Feb 2-3: The Sixth Annual Global Congress Combating Counterfieting & Piracy
WIPO, Interpol, the World Customs Organization, the International Chamber of Commerce and the International Trademark Association are will co-host the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and...
View ArticleNotes from the Opening Session of the Global Congress Combating...
The opening of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy featured the heads of many different public and private organizations. The themes that were repeated by all speakers were 1) the...
View ArticleNotes from the afternoon plenary on Health and Safety Risks Posed by...
John Morten, Director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the US opened the afternoon plenary of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, saying that IP enforcement is a...
View ArticleNotes from “Determining the Impact – the Importance of Measuring the Scope...
After the opening plenary of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, the conference split into two simultaneous Boardroom Dialogue Sessions, including one on “Determining the Impact –...
View ArticleNotes from “Competition Law and Building Respect for IP” at the Global...
The afternoon at the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy included two sets of Boardroom Dialogue Discussions. In the first set, one was “Competition law and building respect for IP.”...
View ArticleNotes on IP enforcement and sustainable development – perspectives and...
In the late afternoon at the first day of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, a Boardroom Dialogue Session was held on “IP enforcement and sustainable development – perspectives...
View ArticleNotes on “Financing effective enforcement: innovative approaches” – panel at...
After an opening plenary that restated the themes of the meeting, the second day of the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy broke into panels, one of which was “Financing effective...
View ArticleNotes on Panel on “Government Agreements and Initiatives”– Panel at the...
The first afternoon panel at the Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy was moderated by Simon Crompton, editor of the British publication Managing IP. He opened by noting that ACTA has...
View ArticleSummary of Sixth Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy
IP owners, government enforcement agencies, and WIPO met in Paris last week for the Sixth Global Congress Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy. Three themes that were repeated throughout the meeting...
View ArticleWIPO DG Speech at the Blue Sky Conference: Future Directions in Copyright Law
Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia The Future of Copyright I am delighted to have the opportunity to...
View ArticleWIPO Initiative Pools IP for Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has announced “Re:Search,” a new consortium of pharmaceutical manufacturers, government entities, and nonprofit organizations which will share...
View ArticleNews from the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
WIPO’s 23rd session of its Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is taking place in Geneva November 22 – December 2. The session is debating a treaty on limitations and exceptions on...
View ArticleWIPO Completes 23rd SCCR with Movement on Treaties for the Visually Impaired...
WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) has completed a two-week session with progress in two areas in which advocates are seeking international agreements on limitations and...
View Article“Africa IP Forum” Postponed
The “Africa IP Forum,” originally cosponsored by WIPO, numerous intellectual property rightholders, and a handfull of governments, has been postponed. Civil society groups objected to the conference’s...
View Article2012 Global Innovation Index
Earlier this month, the 2012 Global Innovation Index (GII) was jointly published by WIPO and INSEAD. The GII profiles 141 countries according to 84 indicators, which fit into the following categories:...
View ArticleCivil Society Statement on Exceptions and Limitations for Education at the...
CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE PDF. Joint Statement signed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Knowledge Ecology International, Grupo de Pesquisa em Políticas Públicas para o Acesso à Informação-USP,...
View ArticleCentre for Internet and Society Statement at SCCR 24 on the WIPO Broadcast...
This was the statement read out by Pranesh Prakash at the 24th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva, on Monday, July 23, 2012, specifically on the Chair’s...
View ArticleProgress on WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired Stalls at SCCR
Negotiations over a treaty on limitations and exceptions to copyright for the visually impaired are concluding at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. The proposed treaty would...
View ArticleWIPO Concludes the 24th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and...
The WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) concluded its 24th session last week. Activists supporting the treaty for limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons...
View ArticleWIPO Announces Research Agreements through Re:Search for R&D to Fight...
AstraZeneca has concluded research agreements with the South African firm iThemba, the University of Dundee and the University of California at San Francisco through WIPO’s “RE:Search” program. A WIPO...
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