Biological Diversity Policy Enthusiast Leaving Indian WTO Mission 14/07/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Atul Kaushik is in his last week of work as first secretary (legal) of the Permanent Mission of India to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva this week (week of 10 July). Kaushik, who has played a major role in the proposal from a number of larger developing countries to include new language related […]
UK Music Groups Seek Copyright Licences and Levies for Digital Content 13/07/2006 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch The United Kingdom independent music sector wants content distributors to pay creators for transmitting their works over the Internet, mobile phones and other devices. At a 12 July London roundtable headed by the Association of Independent Music (AIM), indie labels, composers, songwriters, musicians, managers, publishers and collecting societies […]
EU Commissioner To Boost IP Focus, Seek Last Push For Community Patent 13/07/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment BRUSSELS – The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Charlie McCreevy, this week said he will pay “particular attention” to intellectual property rights during the coming year, including one last drive to create a European Community patent. “I will go for one big last push for the Community patent,” he told a 12 July […]
Idris’s Age Corrected At WIPO Amidst Speculation Of Benefit-Seeking 13/07/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Kamil Idris, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, has acted to correct his age as it is recorded at WIPO after 20 years, setting off speculation that he stands to gain handsomely from the change. In addition, some governments and others are checking for instances of his misreporting to determine whether there was […]
El Programa de la OMPI para el Desarrollo en manos de la Asamblea General 13/07/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New y Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen El 30 de junio, después de dos semanas de reuniones e intensas consultas a lo largo del año, se dio fin a los debates encaminados a reforzar la perspectiva de desarrollo de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) sin que se pudiese llegar a un […]
Le plan d’action de l’OMPI pour le développement est renvoyé à l’Assemblée générale 13/07/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par William New et Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Au terme de deux sessions d’une semaine et d’intenses consultations hors session, les discussions en faveur d’une meilleure intégration de la problématique du développement dans les travaux de l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle se sont terminées sur un échec le 30 juin. Aucun accord n’ayant été […]
WIPO Committee Set To Approve Reports On Budget, Construction, Personnel 12/07/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The powerful Programme and Budget Committee (PBC) of the World Intellectual Property Organization this week appears to be in agreement with WIPO management on several critical and previously contentious endeavours. At the sparsely attended first day of the 11-13 July PBC meeting, members appeared to generally agree with proposals from WIPO, according to participants. These […]
European Commission Fines Microsoft €280.5 Million In Antitrust Case 12/07/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment BRUSSELS – The European Commission today fined Microsoft €280.5 million ($356.35 million) for failing to comply with a 2004 Commission request to provide documents that would make it easier for other companies to develop products that would be interoperable with Microsoft’s products. This is the first time in the European Union’s 49-year-long history that it […]
EU IP Enforcement Directive Questioned On Procedure 11/07/2006 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 6 Comments By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Procedural questions could kill a proposed European Union directive aimed at fighting theft of products, patents and copyrights, after the Dutch Parliament raised jurisdictional objections last week. At issue is the planned EU directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights [COM(2006) 168 […]
July Edition of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available 10/07/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter features unique summaries of events, the latest on who is coming and going at the UN, WTO, Geneva missions, industry and NGOs, plus briefs on reports and events from the IP community. For this and more, read the Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter, now available online for subscribers at: […]