascal Lamy is deciding by December whether to run for the post again. Meanwhile, numerous member governments on Tuesday called for any further trade negotiations ...
Gurry marca el comienzo de una nueva etapa de esperanza y multilateralismo en la OMPI
Posted on October 13, 2008Por William New Francis Gurry, funcionario de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) desde hace muchos años, se hizo cargo de la organización este mes y trajo consigo la esperanza de las partes interesadas de aportar tranquilidad interna y reconocimiento mundial al organismo de Naciones Unidas, aunque el futuro ...
Francis Gurry ouvre les portes d?une nouvelle ère d?espoir et de multilatéralisme à l?OMPI
Posted on October 13, 2008Par William New Fonctionnaire de longue date à l?Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI), Francis Gurry a ce mois-ci pris les rênes de l?organisation. Les différents partenaires espèrent que son élection marquera un retour au calme au sein de l?institution des Nations Unies et que celle-ci retrouvera une place pertinente ...
October Edition of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available
Posted on October 13, 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 ...
Stage Set For WIPO To Advance On Traditional Knowledge, Folklore Protection
Posted on October 11, 2008By Kaitlin Mara The World Intellectual Property Organization committee on traditional knowledge and genetic resources meets next week with a new sense of purpose. New on the table are two detailed reports from the secretariat highlighting areas where international policy may be needed, an African Group proposal calling for an international ...
La crise économique pousse les titulaires de DPI (et leurs conseillers juridiques) à se protéger
Posted on October 09, 2008Par Liza Porteus Viana pour Intellectual Property Watch NEW YORK ? Alors que la propriété intellectuelle gagne de l'importance dans le contexte de l'économie d'innovation, de plus en plus de titulaires de droits de propriété intellectuelle (DPI) cherchent à protéger leurs idées et leurs innovations grâce à la brevetabilité des méthodes ...
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