WIPO Lauded For New Beijing Treaty On Audiovisual Performances 29/06/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments The UN World Intellectual Property Organization is centre stage when it comes to international IP policymaking, and has hosted great progress during the past 20 years by all accounts. But apart from updates and modifications to existing treaties, and its 2007 Development Agenda, its members have not managed to complete a major new treaty since 1996. Until now.
US Congress Members Demand Access To TPP; ACTA Criticised In Australia 27/06/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment More than 130 members of the United States Congress have sent a letter to the US Trade Representative demanding greater access to the still-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, while a new bill is being introduced to reform US trade policy. And another Congress member who earlier publicly leaked the intellectual property rights chapter of the agreement has sent a request to be included as a member of the US delegation to the negotiations.
UK Issues Tougher Draft Code For Online Copyright Infringement 26/06/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments United Kingdom communications regulator Ofcom today published three documents on digital copyright infringement, including a draft code requiring large internet service providers (ISPs) to inform customers of allegations that their internet connection has been used to infringe copyright, and consultations on the code and on cost-sharing.
ITU Tries To Send A Clearer Signal On Global Telecom Talks 23/06/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The UN International Telecommunication Union is conducting constructive and potentially lucrative negotiations to update global telecommunications regulations, but the message keeps getting garbled in public fora, ITU officials said.
Corporate Leader Fadi Chehadé Named ICANN Head 22/06/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments The next president and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was named today.
EBU Issues Declaration On Public Service Media 22/06/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) today issued a declaration in support of public service media’s role in society, including as a driver of innovation and a trusted independent voice.
BIO Releases Consultant Report Promoting IP Rights 21/06/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment At its annual meeting this week in Boston, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), put its name to a report promoting the advantages of intellectual property rights for the industry.
US-EU Transatlantic Trade Deal Would Skip IPRs 21/06/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 15 Comments The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) yesterday released an interim report with the European Union on ways to expand transatlantic trade and investment. But apparently this would not including trying to bridge differences on intellectual property rights.
Meryl Streep, Other Top Actors, Urge WIPO To Finish Audiovisual Treaty 21/06/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments World Intellectual Property Organization members yesterday resumed a 12-year-old top-level negotiation for a treaty on the protection of performers’ rights in audiovisual productions, this time with the eloquent urgings of some of the world’s top film and television actors to finish the job.
If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Beat ‘Em: New Industry Effort A Jab At Patent Pool? 21/06/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment A new pharmaceutical industry initiative aimed at improving access to HIV treatments in least-developed countries is raising questions as to how it will fit with the Medicines Patent Pool, an existing group with a similar mandate. As an informal meeting on the new initiative kicks off this week in New Delhi, scrutiny will be paid to whether the initiative’s drivers are several companies that have declined to negotiate with the patent pool and whether it is a good-faith effort to help the greatest number of patients.