France’s Online Anti-Piracy Plan Comes Under Scrutiny 07/12/2007 by Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch Legal experts and consumer rights groups are questioning the feasibility of measures described in an anti-piracy pact that French media groups, government officials, and Internet service providers (ISPs) announced on 23 November. ISPs also dispute the veracity of media reports that have since claimed that access providers will begin to actively monitor and block peer-to-peer file exchanges in France. The anti-piracy agreement describes a number of possible measures that could prevent illegal distribution of copyright-protected digital media in France.
Film Industry Touts ISP Partners In Filtering Online Content 05/12/2007 by Liza Porteus Viana, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch NEW YORK – Internet service providers are going to lead the monitoring of networks to ensure they are not being used for infringing purposes in the entertainment industry’s seemingly endless battle to maintain control over where their content is distributed, and to whom, Motion Picture Association of America Chairman Dan Glickman said Tuesday. Glickman, speaking at the 35th Annual UBS Global Media & Communications Conference on 5 December, said his organisation – which represents the motion picture, home video and television industries – is working with telephone, cable and Internet companies, most notably AT&T, to ensure their networks are not being used to illegally share or download content. The relationship is somewhat ironic given the entertainment industry’s rocky history with the ISP community and its previous efforts to force telecommunications companies like Verizon to reveal the identities of customers who infringe copyrights on peer-to-peer filing systems.
Accord CAFTA : un Comité des Nations Unies questionne les dispositions de propriété intellectuelle relatives aux droits de l’homme 03/12/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment par Kaitlin Mara pour Intellectual Property Watch Lors d’une récente réunion, le Comité des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels (CESCR) de l’organisation des Nations Unies a fait écho aux préoccupations exprimées par les opposants costaricains à l’Accord de libre-échange entre l’Amérique centrale et les Etats-Unis, notamment pour ce qui est des droits de propriété intellectuelle. […]
EU Acceptance Of TRIPS Health Amendment Adds 28 Members 01/12/2007 by David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch The European Union has taken steps to ratify a 2005 decision by the World Trade Organization designed to ensure that intellectual property does not limit access to medicines in developing countries. Peter Mandelson, the EU’s trade commissioner, announced on 30 November that the Union has formally told the […]
The Proposed Reform Of Venezuelan Constitution: Cultural And Intellectual Property Issues 30/11/2007 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment [Re: 2 December referendum on constitutional changes in Venezuela] By Rafael Carreño, SAPI External Advisor During the last few months across Venezuela at dozens of open forums -both on the streets and within institutions and in the media, there have been many discussions held among intellectuals, authors, copyright users, small traders, and government officers about […]
Comite de Naciones Unidas cuestiona las disposiciones sobre propiedad intelectual del CAFTA por motivos de derechos humanos 30/11/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Kaitlin Mara para Intellectual Property Watch En una reunión reciente, el Comité de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales de las Naciones Unidas (CESCR) se hizo eco de las preocupaciones planteadas por los opositores costarricenses del tratado de libre comercio entre Centroamérica y Estados Unidos, en particular, de cuestiones relacionadas con los derechos de propiedad […]
EU To Publish Online Content Rule As Industry Launches IP Standard 29/11/2007 by Liza Porteus Viana, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch The European Commission’s is expected to publish by year’s end a communication on creative content online that will address how to improve the competitiveness of European online content production and distribution industry, European officials said Thursday. In remarks broadcast at the unveiling of the Automated Content Access […]
EU Parliament Urges Change In IP Rules For Environmental Technology 29/11/2007 by David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By David Cronin for Intellectual Property Watch BRUSSELS – Intellectual property rules should be reshaped to ensure that they do not hinder developing countries from gaining access to technology considered vital for addressing climate change, the European Parliament has declared. Members of the Parliament (MEPs) on 29 November approved a report that urges examination of […]
UN Committee Questions CAFTA’s IP Provisions On Human Rights Grounds 29/11/2007 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) in a recent meeting echoed concerns raised by Costa Rican opponents of the Central American free trade agreement with the United States, particularly with regards to intellectual property rights. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias signed the Central […]
Le Conseil de l’UE approuve un projet pour un système de règlement des litiges en matière de brevets 29/11/2007 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment par David Cronin pour Intellectual Property Watch Les gouvernements de l’Union européenne (UE) ont approuvé les grandes lignes d’un système de règlement des litiges qui sera appliqué dans l’ensemble des 27 Etats membres de l’Union. Le 22 novembre 2007, les ministres européens en charge des questions relatives à la compétitivité industrielle ont largement approuvé un […]