Next WTO Ministerial To Be Held In Bali In December 2013 27/07/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The World Trade Organization will hold its next ministerial level meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in the first week of December 2013, it announced today.
WIPO Still On Course For Instruments On Copyright Exceptions, Broadcasting 26/07/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 6 Comments The World Intellectual Property Organization late last night reached agreement on a timeline for completing treaties – or instruments – on a range of copyright exceptions, including the possibility of a high-level negotiation for visually impaired and blind readers in 2013.
Public Interest Groups Take Aim At FCC Net Neutrality Order 25/07/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Tech Freedom, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Free State Foundation, and the Cato Institute filed an amicus brief yesterday with the Washington, DC Court of Appeals claiming that the US Federal Communication Commission’s 2011 “Preserving the Open Internet” order is unconstitutional.
Down To The Wire, WIPO Copyright Committee Seeks Compromises 24/07/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment World Intellectual Property Organization members working morning, noon and night for over a week in order to agree on texts for broadcasters’ rights and a range of copyright exceptions appear to be finding ways forward on all of them as they head into the final day, according to participants.
US Congressional Committee Cancels Briefing, Blames WIPO Director General 24/07/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 5 Comments The United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee today cancelled its briefing on computer equipment shipments to Iran and North Korea authorised by the World Intellectual Property Organization. The committee took the action after WIPO Director General Francis Gurry blocked two senior staff from participating in the meeting.
Interview: Director Francis Gurry On Vision, Priorities For WIPO 24/07/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment In the midst of negotiations in the World Intellectual Property Organization copyright committee, Intellectual Property Watch caught up with WIPO Director General Francis Gurry on 20 July to discuss his vision and priorities for the organisation. Gurry, who took office in 2008 for a six-year term, spoke about rulemaking negotiations, popular IP infrastructure programmes, the coming explosion in trademark law, and calculating the organisation’s development expenditures.
European Commission Seeks Public Input On Preservation Of The Open Internet 23/07/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The European Commission (EC) announced today that it would begin a period of public consultation on the subject of internet neutrality.
WIPO Copyright Committee Negotiating Texts Available 23/07/2012 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) is meeting intensively to try to resolve differences on a variety of instruments, from visually impaired readers, to broadcasting, to educational and research institutions. Intellectual Property Watch has the latest texts.
© 1912-2012. A Century of Dutch Copyright Law 22/07/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment International Copyright Conference, Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, Amsterdam, 31 August 2012 – In 2012, the Dutch Copyright Act (the “Auteurswet”) will celebrate its centenary. The Act of 1912 is one of the world’s oldest “living” acts in the authors’ rights tradition.
WIPO Staff Council President To Testify Before US Congressional Committee 21/07/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The World Intellectual Property Organization official who informed the US House Foreign Affairs Committee of WIPO shipments of computers to Iran and North Korea will testify before the committee on Tuesday.