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Archives for June 2015

Poland To Modify Authors’ Rights Violations Regulation After Constitutional Court Ruling

30/06/2015 by Jaroslaw Adamowski for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

WARSAW – Poland’s Constitutional Court has released a ruling in which it states that the country’s regulation obliging any entity violating other entity’s author’s rights to pay the threefold amount of due payment is excessive, and, as a result, should be amended. The latest ruling will oblige the Polish Parliament to modify the authors’ rights bill in line with the Constitutional Court decision, and decrease the amount of the due compensation.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Europe, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Regional Policy

Developing Country Broadcasters Ask For International Signal Protection At WIPO

30/06/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The World Intellectual Property Organization committee on copyright opened this week with an information panel that underlined that broadcasters in developing countries face more or less the same issues than their counterparts in developed countries. Piracy remains a shared issue. This week, the committee is expected to breach the gap on differences on a potential treaty to protect broadcasting organisations.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Lobbying, WIPO

WIPO: Databases To Protect GRs, TK, Useful But Some Controversy

29/06/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

In the quest to find solutions to protect traditional knowledge and genetic resources from misappropriation, some countries have resorted to private databases to be used by patent examiners. Indigenous peoples are wary of the process primarily because they are not sure their knowledge will remain safe in those databases. Speakers at a World Intellectual Property Organization this week discussed the pros and cons of such defensive protection.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Copyright Policy, Development, Enforcement, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

Special Report: ICANN Reviews Process For New Domains; Names Proposal For IANA Transition Done

28/06/2015 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments

Experts at last week’s meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Buenos Aires reached a milestone with a final proposal from the ICANN working group for the transition of internet control away from the United States. But global governance without oversight remains difficult, as the ongoing review of the introduction of new generic top-level domains aptly illustrates.

Filed Under: Features, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, ITU/ICANN, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

Two Sides Of Copyright Law To Be Considered By WIPO Committee Next Week

26/06/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The World Intellectual Property Organization committee on copyright is meeting next week with an agenda of discussions on a potential international instrument to protect broadcasting organisations’ copyrights, and at the same time exceptions and limitations to copyright for the benefit of libraries, archives, education, research, and persons with disabilities other than sight impairment.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Innovation/ R&D, WIPO

Shared Genetic Resources And Traditional Knowledge: National, Regional Efforts

26/06/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The issue of genetic resources or traditional knowledge that are shared among different countries was discussed at a World Intellectual Property Organization seminar this week. Panellists presented national and regional efforts to protect such resources.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Copyright Policy, Development, Enforcement, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

Effects Of New Australian Blocking Legislation Remain Highly Controversial

26/06/2015 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

Much will depend on Australian federal judges after a website blocking bill targeting copyright violations was passed by both houses of the Australian legislature this week.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Copyright Policy, Enforcement, English, Human Rights, IP Law, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, Innovation/ R&D, Regional Policy

US Political Trademarks And Campaign Branding 2016

25/06/2015 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

As prospective presidential candidates prepare to plunge voters in the United States into campaign purgatory, it is time for pundits to examine how candidates are branding their political campaigns and crafting their messages to appeal to the electoral audience. With the presidential race beginning to heat up, which candidate will seize the message that resonates most with American voters? And what will that message be?

Filed Under: Features, Inside Views, IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Copyright Policy, English, IP Law, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, North America, Regional Policy, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains

WIPO Seminar Looks At Protection Of TK, Genetic Resources Across Borders

25/06/2015 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

Keen on maintaining momentum in the discussions on the protection of traditional knowledge and genetic resources, while the normative agenda on the issue is suspended, the World Intellectual Property Organization is holding a seminar on the subject this week.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Copyright Policy, Development, Enforcement, English, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, WIPO

Secret Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Takes Centre Stage In Asia

24/06/2015 by Patralekha Chatterjee for Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), part of US President Barack Obama’s promised pivot to Asia, has stirred up a hornet’s nest on the ethics of trying to hammer out a trade deal in secrecy. But it is not the only one. A proposed trade agreement in Asia, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), is facing the same hiccups and flak.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Access to Knowledge/ Education, Asia/Pacific, Copyright Policy, Development, Enforcement, English, Health & IP, Human Rights, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Regional Policy, Technical Cooperation/ Technology Transfer, Trademarks/Geographical Indications/Domains, WTO/TRIPS

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