Licensing Remains Essential But Elusive For Digital Music Providers 28/01/2009 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch CANNES – Giving licences to digital music providers has been on top of the agenda of the world’s largest music fair, Midem, and its technology forum Midemnet for about a decade now. But simple solutions still are not on the horizon and more and more governments are considering […]
Proposed EU Copyright Term Extension Faces Vocal Opposition In Parliament 27/01/2009 by David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch 8 Comments By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS – Strong opposition is being voiced by members of the European Parliament over plans to extend the copyright protection applying to sound recordings from 50 to 95 years. Both left and right-leaning Parliament members (MEPs) have signalled that they intend to vote against the proposed extension at […]
Hope For Consensus On WHO And Counterfeits Moves To May Assembly 27/01/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Kaitlin Mara A World Health Organization report and draft resolution on counterfeit medical products drew energetic debate last week, though no compromise has yet been found to bridge disagreements over the consultation process behind the counterfeit report and over the risk of confusing intellectual property violations with potentially dangerous misrepresentation of medicines. Members agreed […]
WTO Issues Final Decision On US-China Copyright Dispute 26/01/2009 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 5 Comments By Kaitlin Mara and William New China has been found in violation of two of its responsibilities under international rules on trade and intellectual property, and in partial violation of one more, said a World Trade Organization panel report on the US-China dispute over copyright and customs matters released Monday. But the panel did not […]
IP From Publicly Funded Research Should Benefit The Public, Experts Say 16/01/2009 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Catherine Saez Publicly funded research institutions are major players in the area of life sciences and policies on the management of intellectual property emanating from this research have to be defined, according to speakers at a recent symposium in Geneva. The symposium on public sector IP management in the life sciences, held at the […]
Un nouveau projet pour permettre aux scientifiques d’accéder librement à la littérature sur la physique des particules 13/01/2009 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Alors que le prix des abonnements aux revues de physique des particules ne cesse d’augmenter, rendant difficile pour certains chercheurs de pouvoir accéder à des articles importants relus par des pairs, de grands physiciens ont mis en place un modèle alternatif de diffusion en libre accès. La communauté des chercheurs spécialisés dans la physique des […]
Proyecto en marcha para convertir las publicaciones sobre la física de alta energía en un formato de acceso abierto 12/01/2009 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Catherine Saez Destacados físicos han presentado un modelo alternativo para la publicación en formato de acceso abierto, a medida que el aumento de los precios de las revistas altamente especializadas sobre la física de alta energía pone en peligro el acceso de los investigadores a importantes artículos examinados por colegas especialistas. Según la comunidad […]
World Customs Organization To Replace Controversial IP Standards Body; Doubts Remain 08/01/2009 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New In what might be seen as a victory for defenders of flexibilities for poor nations in international trade rules, the World Customs Organization in December recommended the discontinuance of a working group on intellectual property enforcement standards after it became “deeply embroiled” in debate from member governments fearing it would impose undue […]
Project Underway To Convert High Energy Physics Literature To Open Access 05/01/2009 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By Catherine Saez As rising prices of top-quality journals in high-energy physics jeopardise researchers’ access to essential peer-reviewed articles, leading physicists have put forward an alternative model for open access publishing. Access to past and current research reports is of vital importance for researchers according to the high-energy physics (HEP) community, and as libraries have […]
RIAA Claims Scale-Down Of US Copyright Litigation; Details Of New Plan Unclear 23/12/2008 by Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch 11 Comments By Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch Representatives from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have confirmed that the organisation has opted to suspend its strategy of suing individuals accused of illegal file-sharing in the United States and to instead work more closely with internet service providers to thwart copyright infringement, but some doubts […]