WIPO Members Inch Toward Visually Impaired Treaty 19/10/2012 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments After three days of mostly informal discussions and a set of succeeding draft texts of what could become a treaty for visually impaired persons, World Intellectual Property Organization members tonight closed discussions with yet another version of the text showing agreement in some areas and work still to be done.
Sources: European Telecom Operators’ Proposals Run Aground At WCIT 19/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch European Telecommunications and Network Operators (ETNO) proposals for accounting changes between internet providers – namely a “sender-party-pays regime” and provisions to foster end-to-end quality of service management on the net – did not make it into the joint proposal of Greater Europe for the World Conference on Telecommunication […]
US Court Rules On Fair Use For Blind Users, Digitisation, Amid Treaty Talks 19/10/2012 by Maricel Estavillo for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Coinciding with the marathon negotiations at the World Intellectual Property Organization for a potential treaty for the visually-impaired persons, a United States court handed down a ruling this month that goes in favour of copyright exceptions in the digitisation of books for the purposes of preservation, text search and access for the blind.
Subscriber Update: New Document On Visually Impaired Treaty At WIPO 19/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A new working document on an international instrument on copyright limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons being negotiated at the World Intellectual Property Organization has been issued this morning. The document is below.
Pro-Music Re-Launched After Nine Years 18/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Pro-Music, the international alliance of various stakeholders in the music industry promoting the use of legal services on the internet, has moved to give its website a facelift, nine years after it was launched back in 2003.
New Draft WIPO Visually Impaired Treaty Shows Progress, But “Clock Is Ticking” 18/10/2012 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment As a new revised working document on a potential treaty for visually impaired persons was issued this morning at the World Intellectual Property Organization, delegates retreated again into informal consultations for the day to try to advance the text further.
More Production Not The Way To Sustainable Agriculture, UN Study Says 17/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Sustainable agriculture needs a new paradigm in the face of the growing global population, away from the “more production” orientation, says a new study published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).
In Geneva, IP And The Catholic Church Are A Match Made In Heaven 17/10/2012 by Maricel Estavillo for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment With his distinctive clerical garb, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi stood out in a sea of coat and tie-wearing dignitaries at the recent General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva. His presence is a glaring reminder to every stakeholder in the room that intellectual property, often associated with excessive and self-serving patent wars these days, has a place in the Catholic Church.
WIPO Members Meet To Advance Treaty Text On Visually Impaired 17/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Following the recent approval by the World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly of a work plan toward a diplomatic conference in 2013, WIPO members are gathering this week to advance work on a draft treaty on exceptions to copyright for visually impaired readers.
Open-Access Journal eLife Publishes First Articles 16/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A new open-access journal for science, eLife, has released its first collection of research articles.