Industry, Non-Profits Advise Negotiators On WIPO Development Agenda 26/07/2005 by Allison A. Meyer for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Non-profit and industry organisations last week offered a wide range of views on the incorporation of a development agenda into the work of the World Intellectual Property Organisation. Their views came as WIPO member governments debated greater participation of civil society in its activities. Statements by civil society groups were heard on the final two […]
Participation High For WIPO Online Public Forum, Official Says 21/06/2005 by Allison A. Meyer for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment An online forum hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organisation aimed at shaping WIPO’s contribution to the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) generated a large turnout, according to a senior WIPO official. “We have gotten a great deal of response,” Richard Owens, director of the Copyright, E-Commerce, Technology and Management Division at […]