Experts Examine Strategies For IP And Sustainable Development 07/01/2009 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By William New Developing nations increasingly are receiving tools to help them participate in and benefit from the global intellectual property system, according to a group of experts who met recently on IP strategies. And now is a critical time for those nations to learn to use those tools to stimulate local innovation and boost […]
Draft Programme Of WIPO Funder Meeting For Development 16/12/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The World Intellectual Property Organization secretariat has circulated a draft programme for a funders’ meeting for IP and development in 2009 that includes proposed panels on IP projects in developing countries; science and innovation for development; WIPO-World Trade Organization cooperation; digital content in developing countries; work with indigenous communities; and reading access for the blind and visually impaired. The secretariat is expected to begin consultations on the proposed programme this week. Also released at the recent WIPO General Assembly was the statement by the WIPO Audit Committee chair, and the report by the Swiss Federal Audit Office of WIPO’s 2006-2007 budget.
WIPO Assembly Approves New Budget Unlocking Gears Of Change 12/12/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization gave their first vote of confidence for the secretariat’s plans to realign the UN organisation Friday as they unanimously approved a reworked budget for 2008-2009. The approval came in an extraordinary one-day General Assembly on 12 December that ended quickly after the Program […]
New WIPO Director’s Revised Budget On Track To Passage After Debate 11/12/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment [Editor’s Note: Final formal committee-level approval of the Program and Budget Committee recommendations took place on Friday morning.] By William New The powerful World Intellectual Property Organization Program and Budget Committee on Thursday tacitly approved a new one-year budget funding the start of a strategic organisational realignment, with clarifications to reflect concerns of developing countries […]
Budget Debates Arise Again At WIPO; Development Fears Run High 10/12/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New The World Intellectual Property Organization could be considered a financial stalwart of the United Nations system, self-funding and usually running large positive balances. But recent years have seen the rise in influence of developing countries at WIPO, and this week those countries are calling on the organisation’s new leadership to ensure their […]
Librarians Take The Copyright Battleground In Developing Countries 26/11/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By William New CHISINAU, MOLDOVA – Creativity may not be the first thing that comes to mind when travelling through the kilometres of mostly grey, Soviet-era cement-block buildings outlying the capital of Moldova, often referred to as Europe’s poorest state. But at its centre, this small, transition economy is going through an exercise being repeated […]
Ministers, Stakeholders Meet In Mali To Strategise On Health Research Systems 20/11/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara Ministers of health, science and technology, and social development met this week with scientific researchers and representatives from foundations, the private sector and civil society to discuss the future of research for health on diseases disproportionately affecting the developing world. “Data matters, and the sharing of data matters,” Mark Walport, director of […]
Panel Shows Flaws In Global IP Enforcement Push, Especially For Developing Countries 31/07/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara Intellectual property is the last real comparative advantage that rich countries have, said a panellist at a recent International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) joint event. This may explain an increasing global drive for enforcement of these rights, but does not mean […]
La première année du Comité du développement de l’OMPI se termine sur une note plutôt positive 19/07/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par William New Le comité le plus récent et le plus prometteur de l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI), qui vise à garantir que toutes les actions de l’organisation sont suffisamment propices au développement pour convenir à l’ensemble de ses membres, a conclu sa première année par des avancées concrètes et de nombreuses pistes […]
El Comité sobre Desarrollo de la OMPI finalizó su primer año en un tono general de acuerdo 18/07/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New El más reciente comité de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), cuyo impacto posiblemente sea el más alto y cuyo objetivo es garantizar que todas las actividades de la organización sean lo suficientemente favorables para el desarrollo de modo de satisfacer a su amplia gama de miembros, completó su primer […]