Industry, Non-Profits Advise Negotiators On WIPO Development Agenda 26/07/2005 by Allison A. Meyer for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Non-profit and industry organisations last week offered a wide range of views on the incorporation of a development agenda into the work of the World Intellectual Property Organisation. Their views came as WIPO member governments debated greater participation of civil society in its activities. Statements by civil society groups were heard on the final two […]
WIPO Negotiators End In Deadlock On Development Agenda 23/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment After months of debate, officials addressing a proposal to make the World Intellectual Property Organisation more sensitive to developing countries could agree only that further discussion is needed. “We had a chance to discuss a huge quantity of proposals made by delegations,” Chairman Rigoberto Gauto Vielman, the permanent representative of Paraguay in Geneva, said afterward. […]
Europe Calls For Continuation Of WIPO Development Agenda Talks 21/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The 25 nations of the European Union on Thursday proposed that talks on a stronger development-oriented agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organisation be continued through 2006. The Group of African nations on Thursday also put forward a new list of proposals for consideration at the IIM that are more far-reaching than the EU proposal. […]
US, Brazil Duel On WIPO Development Agenda 21/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment At the start of day two of a meeting on reform of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization toward developing country concerns, the United States put a political stake in the ground, calling for the meeting to recommend moving development issues to an existing technical committee. The US proposal is in marked contrast to a […]
WIPO Members Seek Compromise On Development Agenda 21/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Up against a deadline to agree on a final report this week, members of the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organisation debating how the organisation can better reflect developing country needs got underway quickly Wednesday. The goal this week is “to reach a consensus for a report to the General Assembly that summarizes our work to […]
Development Groups Gather Support For WIPO Reform Agenda 18/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Just days before the final round of a debate over a proposed development agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organisation, non-profit groups from all corners of the world are signing on to a call for support of WIPO reform. The groups are signing on to a statement posted on the website of the US-based IP […]
Stage Set For Global Face-Off On Internet Governance 14/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Luxembourg City–A new report from a UN task force on governance of policy issues related to the Internet sets the stage for global negotiations over who has oversight of those issues. The report, the final outcome of a working group on Internet governance mandated at the 2003 UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), […]
ICANN’s Process For Strategic Plan, .Net Domain Renewal Questioned 13/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Luxembourg City—The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit corporation in charge of technical aspects of the Internet naming system, is being questioned this week for potentially unaccountable actions. The questioning comes from the organisation’s constituents at an 11-17 July board meeting in Luxembourg. ICANN has faced charges in the early part […]
ICANN Takes Credit, Criticism On New Internet Domains 13/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Luxembourg City—The organisation responsible for the Internet name and address system this week hailed completion of a contract signed over the weekend with a new .mobi Internet domain, but heard criticism of its handling of the new .xxx domain for adult websites. The comments came in the first days of a weeklong meeting of the […]
Policy On Personal Data For Website Owners Debated At ICANN 12/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Luxembourg City–Among the many issues arising at this week’s meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is how to improve the accuracy and privacy of the database of contact information about Internet website owners. The so-called Whois database is the collection of names and addresses of people who register websites, made […]