IP Charter With ‘Public Interest Checklist’ For Governments Launched 19/10/2005 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A high-level group of legal scholars, artists, scientists and experts has launched an initiative urging governments to change the global intellectual property scheme which they argue has shifted too much toward private interests at the expense of the public. John Howkins, one of the founders of the Adelphi Charter on Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property, […]
October Edition Of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Available 18/10/2005 by Silja Halle for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A note to our readers: The October edition of Intellectual Property Watch’s Monthly Reporter is available on our website. The monthly publication, available online and in hard copy every month, features an updated compilation of top stories appearing on the IP-Watch Website (www.ip-watch.org). Click here to read the October edition. Spanish and French translations will […]
US ‘Pulls Out All Stops’ As UNESCO Backs Culture Treaty 17/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Paris—The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) today approved a treaty for the protection of cultural diversity despite an all-out drive by the United States to get governments to change their minds. “We really pulled out all the stops” in the past week to try to change the outcome of this treaty, a US […]
Business Leaders Cite IP Protection In Urging Progress In WTO Negotiations 17/10/2005 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment An ad hoc, high-level global business leaders’ group that was in Geneva last week to push World Trade Organization negotiators to move forward on free-trade talks highlighted the importance of intellectual property rights protection. But the group stopped short of calling for sanctions against countries they consider to be in violation of those rights. At […]
US, Japanese Calls For Cultural Treaty Change Meet With Resistance 17/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment PARIS — Attempts by the United States and Japan to reopen negotiations on a UN draft treaty on cultural diversity today are meeting with firm resistance from developed and developing countries alike. While most nations’ ministers present at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s annual General Conference are not mentioning the United States by […]
IP Critical As Rocky US-Andean Trade Talks Resume 17/10/2005 by Martin Vaughan for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Martin Vaughan for Intellectual Property Watch Washington, DC—With negotiators set to resume work this week, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador are resisting demands by the United States for patent protections that go beyond those enshrined in international trade law in talks toward a U.S.-Andean free trade agreement continuing this fall. At the international level, trade-related […]
IP Issues Reappear On Agenda Of WTO Talks 14/10/2005 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Intellectual property issues resurfaced on the agenda of the preparatory talks for the December World Trade Organization ministerial as they were mentioned at the meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) in Geneva on 13 October. No specific proposals were put forward but WTO Director General Pascal Lamy and some member governments expressed the expectation […]
Interview With WIPO Deputy Director General Rita Hayes 10/10/2005 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Member governments of the UN World Intellectual Property Organisation at their 26 September to 5 October General Assemblies agreed on a way to proceed with negotiations for a treaty on broadcasters’ rights. They will prepare a “basic proposal,” or draft negotiating text, during 2006 with an eye toward holding a high-level negotiation, known as a […]
Open Source Agreed In UN Information Society Summit Preparations 10/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment tradução em português (IP-Watch is not responsible for the accuracy of this translation) Encouragement for the use of free and open source software and open standards for science and technology has quietly worked its way into the draft texts being prepared for the November second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). […] Pages: 1 2
New Committee For WIPO Development Agenda; Patents Reinvigorated 03/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organisation tonight overcame a flare-up in tensions to reach agreement on the future of a proposed WIPO development agenda and the future work of a key patent committee. The final texts of both, which represent the last two sticking points for the 10-day WIPO General Assembly, will be […]