De nouveaux programmes nationaux font écho au traité de l’OMPI relatif aux brevets 09/04/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Liza Porteus Viana pour Intellectual Property Watch NEW YORK – En avril, l’Office japonais des brevets (Japanese Patent Office – JPO) lancera un nouveau programme, appelé « JP-First », dont l’objectif sera de communiquer aux principaux organismes de dépôt de brevets dans le monde, y compris dans certains pays en développement, les résultats de l’instruction […]
Seeking GI Protection For Feni, An Indian Brew With A Strong Whiff 09/04/2008 by Frederick Noronha for Intellectual Property Watch 3 Comments By Frederick Noronha for Intellectual Property Watch GOA, INDIA – Feni, liquor distilled from cashew apple, is a traditional drink from a small state. Centuries after it was first used in its native Goa, the alcohol is seeking to branch into new markets and attract more drinkers. Officials here believe the geographical indication route could […]
April Edition of IP-Watch Monthly Reporter Now Available 08/04/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Intellectual Property Watch Monthly Reporter features the most important news on international IP policymaking, the latest on who is coming and going in the IP community at the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Geneva missions, regional and national IP offices, industry and non-governmental organisations, plus News Briefs on reports and events that do not […]
USTR Plans Another Year Of Elevating IP Protection With Trading Partners 04/04/2008 by Liza Porteus Viana, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) last week delivered to Congress its 2008 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE), which includes many intellectual property-related challenges in 62 trading partners around the world. The report shows USTR’s plan to pursue ever-stronger IP protection with its trading […]
Acuerdo de los miembros de la OMPI sobre el presupuesto mientras se preparan las elecciones de DG. Mensaje personal de Idris 03/04/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por William New Los Estados miembros de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) llegaron a un acuerdo el lunes en torno al tardío presupuesto 2008-2009 de la Organización, mientras que las campañas electorales para el próximo director general de la OMPI se encuentran en pleno desarrollo. Se aprobó el presupuesto después de que […]
La industria pierde fe en la OMPI y debate los casos presentados por Estados Unidos contra China en la OMC 03/04/2008 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Por Liza Porteus Viana para Intellectual Property Watch Nueva York – Pareciera que este último tiempo la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) vive momentos de incertidumbre. Por un lado, la OMPI busca su nuevo director general y, por el otro, trata de resolver, entre otras cuestiones, la aplicación de un Programa para el […]
WIPO Members Agree On Budget As DG Election Picks Up; Idris Gets Personal 01/04/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By William New The member governments of the World Intellectual Property Organization on Monday reached agreement on the delayed organisation budget for 2008-2009, as election campaigns for the next WIPO director general went into full swing. The budget was approved after agreement on a five percent reduction in fees charged by WIPO to process patent […]
Industry Losing Faith In WIPO; Debates US WTO Cases Against China 28/03/2008 by Liza Porteus Viana, Intellectual Property Watch 2 Comments By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch NEW YORK–The World Intellectual Property Organization is seen as in a state of tumult these days, as the global body searches for a new director general and tries to grapple with issues such as implementing a Development Agenda and further harmonising global patent regimes. And some industry […]
Proponents: Slow Better Than Poor For WIPO Development Agenda 21/03/2008 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment By William New World Intellectual Property Organization member states felt their way slowly this month in the first committee meeting on how to implement 45 agreed recommendations for transformation of the United Nations organisation toward a stronger development orientation. But the slow start may have been good for development, some supporters said. The first meeting […]
Panellists Outline Strategies On Exceptions And Limitations To Copyright 20/03/2008 by Kaitlin Mara for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment By Kaitlin Mara An event at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) last week brought some key actors in copyright and related rights to discuss the value of limitations and exceptions and to present a recently released study describing an international instrument on limitations and exceptions. At the outset, Carolina Sepulveda from Chile’s Ministry of […]