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Academic Panel Profiles Benefits of IP for Economic Development

10/05/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment

On the coattails of last week’s multi-sided seminar on intellectual property and development at the World Intellectual Property Organisation came a half-day Georgetown University forum on “intellectual property, technology diffusion and economic development.” The Georgetown forum, held in Geneva outside WIPO on the day after the seminar, was largely attended by WIPO personnel and industry […]

Filed Under: English, Health & IP, United Nations - other, WIPO

India Joins Opposition To Casablanca Patent Meeting Outcome

10/04/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments

India, a critical player in policy debates at the World Intellectual Property Organisation, has announced its opposition to a recommendation on global patent harmonisation backed by a select group of countries in a February consultation with WIPO Director General Kamil Idris. The recommendation was agreed to by all but one participant in an invite-only consultation […]

Filed Under: Themes, Development, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, United Nations - other, WIPO

Washington Patent Meeting Stirs Concerns

27/01/2005 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

A meeting next week of the world’s top patent-producing nations to try to bring their patent regimes closer together is raising concerns among developing countries and others who perceive it as a threat to efforts to address development issues at a multilateral level. The closed meeting, on which public details are scarce, is expected to […]

Filed Under: Europe, North America, Patents/Designs/Trade Secrets, United Nations - other, WIPO

UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Adoption of General Comment on the “moral and material interests of the rights of authors” deferred

01/12/2004 by Isabelle Scherer for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

After many hours of contentious discussion, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) chose last week to defer adoption of a General Comment on the “right of everyone to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.” […]

Filed Under: Human Rights, United Nations - other

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Civil Society Groups fear a rushed General Comment on “Intellectual Property”

04/11/2004 by Isabelle Scherer for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment

The plans of a leading UN human rights body to finalize a General Comment on “Intellectual Property and Human Rights” in November has provoked calls from human rights and public interest organisations for greater opportunities for public input. At stake is the content of a draft General Comment by the UN Committee on Economic, Social […]

Filed Under: Human Rights, United Nations - other

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