WIPO Members Agree On Budget As DG Election Picks Up; Idris Gets Personal 01/04/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By William New The member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization on Monday reached agreement on the delayed organisation budget for 2008-2009, as election campaigns for the next WIPO director general went into full swing. The budget was approved after agreement on a five percent reduction in fees charged by WIPO to process patent […]
Proponents: Slow Better Than Poor For WIPO Development Agenda 21/03/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New World Intellectual Property Organization member states felt their way slowly this month in the first committee meeting on how to implement 45 agreed recommendations for transformation of the United Nations organisation toward a stronger development orientation. But the slow start may have been good for development, some supporters said. The first meeting […]
Linkages Between The WIPO Development Agenda And The TRIPS Council 13/03/2008 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Ahmed Abdel Latif This week’s TRIPS Council meetings provide a timely opportunity to reflect on the linkages between the work of the Council and the ongoing WIPO Development Agenda process, which entered an implementation phase with the first meeting, last week, of WIPO’s new Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP). Just as the […]
WIPO Copyright Committee Done For Year; Exceptions And Limitations ‘Here To Stay’ 13/03/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee on Wednesday concluded work until next November in a way similar to recent years, with the same chair, European dominance, no agreement, and division over a proposed treaty on broadcasters’ rights. But it also contained the elevation of a proposal to improve exceptions and limitations […]
Do we need a Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations to copyright? 12/03/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments
WIPO Director General Candidates Answer 5 Questions On IP Policy 11/03/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 6 Comments Intellectual Property Watch posed five questions on IP policy to the 15 candidates to be the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization. What actions are needed in the international IP systems, such as those that govern patents, trademarks and copyrights? One year after you take office, what do you expect to have […]
New Proposal At WIPO For Exceptions and Limitations Agreement; US Unconvinced 11/03/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New Several nations have joined Chile in presenting a new proposal for work on limitations and exceptions to this week’s meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee. The work would include establishing an international agreement on the issue. But the United States told the plenary on Tuesday that it is “not […]
WIPO Copyright Committee Begins New Era With Revised Agenda, Same Chair 11/03/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee on Monday began a new era in the wake of a failed decade of negotiations for a broadcasters’ rights treaty. But it will tackle its new agenda including limitations and exceptions to copyright with the same chairman who guided the broadcasting talks with fervour. Finland’s […]
“Less Difficult” First WIPO Development Committee Meeting Begins 03/03/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The “historic” first day of the new World Intellectual Property Organization Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) opened with a focus on procedure, a focus likely to carry through the whole first week, according to participants. “The goal [of this week’s meeting] is to progress on the first and most important […]
Positive Outcome For WIPO Committee On TK, Folklore, Genetic Resources 29/02/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization committee on traditional knowledge and other issues concluded a weeklong meeting with a compromise way forward that a range of government officials said was a positive outcome that maintains committee progress. “The meeting was a good one in the sense that we came forward with new ideas” […]