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Archives for November 2018

WIPO Copyright Committee Closing Chair’s Text Shows Way Forward On Broadcasting Treaty, Exceptions, Resale Right

30/11/2018 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights concluded its work in a weeklong meeting early today, a rare occurrence, after agreeing on ways forward for a draft treaty on broadcasting, limitations and exceptions for a range of groups such as libraries and educational institutions, and additional topics such as creation of a task force on artists’ resale royalty rights, and upcoming regional meetings. The final chair’s text below shows the details.

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

Interviews With National Publishing Industry Attendees At WIPO’s Copyright Committee

30/11/2018 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

During this week’s World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee meeting, Intellectual Property Watch had the opportunity to meet observers from the international publishing sector who are following the committee’s discussions closely. In Geneva at the invitation of the International Publishers Association (IPA), several publishers shared their thoughts about WIPO’s work as well as their experience from their own markets. The interviews below represent a range of perspectives, from three different types of markets worldwide.

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

WIPO Draft Broadcasting Treaty: NGO Views On What To Keep, What To Change

30/11/2018 by Beatrice Marone for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The World Intellectual Property Organization draft treaty for the protection of broadcasting organisations was the focus not only of informal meetings among delegates this week, but also outside the negotiating room. On 27 November, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) provided committee participants the impressions of five speakers keen on the topic, each with a different point of view underlining things they feel have to be improved to get to an effective treaty.

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

CBD Biennial Meeting Closes With Resolutions On Digital Sequence Data, Conflicts Of Interest, Global Benefit-Sharing

30/11/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

The biennial meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its protocol on access and benefit-sharing closed yesterday with a list of adopted decisions. Among them was a decision to commission several studies on the impact of digital sequence data on the CBD for a recommendation at the next meeting in 2020. Delegates also agreed on a study to examine cases of genetic resources, and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources, not yet covered by the protocol. Also adopted is the first decision on the management and prevention of conflicts of interest in expert groups.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, Health & IP, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD

Economically Sound And Fair Global Genetics Benefit-Sharing System Possible, Panellists Say

29/11/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — UN Convention on Biological Diversity members were trying this week to address questions that were left open when its protocol on access and benefit-sharing was adopted eight years ago. One of them is how to deal with genetic resources which are not yet covered by the protocol. A side event to the biennial conference of CBD members this week presented a solution, which they say could provide a more efficient, cost-effective and fairer system of access and benefit-sharing, based on inventions protected by intellectual property rights.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD

Fight Over .Amazon: ACTO Countries Cancel Meeting With ICANN CEO

29/11/2018 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The fight over delegating the .amazon top-level domain to Amazon LLC is not over. But the effort of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to cut a deal between the regional Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation (ACTO) and online retailer Amazon has failed, according to ICANN CEO Göran Marby. [updated]

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

UN Biodiversity Convention Agrees On Precautionary Approach To Synthetic Biology

29/11/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

SHARM El-SHEIKH, Egypt — While the world has been taken by surprise after a Chinese researcher declared he had genetically modified twin babies, and critics are rising from all parts, the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted a decision on synthetic biology today at the close of its biennial meeting. The decision which calls for a precautionary approach was hailed by civil society groups which were calling for a moratorium preventing gene drive organisms to be released in the wild.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, English, Environment, Lobbying, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD

Do Patent Trolls Exist? Two Studies Reach Different Conclusions (Part 1)

29/11/2018 by Steven Seidenberg for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

They are called many things. Patent Assertion Entities (PAEs), Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs), Patent Trolls, and on occasion, names not suitable in polite company. They often are accused of harming innovation and the economy, while providing nothing useful in return. They, less often, are said to promote innovation, in part by helping small inventors monetize their discoveries. Two recent academic studies attempt to shed light on this dispute, but their findings seem contradictory – at least at first.

Filed Under: Features, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, English, Innovation/ R&D, North America, Perspectives on the US, Regional Policy

Shared Indigenous Knowledge And Benefit-Sharing Needs Particular Attention, Panel Tells CBD

29/11/2018 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

SHARM El-SHEIKH, Egypt — Traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources held by indigenous and local communities is often not confined to one group or one specific geographical location. Displacement whether cultural or forced, political redesigning of borders, and exchanges with other communities have all contributed to the dispersion of that knowledge. This shared knowledge poses an issue in the context of benefit-sharing of commercial benefits on inventions derived from this knowledge. A side event on the side of the biennial meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity looked at how to address shared traditional knowledge.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Biodiversity/Genetic Resources/Biotech, Development, English, Environment, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, UPOV / CBD

New Draft Of WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Consolidates Proposals

28/11/2018 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee members last night reach preliminary agreement on a new draft text for a global treaty aimed at protecting broadcasting organisations. A copy of the text is available below.

Filed Under: IP Policies, Language, Subscribers, Themes, Venues, Copyright Policy, English, Information and Communications Technology/ Broadcasting, WIPO

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