WIPO Traditional Knowledge: Text Passes Committee Approval, Goes To Next Session23/09/2016 By Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentWorld Intellectual Property Organization delegates today agreed on a text compiling divergent views on how traditional knowledge should be protected in the intellectual property system to be forwarded to the next session of its committee on the protection of traditional knowledge. Some clear dividing lines remain, such as traditional knowledge which is widely known and could have been placed in the public domain, or if conditions of eligibility should be part of a potential treaty.
CETA To Be Signed (Again) During EU-Canada Summit In Mid-October23/09/2016 By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentEuropean Union trade ministers at an informal meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia today agreed on the final steps to enact CETA, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the EU. There will be no other reopening of the text, assured EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem after the meeting. But ministers have agreed, according to Slovak Minister of Economy Peter Ziga, that some sensitive issues have to be straightened out in an additional annex to the CETA text.
Europe Dominates List Of Candidates For Next WHO Director23/09/2016 By William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a CommentThe World Health Organization today released the list of candidates to be the next director general of the UN health agency in Geneva. Of the six candidates, four are from the European region.
Despite Ongoing Efforts, USPTO Still Faces Patent Quality Issues16/09/2016 By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments
Panel On The Right To Scientific Progress And Freedom For Scientific Research23/09/2016 By Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment
Shared Experiences Of Indigenous Peoples In The WIPO Negotiating Process22/09/2016 By Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment
European Cooperation Against Counterfeits Online: Sporting Goods Industry Joins Team22/09/2016 By Alexandra Nightingale for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment
