US ‘Pulls Out All Stops’ As UNESCO Backs Culture Treaty 17/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Paris—The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) today approved a treaty for the protection of cultural diversity despite an all-out drive by the United States to get governments to change their minds. “We really pulled out all the stops” in the past week to try to change the outcome of this treaty, a US […]
Interview With WIPO Deputy Director General Rita Hayes 10/10/2005 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Member governments of the UN World Intellectual Property Organisation at their 26 September to 5 October General Assemblies agreed on a way to proceed with negotiations for a treaty on broadcasters’ rights. They will prepare a “basic proposal,” or draft negotiating text, during 2006 with an eye toward holding a high-level negotiation, known as a […]
Open Source Agreed In UN Information Society Summit Preparations 10/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment tradução em português (IP-Watch is not responsible for the accuracy of this translation) Encouragement for the use of free and open source software and open standards for science and technology has quietly worked its way into the draft texts being prepared for the November second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). […] Pages: 1 2
WIPO Negotiators Agree On Way Forward For Broadcasting Treaty 03/10/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organisation today agreed on a plan to negotiate a treaty on the rights of broadcasters by 2007 after two more committee meetings. The proposal before the WIPO General Assembly, meeting from 26 September to 5 October, was whether and when to schedule a diplomatic conference (a high-level […]
Interview With Markus Kummer, Head, UN Working Group On Internet Governance 22/09/2005 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment In the lead-up to the Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held in Tunis from 16 to 18 November, government negotiators are working to form a text for leaders to sign. A key contribution to the process is the recent report of the Working Group on Internet Governance […]
Stage Set For Global Face-Off On Internet Governance 14/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Luxembourg City–A new report from a UN task force on governance of policy issues related to the Internet sets the stage for global negotiations over who has oversight of those issues. The report, the final outcome of a working group on Internet governance mandated at the 2003 UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), […]
ICANN’s Process For Strategic Plan, .Net Domain Renewal Questioned 13/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Luxembourg City—The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the non-profit corporation in charge of technical aspects of the Internet naming system, is being questioned this week for potentially unaccountable actions. The questioning comes from the organisation’s constituents at an 11-17 July board meeting in Luxembourg. ICANN has faced charges in the early part […]
ICANN Takes Credit, Criticism On New Internet Domains 13/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Luxembourg City—The organisation responsible for the Internet name and address system this week hailed completion of a contract signed over the weekend with a new .mobi Internet domain, but heard criticism of its handling of the new .xxx domain for adult websites. The comments came in the first days of a weeklong meeting of the […]
Policy On Personal Data For Website Owners Debated At ICANN 12/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments Luxembourg City–Among the many issues arising at this week’s meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is how to improve the accuracy and privacy of the database of contact information about Internet website owners. The so-called Whois database is the collection of names and addresses of people who register websites, made […]
WIPO Takes Broadcasting Treaty Negotiation Outside Geneva 04/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment [Editor’s Note: This story was modified on 6 July] The World Intellectual Property Organisation, a Geneva-based U.N. body, is holding informal, invitation-only talks on a treaty on broadcasters’ rights around the world rather than at its headquarters. The informal gatherings are not billed as negotiations, but rather are regional consultations aimed at “increasing governments’ understanding […]