Plan d’action de l’OMPI pour le développement : les négociations progressent 05/03/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par William New et Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Un accord préliminaire a été conclu sur une première série de propositions visant à garantir un meilleur équilibre entre les intérêts des pays en développement et ceux des pays développés à l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI). Les États membres de l’OMPI ont engagé des négociations […]
USPTO Sees Filesharing Dangers; US Officials Echo Industry Enforcement Efforts 05/03/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on 5 March announced a new report it said shows that distributors of the most popular filesharing programmes “repeatedly deployed features that they knew or should have known could cause users to share files inadvertently,” with potentially grave consequences for consumers and national security. […]
Report On WIPO Head’s Misreported Age Now Available Online 01/03/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By William New A confidential report on the use of different ages by the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has now become available online. The report by the WIPO Internal Audit and Oversight Division found that over the past 24 years, WIPO Director General Kamil Idris repeatedly signed official documents showing his […]
Informative Debate On IP And Drug Price Model, Flexibilities 26/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New An informative event this week pitted key proponents of opposite views on how to best protect the intellectual property rights of pharmaceutical companies while also addressing the needs of poor patients around the world unable to afford necessary treatments. The 20 February panel entitled, “Debating Pharmaceutical IPRs,” jointly sponsored by the UN […]
Débat sur les droits de propriété intellectuelle et leur application au Conseil ADPIC 26/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Des personnes présentes à une réunion de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) sur les droits de propriété intellectuelle qui s’est tenue le 13 février dernier nous ont informés que les consultations sur les questions de propriété intellectuelle seront intensifiées dans le cadre de la reprise générale des discussions commerciales. Nous […]
Según una investigación, el Director de la OMPI proporcionó repetidas veces información errónea sobre su edad 26/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New Durante los últimos 24 años, el Director General de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) firmó repetidas veces documentos oficiales en los que se consignaba su fecha de nacimiento nueve años antes de la fecha real. Es posible que Idris haya ascendido a distintos cargos en la OMPI sobre la […]
WIPO Committee Approves Proposals For Development Agenda 23/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By William New Two-and-a-half years after the introduction of proposals to make the World Intellectual Property Organization more favourable to developing countries, a preliminary agreement has been reached. “What we got was meaningful and balanced,” a Brazilian official said afterward. “So what we get in the next meeting becomes less of an issue.” Brazil was […]
Text-Based Negotiations On A WIPO Development Agenda Pick Up Pace 22/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are moving quickly on negotiating draft texts aimed at improving the organisation’s development focus, as a week-long meeting nears its end. Four days into the 19-23 February special session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda […]
Study Highlights Needed Improvements For IP And Technology Transfer 22/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New A high-profile researcher in the United States this week presented analysis showing that work needs to be done to improve flows of technology transfer to developing countries, and is related to intellectual property rights. The author, Professor John Barton, emeritus of Stanford University Law School, presented the report at a 21 February […]
WIPO Members Move Closer To Narrowed Text On Development 22/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Member countries of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) discussing proposals to strengthen WIPO’s orientation towards development this week are moving closer to a draft text they could report to the September General Assembly. But there are still major disagreements about the content of such a text as well as […]