Avanza de forma significativa la negociación sobre el Programa de la OMPI para el Desarrollo 06/03/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New y Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Se ha alcanzado un acuerdo preliminar sobre el primer conjunto de propuestas cuyo objetivo es mejorar el equilibrio entre los intereses de los países desarrollados y los países en desarrollo en la Organización Mundial de Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI). Los miembros de la OMPI negociaron 40 propuestas sobre […]
Plan d’action de l’OMPI pour le développement : les négociations progressent 05/03/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Par William New et Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Un accord préliminaire a été conclu sur une première série de propositions visant à garantir un meilleur équilibre entre les intérêts des pays en développement et ceux des pays développés à l’Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI). Les États membres de l’OMPI ont engagé des négociations […]
Report On WIPO Head’s Misreported Age Now Available Online 01/03/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By William New A confidential report on the use of different ages by the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has now become available online. The report by the WIPO Internal Audit and Oversight Division found that over the past 24 years, WIPO Director General Kamil Idris repeatedly signed official documents showing his […]
Según una investigación, el Director de la OMPI proporcionó repetidas veces información errónea sobre su edad 26/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New Durante los últimos 24 años, el Director General de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) firmó repetidas veces documentos oficiales en los que se consignaba su fecha de nacimiento nueve años antes de la fecha real. Es posible que Idris haya ascendido a distintos cargos en la OMPI sobre la […]
WIPO Committee Approves Proposals For Development Agenda 23/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By William New Two-and-a-half years after the introduction of proposals to make the World Intellectual Property Organization more favourable to developing countries, a preliminary agreement has been reached. “What we got was meaningful and balanced,” a Brazilian official said afterward. “So what we get in the next meeting becomes less of an issue.” Brazil was […]
Text-Based Negotiations On A WIPO Development Agenda Pick Up Pace 22/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are moving quickly on negotiating draft texts aimed at improving the organisation’s development focus, as a week-long meeting nears its end. Four days into the 19-23 February special session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda […]
Study Highlights Needed Improvements For IP And Technology Transfer 22/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New A high-profile researcher in the United States this week presented analysis showing that work needs to be done to improve flows of technology transfer to developing countries, and is related to intellectual property rights. The author, Professor John Barton, emeritus of Stanford University Law School, presented the report at a 21 February […]
WIPO Members Move Closer To Narrowed Text On Development 22/02/2007 by Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen Member countries of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) discussing proposals to strengthen WIPO’s orientation towards development this week are moving closer to a draft text they could report to the September General Assembly. But there are still major disagreements about the content of such a text as well as […]
WIPO Panel Features Views On Patent System Flexibilities 22/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New A well-balanced colloquium at the World Intellectual Property Organization allowed views from two sides to be heard on the subject of flexibilities in the patent system. The presenters at the 16 February event appeared to split along lines of a developing country view and a view from developed countries, the primary patent […]
Investigation Finds WIPO Head Repeatedly Misreported His Age 20/02/2007 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By William New Over the past 24 years, World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Kamil Idris repeatedly signed official documents showing his birth date to be nine years earlier than it is, and may have moved up the ranks at WIPO based on the error, according to the report of an independent internal WIPO investigation. […]