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US Mission To Fund WIPO Work On Counterfeits

26/04/2011 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

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The United States mission in Geneva announced today an international initiative to raise public awareness about protection of intellectual property rights. The initiative is a cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization and has support from the governments of Kenya, Morocco and the Philippines, US Ambassador Betty King said at a reception.

The new initiative will target counterfeits in particular, King said in prepared remarks [doc], which “by their very nature, are substandard, and in many cases, unsafe.” The initiative will aim to better inform people of the dangers of such counterfeit products (which would not include items such as fake handbags or clothing), something that a “public awareness toolkit project” will be designed to help them do, she said.

King planned to announce a grant to WIPO to help the agency “organise workshops and develop toolkits for use by member states to raise public awareness of the threat that counterfeit products pose to public health and safety,” according to a US mission release. A WIPO official was to explain how the toolkits work. WIPO now has an official whose responsibility is “respect for IP.”

“Companies and entrepreneurs in both developed and developing countries spend enormous sums of capital on building brands by innovating, ensuring quality control, and through aggressive marketing,” King said, only to lose the investment to unauthorised competition. She called for political and public support for the enforcement of laws protecting IP rights.

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  1. WIPO Defends Involvement In IP Enforcement Meeting In The Philippines | Intellectual Property Watch says:
    24/10/2011 at 7:30 pm

    […] events, funded by the US government and announced by the US ambassador in Geneva earlier this year (IPW, Enforcement, 26 April 2011). The US mission press release from April is […]

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  2. Philippines IP Office: Anti-Counterfeiting Meeting Isn’t About Kowtowing To Corporate Interests… Except That It Is | Greediocracy says:
    28/10/2011 at 12:37 pm

    […] this year, the US government admitted that it was funding special programs in conjunction with WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization) to help […]

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