Interview with Yochai Benkler, Yale Law School 27/04/2006 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Yochai Benkler is a law professor at Yale Law School. He helped host a well-attended conference on Access to Knowledge held 21-23 April at Yale. Benkler focuses on the effect of laws on flows of information and knowledge in the digital environment, and has published a new book on knowledge commons called The Wealth of […]
Interview with Graham Dutfield, Queen Mary College of the University of London 27/04/2006 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Graham Dutfield is a legal researcher at the Queen Mary College of the University of London. He is a supporter of traditional knowledge protection and a critic of the anti-development and anti-consumer orientation of current trends in intellectual property rule-making. He sat down with Intellectual Property Watch during the 24-28 April meeting on these issues […]
Interns Contribute Their Expertise At IP-Watch 26/04/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Intellectual Property Watch was very pleased to have sponsored Martha Pigott and Nick Duston, college students from the United States, this spring on internships to carry out research, writing and outreach activities. “We were thrilled to have them working with us,” said Editor William New. “They have laid the groundwork for important work here and […]
Nations Urge Legally Binding Biodiversity Outcome At WIPO 25/04/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By William New and Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Developing country members of the World Intellectual Property Organization this week are demanding that a key committee on genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore be mandated to agree on a legally binding international instrument for the protection of these areas. But the demand is unlikely to be […]
US Backs Keplinger For WIPO Job; Reacts To Patent Harmonisation Stalemate 13/04/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment [For the official biography of Michael Keplinger, please see IPW, May 5, 2006, WIPO] The United States government today confirmed it has put forward a senior Commerce Department official’s name for a top spot at the World Intellectual Property Organization. It also vowed to keep pushing for global patent system harmonisation within and outside WIPO, […]
Le rapport de l’OMS sur la propriété intellectuelle pourrait influencer le débat sur un système de brevet mondial 13/04/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen et William New Un rapport très attendu de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), réalisé par une commission spéciale chargée d’étudier les liens entre les droits de propriété intellectuelle et les activités de recherche et développement (R&D) en rapport avec les maladies qui touchent avant tout les pays en développement, formule […]
Informe de la OMS sobre PI podría influir en el debate global sobre políticas de patentes 13/04/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen y William New El tan esperado informe de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), elaborado por una comisión especial para analizar la relación entre los derechos de propiedad intelectual y la investigación y el desarrollo en materia de enfermedades que afectan de forma desproporcionada a los países en desarrollo, […]
WIPO Patent Harmonisation Effort Stalls Until September Assembly 12/04/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Government negotiators addressing the global harmonisation of patent systems today could not agree on a work programme for a key World Intellectual Property Organization committee, effectively stalling debate on the issue until the end of the year. “It is not yet the time,” said Ron Marchant, chief executive and comptroller general of the United Kingdom […]
WIPO Patent Committee Cautiously Opens Talks On New Work Programme 10/04/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) cautiously opened discussion today on the future work programme of the committee responsible for harmonisation of patent laws. The issue is contentious as many WIPO developing country members have previously opposed harmonisation, though the issue continues to appear on the WIPO agenda. Patent harmonisation, under […]
WIPO Completes New Trademark Treaty; Impact Remains To Be Seen 05/04/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A new international trademark law treaty could streamline procedures for global protection of marks of developed and developing countries, but it is unclear what the impact will be on the majority of members of the World Intellectual Property Organization. The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks updates the 1994 Trademark Law Treaty, to which […]