US, Brazil Duel On WIPO Development Agenda 21/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment At the start of day two of a meeting on reform of the UN World Intellectual Property Organization toward developing country concerns, the United States put a political stake in the ground, calling for the meeting to recommend moving development issues to an existing technical committee. The US proposal is in marked contrast to a […]
Development Groups Gather Support For WIPO Reform Agenda 18/07/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Just days before the final round of a debate over a proposed development agenda for the World Intellectual Property Organisation, non-profit groups from all corners of the world are signing on to a call for support of WIPO reform. The groups are signing on to a statement posted on the website of the US-based IP […]
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 […]
WIPO Negotiators Tackle Proposals On Reform For Development 23/06/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Negotiators at a 20-22 June meeting to discuss possible reform of the World Intellectual Property Organisation to better address developing country needs began on the second day tackling the details of various proposals put forth by member governments. Officials arrived at no conclusions by the three-day meeting’s end, but positions on the various proposals on […]
Participation High For WIPO Online Public Forum, Official Says 21/06/2005 by Allison A. Meyer for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment An online forum hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organisation aimed at shaping WIPO’s contribution to the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) generated a large turnout, according to a senior WIPO official. “We have gotten a great deal of response,” Richard Owens, director of the Copyright, E-Commerce, Technology and Management Division at […]
WIPO Development Agenda Meeting Opens With New, Modified Proposals 21/06/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The 20-22 June World Intellectual Property Organisation meeting to discuss the possible establishment of an agenda for development opened with, among other things, a proposal on how to discuss the proposals. Negotiators at the start of the second Inter-sessional Intergovernmental Meeting (IIM) began Monday by hearing about several new or modified proposals, including one from […]