Sizing Up The “Ill-Conceived” PAIPO Draft Statute 06/11/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The text of the Draft Statute of the proposed Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization does not support a clear basis for criticism, but the lack of a clear need to put resources toward a centralised African registration system, and the lack of transparency about the process signal that the idea is “ill-conceived,” writes South African lawyer Sadulla Karjiker.
WTO TRIPS Council To Consider New Brazil-United States Item On Innovation 05/11/2012 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The World Trade Organization member committee on the WTO intellectual property agreement meets tomorrow, with a new agenda item on intellectual property and innovation at the request of the United States and Brazil.
WTO IT Agreement Committee Reports Progress, Reservations 02/11/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments A group of countries working to expand the World Trade Organization Information Technology Agreement (ITA) showed progress this week, but some continued to have reservations, the WTO reported.
South-South Collaboration Needs Promotion, Better Reach, UNCTAD Report Says 02/11/2012 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment South-South trade and investment is growing and could lead to greater technology sharing but some countries are left out, particularly least developed countries, due to lack of technological capacity, according to a new United Nations report that also looked at intellectual property in the context of the rising South-South collaboration. Separately, UNCTAD also has begun consultations on joint work with the World Intellectual Property Organization.
WIPO-Sponsored Neglected Diseases Consortium Celebrates Successful First Year 30/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment This week, members of a consortium sponsored by the World Intellectual Property Organization to facilitate research in neglected diseases celebrated the first anniversary of the initiative and claimed an expanding membership and several research collaborations or agreements.
Petition Urges Delay, Discussion Of Pan-African IP Organization 24/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments A new petition circulating worldwide urges the delay of a suddenly fast-moving proposal to create a Pan-African Intellectual Property Organization (PAIPO). The delay effort – which seeks an open discussion of the proposal to make it more tailored to local African needs – comes just weeks before African Union representatives meet to consider its adoption.
UN: Governments To Double Biodiversity Funding, Push Access/Benefit-Sharing 22/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment At last week’s high-level meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) governments agreed to double financial flows toward biodiversity by 2015, the CBD has announced. They also came up with strategy to move forward on access and benefit-sharing of biodiversity.
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.
South Korea Lends IP Training Support To China 19/10/2012 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment In a move that goes beyond territorial disputes and past atrocities, the Republic of Korea this week hosted a training session for Chinese civil servants on protection of intellectual property rights.
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).