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.
Last-Minute Progress Made On Pandemic Flu; More Still To Come 15/12/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Kaitlin Mara Significant strides were made at last week’s World Health Organization meeting on pandemic influenza preparedness, as assembled delegates searched for – and found – a way to satisfy member states’ differing views on the need for access to viruses and related biological materials and the need for access to vaccines and other […]
Internet Governance Forum: ACTA A Possible Show-Stopper For IP Progress 14/12/2008 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch The third annual United Nations-led Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India this month addressed a range of topics related to intellectual property rights and the free flow of information, and provided a venue for doubts about a closed-door international anti-counterfeiting treaty negotiation being led by the United States […]
Lamy invita a los Miembros de la OMC descontentos a que usen el examen del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC y la Salud Pública 12/12/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New Se afirma hace un tiempo que no están funcionando las disposiciones de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) destinadas a incrementar el acceso a los medicamentos de los países pobres. En respuesta a estas afirmaciones, el Director General de la OMC, Pascal Lamy, comentó el pasado martes que si los Miembros están […]
Pascal Lamy invite les membres de l’OMC mécontents à utiliser le réexamen de l’Accord sur les ADPIC et la santé publique 12/12/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par William New Mardi, face aux allégations de longue date qui nient l’efficacité des règles de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) visant à améliorer l’accès aux médicaments dans les pays pauvres, le Directeur général de l’OMC, Pascal Lamy, a appelé les membres mécontents à utiliser le mécanisme de réexamen annuel de ces règles. « C’est […]
Accélération des efforts de l’Afrique dans la lutte anti-contrefaçon menée par les pays développés 12/12/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par Nick Wadhams pour Intellectual Property Watch NAIROBI, KENYA – Suite à la crainte d’un déferlement sur l’Afrique de contrefaçons de médicaments et de pesticides, l’organisme international chargé de l’application des lois INTERPOL ouvre la voie vers un renforcement des efforts et des moyens pour que les autorités soient conscientes de la menace planant sur […]
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 […]
WHO Members Slow To Bridge Disagreements At Pandemic Flu Meeting 11/12/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Kaitlin Mara Four days into one-week “critical” negotiations on pandemic influenza preparedness, World Health Organization members had yet to tackle areas of core disagreement and participants were expressing doubt as to whether consensus can be achieved by week’s end. Details on the definition of “Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Biological Materials,” on the content of […]
Technology, IP Vital To Addressing Climate Change, UN Meeting Hears 11/12/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara Finding a balance between needed incentives for innovation and equally needed affordable access to new technology is necessary to combat ecological challenges, yet striking it may prove difficult as countries at the United Nations’ talks on climate change struggle to determine what action is possible in the midst of a global economic […]
Generic Drugmakers, Activists Praise Lamy; Gurry Defends ‘Respect’ For IP 11/12/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New Generic pharmaceutical producers have grown in importance in recent years despite or because of intellectual property rights, and at their annual meeting this week in Geneva they attracted the leaders of the primary intergovernmental institutions engaged in IP rights policy. Generic industry representatives and access to medicines activists praised an opening speech […]