US Congress Hastens Through Flurry Of IP Legislation Before Departure 01/10/2008 by Liza Porteus Viana, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch In the waning days of this congressional session in the United States, US lawmakers are passing a flurry of intellectual property-related bills. One of the bills awaiting President Bush’s signature would create a position of a top intellectual property official in the White House. Another bill would […]
WIPO Assembly To Wrap Up Early; Budget Issues Wait For December 26/09/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New and Kaitlin Mara Member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization completed their annual General Assemblies earlier than scheduled this year, but some of the most difficult decisions – such as the budget – will be addressed at a special session in December. Issues tackled in the final two days included the […]
“IP5” Biggest Patent Offices Meet As WIPO Assembly Proceeds On Policies 25/09/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New Top officials from the world’s five biggest patent offices met Wednesday night in Geneva to discuss ways to further harmonise their activities, United States Patent Commissioner John Doll told Intellectual Property Watch. Meanwhile, members of the World Intellectual Property Organization gave direction to committees on enforcement, copyright, and traditional knowledge and genetic […]
Public Interest Groups Sue US Trade Representative Over ‘Secret’ Enforcement Treaty 18/09/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara Perhaps no topic over the past year has been cause for more uneasy speculation within the intellectual property community than the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), primarily because the negotiating process for this treaty has been behind tightly closed doors. Now two US-based public interest organisations have filed suit against the US trade […]
Los medios de negocio abierto suplen las carencias de la tradicional industria del entretenimiento 18/09/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Kaitlin Mara Más allá del dominio de la tradicional industria del entretenimiento, protegida por marcas comerciales y cuyos propietarios son grandes estudios, existe un sinfín de artistas sin audiencias que están buscando la manera de distribuir su creatividad, y grupos de personas que anhelan el arte que refleja las experiencias que el cine y […]
Des solutions alternatives comblent un vide laissé par l’industrie traditionnelle du divertissement 18/09/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Kaitlin Mara Hors des frontières du royaume de l’industrie traditionnelle du divertissement, régi par les gros studios et placé sous la protection des marques, on rencontre un très grand nombre d’artistes sans public à la recherche de moyens pour distribuer leurs créations. On trouve également des groupes de personnes qui aspirent à ce que […]
Industry Still Wary Of ICANN Plan For New Top-Level Internet Domains 15/09/2008 by Liza Porteus Viana, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has not adequately explained to the world the need for more generic top-level domains (gTLDs – such as .com), industry representatives said last week. As the time nears for ICANN, the internet’s technical oversight body, to publish draft […]
Le symposium sur la nouvelle économie culturelle appelle à élargir le débat sur les droits d’auteur 15/09/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Monika Ermert pour Intellectual Property Watch LINZ, AUTRICHE – Les discussions concernant les droits d’auteur se résument de plus en plus à un débat entre les pirates «qui pille absolument tout» et les détenteurs de droits d’auteur «qui veulent tout protéger», a averti Joichi Ito, un entrepreneur japonais, blogueur reconnu et directeur général de […]
Simposio insta a cesar el debate dicotómico sobre titulares de derechos contra piratas 15/09/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Por Monika Ermert para Intellectual Property Watch LINZ, AUSTRIA – La discusión sobre el derecho de autor se ha convertido en un debate simplista y dicotómico entre “piratas que roban todo” y “titulares de derechos que todo desean proteger”, advirtió Joichi Ito, empresario japonés, blogger y director general de Creative Commons, en sus palabras de […]
Open Business Systems Fill Gap In Mainstream Entertainment Industry 12/09/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By Kaitlin Mara Outside the realm of mainstream proprietary entertainment, owned by big studios and protected by brand names, lay large numbers of artists without audiences looking for the means to distribute their creativity, and groups of people who yearn for art reflective of experiences not touched upon by the mainstream movies and music. These […]