WIPO Members Debate Top Management Positions To Be Filled In June 02/05/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments [Editor’s Note: Croatia also has advanced a candidate for a WIPO deputy director general post. Click here to read the IP-Watch story.] At least five of the highest management positions at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will change hands or be renewed at a June meeting, and debate is roiling over a firm request […]
WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Contains Unsupported Webcasting and “Digital Locks” 01/05/2006 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By Robin Gross, IP Justice From 1-5 May 2006, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will hold its 14th Session in Geneva to determine the fate of the controversial Broadcasting Treaty. In its final meeting before the General Assembly votes this autumn to send the proposed Broadcasting […]
Pfizer Fights IP Flexibilities In The Philippines 30/04/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 5 Comments The world’s largest pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, is suing the Philippine government for having imported and registered – but not marketed – a product that is still under patent. At the same time, industry is said to be lobbying against a bill under consideration in the Philippines that would introduce more flexibilities into the country’s intellectual […]
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 […]
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 […]
La décision sur la mise en place d’un régime en matière de ressources génétiques est reportée à 2010 21/04/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen et William New Dans le cadre d’une Conférence des Nations Unies qui s’est tenue récemment au Brésil, les débats sur la mise en place d’un régime international pour le partage des avantages découlant de l’utilisation des ressources génétiques ont essentiellement porté sur des questions de procédure. Certains observateurs en ont conclu […]
Decisión sobre régimen de recursos genéticos aplazada hasta el 2010 21/04/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen y William New El debate sobre un régimen internacional sobre la distribución de beneficios derivados del uso de recursos genéticos que tuvo lugar en la reciente conferencia de las Naciones Unidas en Brasil se centró principalmente en cuestiones de procedimiento, lo que llevó a algunas fuentes a afirmar que los […]
Intergovernmental South Centre Bolsters Its IP Programme 20/04/2006 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The South Centre, a Geneva-based intergovernmental organisation, is gearing up its work on intellectual property by launching a new programme on innovation, access to knowledge and intellectual property. The centre says it already sees the results of the programme in developing countries’ increased involvement in IP, including at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The […]
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 […]