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News - First Candidate For WIPO Director General Post Withdraws
By William New
Just days before the election begins for the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the first candidate has withdrawn, according to official sources.
Mauro Masi, a former chief of staff to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in 2005, will...
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News - European Parliament Set To Reprimand Mandelson For Pressuring Thailand
By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch
BRUSSELS - The European Parliament looks set to take Brussels’ top trade official to task over his latest attempt to persuade Thailand that it should revise its policy on pharmaceutical patents.
Shortly after a new government was installed in Bangkok earlier this year, European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson...
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News - Voting Procedures Set for WIPO Director General Vote Next Week
By William New
The final procedures appear to be in place for next week’s all-important nomination election for the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The WIPO Coordination Committee, the 83-member government executive body of the UN organisation, will meet on 13 May to narrow 15 candidates down to one. The new director general would...
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News - Proponents: ‘Time Is Now’ For TRIPS Biodiversity Amendment In Doha Round
By William New
India and other proponents on Wednesday sought to counter concern raised by the World Trade Organization chief that a “clash†could occur if differences are not narrowed on a proposed amendment to WTO intellectual property rules for the protection of genetic resources and traditional knowledge.
“There is a groundswell of support for this critical...
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