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Pirate Party To Enter European Parliament
Posted on June 08, 2009The Swedish Pirate Party harvested 7.1 percent of the Swedish vote in preliminary results from the European Parliament elections on Sunday, 7 June, according to official sources. The Party aims to fundamentally reform copyright law, get rid of the patent system and ensure citizens? right to privacy...
UN-Led Commission Sees Needs In Internet Governance, Science, Technology
Posted on June 08, 2009A commission under the United Nations charged with monitoring progress in improving science and technology in places where access is difficult and capacity to use that access scarce, concluded its recent annual meeting with draft resolutions on internet and society and on development and science...
Council Of Europe: Access To Internet Is A Fundamental Right
Posted on June 08, 2009What applies offline is also valid online - an argument often used against internet communication by legislators - has been turned around to underline fundamental rights on the internet in a new resolution of the Council of Europe.
New Top Level Internet Domains - To Be Or Not To Be?
Posted on June 06, 2009Now even trademark owners and large businesses do not really agree on the planned extension of the internet domain name system to include hundreds of new top-level domains (TLDs) like .com.
Swedish Pirate Party Set To Win Seats In EU Elections
Posted on June 05, 2009COPENHAGEN - As a candidate for the European Parliament elections on Sunday, the Swedish Pirate Party has ?good chances? of winning one, two or possibly even three mandates, it says, referring to Swedish opinion polls.
Drug Seizures In Frankfurt Spark Fears OF EU-Wide Pattern
Posted on June 05, 2009Health advocates have raised alarm over reports that several million pills of generic medicine were held up in Frankfurt airport in May despite being destined for a different port. And new information has come to light indicating Dutch seizures were more numerous than originally thought...
Avancées quant à la proposition de traité de l?OMPI sur les limitations et les exceptions au droit d?auteur
Posted on June 04, 2009En mai dernier, le comité du droit d?auteur de l?Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) s?est accordé sur la manière d?aborder la proposition de traité sur les exceptions au droit d?auteur en faveur des déficients visuels et sur d?autres dispositions permettant un meilleur accès aux ouvrages de lecture.
Avanza propuesta de tratado de la OMPI sobre limitaciones y excepciones a los derechos de autor
Posted on June 04, 2009En mayo, el Comité de derechos de autor de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual llegó a un acuerdo sobre un plan para examinar una propuesta de tratado sobre excepciones a los derechos de autor que permitan a los discapacitados visuales y a otras personas tener un mejor acceso a material de lectura.
Proposed Rules On Public Research In South Africa Stir Debate
Posted on June 04, 2009Draft rules on intellectual property rights in publicly financed research are stirring significant debate in South Africa between those who say the rules may stifle innovation, breach WHO commitments and be unconstitutional, and others who say concerns are overblown and the measures are needed to boost the country's economy.
US Bill Would Prohibit Generics Delay
Posted on June 04, 2009The practice of brand name companies paying generic manufacturers to delay the entry of lower-priced generics into the market could become illegal, if a bill before the United States House of Representatives passes. The bill (available here [pdf]) is “to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of [...
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US Senate Judiciary Prioritises Performance Rights Bill
Posted on June 04, 2009Draft legislation to change United States copyright law related to payment for music on radio is likely to see action this summer in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the committee chairman said Thursday.
China Blocking Key Foreign Media Sites
Posted on June 03, 2009China is blocking its citizens’ access to leading international social media and news websites in the lead-up to the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square anti-democracy massacre in Beijing. Media and information sharing sites such as Twitter, YouTube, Blogger, and Flickr as well as mainstream media such as the Financial Times, New York Times and [...
CVs Of WIPO Leadership Nominees Now Available
Posted on June 03, 2009Names and biographies of the seven people who will likely lead the World Intellectual Property Organization secretariat under Director General Francis Gurry have been officially released on the WIPO website here [pdf]. Intellectual Property Watch reported on the new deputy and assistant directors general last week (IPW, WIPO, 28 May 2009), but the WIPO document provides [...
US Supreme Court To Rule On Business Method Patents
Posted on June 03, 2009The United States Supreme Court, the nation’s highest court, has decided to review a case involving patenting of business methods, which could have a significant impact on the future of patenting. On 30 October 2008, the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals - often called the country?s ?patent court? - issued its decision in In [...
