Acting To Protect Freedom of Expression At ICANN 30/08/2007 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Dan Krimm The continuing saga at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) about policy for approving new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) is entering what may be its final stages this summer. There has been a stream of controversy surrounding the “.xxx” gTLD proposal that was rejected by the ICANN Board of […]
Ethiopia Urges Progress Towards International Regime On TK, TCEs 10/07/2007 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Ethiopia is an active participant at the 3-12 July World Intellectual Property Organization meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC). Ethiopia is among the developing countries eager to see an international regime for the protection of traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs). Below follow […]
Scope, Implications Of Section 3(d) Of The Indian Patents Act, 1970 (As Amended) 01/06/2007 by Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By Swarup Kumar Under Indian patent law, there are certain inventions which are deemed specifically not patentable. These are identified in Section 3, and the sub-clause of that section which is relevant with respect to the infamous Novartis case pending before the Chennai High Court and now also IPAB [Intellectual Property Appellate Board] is sub-clause […]
An Argument For IP And Innovation Boosting Development 29/05/2007 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment With the next meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Provisional Committee on Proposals related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA) to be held on 11-15 June, James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, presents an argument that innovation and intellectual property protection are good for development. James […]
The WIPO View On Enforcement, Idris And Development Agenda 14/05/2007 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Wolfgang Starein is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) official with primary responsibility for enforcement of intellectual property rights. In a series of recent interviews with Intellectual Property Watch, Starein talked about WIPO’s enforcement agenda for the coming year, a January 2007 enforcement conference, access to knowledge, WIPO’s relationship to the World Trade Organization (WTO) […]
The Development Agenda Of Free Software 15/02/2007 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Rishab Aiyer Ghosh and Karsten Gerloff, UNU-MERIT The Development Agenda put forward by many World Intellectual Property Organization member states seeks in part to fulfil WIPO’s mission to “promote the use and protection of works of the human spirit.” A major study published by the European Commission1 on 11 January, 2007 highlights how “works […]
What’s Ahead For IP And The Music Industry – Interview with Jacqueline Charlesworth, National Music Publishers’ Association 05/02/2007 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment With technology causing groundbreaking changes in global music industry business models, intellectual property rules governing music are in question. At the annual Midem gathering in Cannes in late January, Intellectual Property Watch’s William New sat down with Jacqueline Charlesworth, senior vice president and general counsel of the (US) National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) to get […]
Interview With Howard Zucker, Senior WHO Official On IP 15/01/2007 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment [Please note: This interview has been republished to clarify the transcription.] Howard Alan Zucker, assistant director general of health technology and pharmaceuticals at the World Health Organization, is among other things in charge of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (referred to as “IGWG”), which was set up by the […]
Indigenous Groups Tell WIPO, ‘Don’t Patent Our Traditional Knowledge’ 06/12/2006 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment This week, a key World Intellectual Property Organization committee is debating policies related to the protection of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions (folklore) and genetic resources with an eye to helping local communities, often indigenous, get the full market value and public use of their traditions through fair negotiations with outside patent applicants. But some […]
Indigenous Communal Moral Rights 04/12/2006 by Intellectual Property Watch 4 Comments By Molly Torsen A more and more robust literature on traditional cultural expressions is being written, discussed and even filtered into legislation. Most academic thinking on the topic agrees that Western intellectual property (IP) laws do not offer adequate or appropriate protection for certain types of creations. One example is the poor fit Western copyright […]