Time For Human Rights To Enter Into IP Policy Dialogue, Panel Says 23/11/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Ensuring the right to development should become more integral to debates over intellectual property policy, said members of a panel last week. The World Intellectual Property Organization Development Agenda will play a crucial role in ensuring this integration if it happens, they added.
Delegates Look To April For Consensus On Development Agenda Coordination 20/11/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Informal negotiations appeared to bring the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property within reach of consensus on a coordination mechanism for the Development Agenda early this morning, but this afternoon governments were unable to overcome remaining differences.
WIPO Development Committee Deepens Look At Technology Transfer, Coordination 19/11/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment How to achieve effective technology transfer stirred up discussion this week at the World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and IP (CDIP). Meanwhile, members are conducting informal negotiations to bridge differences over what kind of mechanism is needed to coordinate the Development Agenda as a whole.
Coordination Tops Issues At WIPO Development Agenda Meeting 17/11/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Deciding on a mechanism to ensure the effective implementation of the World Intellectual Property Organization Development Agenda will be the biggest area of discussion at this week’s WIPO meeting on IP and development, sources have said. But discussion also will focus on specific implementation projects.
Trilateral Patent Offices To Launch New Work Sharing Projects 13/11/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The Patent Prosecution Highway, an information sharing network between certain patent offices, has recently had its potential expanded thanks to a new agreement between two of the “trilateral” IP offices, according to the group’s site [pdf]. In addition to the EPO, the trilateral group includes the Japan Patent Office and the United States Patent and […]
Les pays en développement s’investissent de plus en plus dans le programme d’application des droits à l’OMPI 13/11/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch and William New Leave a Comment Selon des sources ayant participé à la réunion du Comité consultatif sur l’application des droits de l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI), qui s’est tenue du 2 au 4 novembre, l’implication proactive des pays en développement vis-à-vis du programme de travail sur l’application des droits de propriété intellectuelle s’est accentuée.
Los países en desarrollo impulsan el trabajo en materia de observancia de la PI en la OMPI 13/11/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch and William New Leave a Comment Los países en desarrollo han aumentado su participación proactiva en el programa de observancia de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), según los participantes de la reunión del Comité Asesor sobre Observancia, que se celebró del 2 al 4 de noviembre.
China Draft Law Proposes New Patent Standards 13/11/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment A new set of patent regulations involving standards has been proposed by China’s Standardization Administration, which represents the country to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and which organises national and international standardisation projects, according to GTW Associates, a US-based international standards consultancy. The original documents, available here [pdf] and here, have not been officially […]
WIPO IT Committee’s Proposed Broad Mandate Raised Questions 12/11/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Countries were split on North/South lines at a recent meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Information Technology (SCIT) over whether to accept a proposed broad agenda for future work that some feared would open the door to policy discussions beyond its mandate.
US Universities Adopt Principles For Medicines Access, Tech Transfer 11/11/2009 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Several leading universities in the United States as well as the National Institutes of Health have adopted a set of principles regarding intellectual property and research intended to aid dissemination of medical technology. The Statement of Principles and Strategies for the Equitable Dissemination of Medical Technologies [pdf] pledges a commitment to effective technology transfer in […]