WIPO Negotiators Agree On Way Forward For Broadcasting Treaty 03/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organisation today agreed on a plan to negotiate a treaty on the rights of broadcasters by 2007 after two more committee meetings. The proposal before the WIPO General Assembly, meeting from 26 September to 5 October, was whether and when to schedule a diplomatic conference (a high-level […]
WIPO General Assembly Calls For Action On Financial, Personnel Concerns 02/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The member states of the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organisation on Friday called on the organisation to act on independent recommendations to clean up its financial and personnel management practices. The recommendations were made earlier this year by the independent U.N. inspection team whose investigation in late 2004 found fault with WIPO’s practices. The WIPO […]
WIPO Negotiators Seek Final Agreement On Key Issues At General Assembly 01/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Government negotiators at the U.N. World Intellectual Property Organisation General Assemblies continued their work into the weekend to try to reach agreement on key outstanding issues. All discussions of these issues have reverted to closed, informal meetings, in contrast to the weeklong formal meetings open to accredited non-governmental observers. Since the assemblies began on 26 […]