WIPO Names First-Ever Chief Economist
Posted on June 02, 2009A well-known European economist has been named the first-ever Chief Economist at the World Intellectual Property Organization, according to sources.
WIPO Limitations & Exceptions Treaty Advances; Audiovisual Treaty Gets New Life
Posted on May 30, 2009After intensive negotiations, the World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee reached agreement Friday night on a plan to address a proposed treaty on copyright exceptions for visually impaired persons and others. There also appeared to be a renewed focus on a decade-old treaty proposal on audiovisual performances, according to participants.
Affaire Golan : les États-Unis pourraient se retrouver en infraction avec les traités internationaux sur le droit d?auteur
Posted on May 29, 2009Récemment, une cour fédérale des États-Unis a annoncé une mauvaise nouvelle au gouvernement américain et à de nombreux titulaires de droits d?auteur étrangers, comme ceux des ?uvres de Sergueï Rachmaninov, de Dmitry Chostakovitch, de Sergueï Prokofiev et d?Igor Stravinski...
Caso Golan: EE UU podría incumplir con los tratados internacionales sobre derecho de autor
Posted on May 29, 2009Recientemente, un Tribunal Federal de los Estados Unidos (EE UU) dio malas noticias al gobierno de este país así como a varios titulares de derechos de autor extranjeros ?incluidos los de Sergéi Rajmáninov, Dmitry Shostakóvich, Sergéi Prokófiev e Igor Stravinsky...
Proposed WIPO Treaty On Visually Impaired Access Gets Deeper Look
Posted on May 29, 2009A treaty on copyright exceptions for visually impaired persons proposed this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization met with no immediate objections, according to participants, but how to treat the proposal and other limitations and exceptions in the future has led to a sharpening divergence among governments.
Special Report: The Future Of File Sharing
Posted on May 28, 2009Digital content owners continue to emphasise enforcement and protection of intellectual property. However, the impact that litigation and legislation have had with the purpose of limiting illegal file sharing remains questionable, thus setting the stage for new economic models and approaches that could serve as a remedy.
WIPO To Create DDG For Global Issues; Elevate Trademarks
Posted on May 28, 2009The World Intellectual Property Organization is expected this month to create a new deputy director general for global challenges, and will raise trademarks to the DDG level while moving copyright responsibility back to the assistant director general level, according to sources at WIPO...
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Advice To Obama On Global Health: Open Access
Posted on May 28, 2009With US health resources, a “wide gap remains between what can be done with existing knowledge and what is actually being done” says a new report by the National Academies Institute of Medicine, which is meant to advise the Obama administration’s health policy...
Broadcasting Industry Makes Case For WIPO Treaty Revival
Posted on May 27, 2009To kick off the World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee meeting this week, representatives primarily from the broadcasting industry gave their views on key developments in the field, and what that means for intellectual property protection...
WTO Ministerial Set For November
Posted on May 27, 2009Thw World Trade Organization on Wednesday announced that the next ministerial-level negotiating meeting will be held on 30 November to 2 December at the WTO headquarters in Geneva. The ministerial will have a theme of “The WTO, the Multilateral Trading System and the Current Global Economic Environment...
Proponents See WTO Session On GI Register Ready For Substantive Talks
Posted on May 26, 2009An informal special session at the World Trade Organization on a register for geographical indications - product names associated with a particular place and characteristics - was nudged toward ?substantive? talks last week, according to some participants.
Same WTO Deputy DGs Named To New Terms
Posted on May 26, 2009World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy on Tuesday named his four existing deputies to new terms. Alejandro Jara of Chile, Valentine Rugwabiza of Rwanda, Harsha Singh of India and Rufus Yerxa of the United States will be retained in their positions...
Copyright Exceptions Needed To Ensure Balance In Africa, Panellists Say
Posted on May 25, 2009International copyright laws do not take into account the reality of the conditions of accessing knowledge in Africa and clearer limitations and exceptions are needed to achieve a balanced copyright regime at the national level, panellists said at a seminar on development research on 20 May.
Freedom Of Expression Vs. DRM: The First Empirical Assessment
Posted on May 25, 2009Results of recent research on the impact of digital rights management (DRM) on the ability of users to take advantage of certain exceptions to copyright have introduced new systemic empirical data into the debate.
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