WIPO Copyright Advice Deemed Misleading To Developing Countries 20/02/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen and William New Non-governmental organisations attending this week’s meeting on a stronger development agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are working to remind participants of the key elements of the original proposals. In so doing, one group found shrinking knowledge in the public domain and shortcomings in WIPO’s […]
La industria se prepara para un segundo round de la Directiva de la UE sobre patentes 14/02/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New PRAGA- Aquellas industrias dependientes de patentes que llevaron a cabo una costosa labor de cabildeo para tratar de obtener la aprobación de una directiva en materia de patentabilidad de invenciones relacionadas con computadores están aprendiendo de sus errores mientras se preparan para la posible resurrección de la cuestión. Los grupos de presión […]
Top WIPO Copyright Official Promotes DRMs, Stresses Cooperation 02/02/2006 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment ROME – The top official for copyright issues at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) this week told a gathering of experts that standards are needed to protect content online, and stressed cooperation among institutions and others in the field. “Our work together is gaining increasing importance and increasing urgency,” said Rita Hayes, deputy director […]
After Grokster, Industry Seeks Legal P2P As Mobile Music Takes Over 29/01/2006 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch CANNES – Napster went down, Grokster went down, yet as both digital music services drew millions of people to their sites, industry is eager to make them stay there as law-abiding music download-services. Now the question has become, what must a legal peer-to-peer (P2P) service look like, and […]
International Content Standards Effort Seen As Risky For Digital Rights 14/12/2005 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The Digital Video Broadcasting Project (DVB), a Geneva-based body working on international digital television standards, is seeking to reach agreement by mid-2006 on standards for the management of digital content in the broadcasting and Internet arenas. The 270 broadcasters, manufacturers, network operators, software developers and regulatory bodies who […]
Webcasting Prominent In WIPO Broadcasting Talks Despite Few Supporters 28/11/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organisation last week spent significant time discussing a proposal to include the delivery of broadcasts over the Internet in a treaty updating the rights of broadcasters. But the proposal appears to have almost no supporters among the member governments. The proposal to include webcasting in a WIPO broadcasting […]
Brazil Seeks Knowledge Access, Diversity In WIPO Broadcasting Treaty 18/11/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Brazil on 17 November proposed that the World Intellectual Property Organisation tie its draft treaty on broadcasters’ rights to a recently agreed treaty on cultural diversity that was seen as strengthening nations’ ability to control information flows across their borders. Meanwhile, a coalition of non-governmental organisations is preparing a statement recommending clarifications and limits on […]
WIPO Copyright Committee To Meet After Year-Long Hiatus 16/11/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The last time the UN World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) copyright committee met it ended in acrimony, with still-bitter memories for some member governments who argued their objections to the outcome were wrongly ignored. But after a year and numerous regional consultations, many participants are looking ahead to an agenda laden with important policy items […]
US ‘Pulls Out All Stops’ As UNESCO Backs Culture Treaty 17/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Paris—The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) today approved a treaty for the protection of cultural diversity despite an all-out drive by the United States to get governments to change their minds. “We really pulled out all the stops” in the past week to try to change the outcome of this treaty, a US […]
US, Japanese Calls For Cultural Treaty Change Meet With Resistance 17/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment PARIS — Attempts by the United States and Japan to reopen negotiations on a UN draft treaty on cultural diversity today are meeting with firm resistance from developed and developing countries alike. While most nations’ ministers present at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s annual General Conference are not mentioning the United States by […]