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AterSlash (Free subscription) | yesterday
As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is known for a very rigid course combating counterfeiting and piracy in general, it comes as a surprise that during a meeting of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement, several presenters have shown nuanced views on the economics of enforcing intellectual property rights. Combating clothing piracy might not be beneficial for the...
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AterSlash (Free subscription) | yesterday
As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in known for a very rigid course combating counterfeiting and piracy in general, it comes as a surprise that during a meeting of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement, several presenters have shown nuanced views on the economics of enforcing intellectual property rights. Combating clothing piracy might not be beneficial for the...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | yesterday
AtomicJake writes "As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in known for a very rigid course combating counterfeiting and piracy in general, it comes as a surprise that during a meeting of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement, several presenters have shown nuanced views on the economics of enforcing intellectual property rights. Combating clothing piracy might...
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Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
AtomicJake writes "As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in known for a very rigid course combating counterfeiting and piracy in general, it comes as a surprise that during a meeting of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement, several presenters have shown nuanced views on the economics of enforcing intellectual property rights. Combating clothing piracy might...
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Click World News (Free subscription) | yesterday
AtomicJake writes "As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is known for a very rigid course combating counterfeiting and piracy in general, it comes as a surprise that during a meeting of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement, several presenters have shown nuanced views on the economics of enforcing intellectual property rights. Combating clothing piracy might...
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Computer Nerds Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
AtomicJake writes "As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is known for a very rigid course combating counterfeiting and piracy in general, it comes as a surprise that during a meeting of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement, several presenters have shown nuanced views on the economics of enforcing intellectual property rights. Combating clothing piracy might...
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Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As delegates were meeting in Seoul, Korea on ACTA, WIPO was holding an IP enforcement meeting. Details from KEI and IP Watch .
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Intellectual Property Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Developing countries this week increased their proactive involvement in the enforcement agenda at the World Intellectual Property Organization, according to participants at the 2-4 November Advisory Committee on Enforcement meeting.
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SPICY IP (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... of folklore; • assisting in preparations for and participating as a member of the WIPO Secretariat in sessions of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, specifically in relation to TCEs; • assisting in the conceptualization, development and implementation of practical capacity-building projects...
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Intellectual Property Watch (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A struggle over the power and reach of the World Intellectual Property Organization Development Agenda may be looming as members of the UN agency begin to take control of implementation with differing views. Key developing countries say members must not only focus on specific projects but also on the broader agenda for change at WIPO. Developed countries want simple coordination with other committees...
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MT-Soft Website Development (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Wow: On the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Gurry said that WIPO too did not know a great deal about the talks. “Naturally we prefer open, transparent international processes to arrive at conclusions that are of concern to the whole world,” he said, citing WIPO’s role as an international, United Nations agency. And, he added, “IP is of [...]
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open... (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Wow : On the secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Gurry said that WIPO too did not know a great deal about the talks. “Naturally we prefer open, transparent international processes to arrive at conclusions that are of concern to the whole world,” he said, citing WIPO’s role as an international, United Nations agency. And, he added, “IP is of concern...
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EXCESS COPYRIGHT (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Contratulations to WIPO and DG Francis Gurry and Director Erik Wilbers on the 10th anniversary of WIPO's UDRP ("Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy") initiative. We take the UDRP now for granted because it was and is a simple, elegant and efficient method of dealing with a very pressing problem, namely the appropriation in bad faith of domain names. But is was not...
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IP Lab Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
GENEVA - The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is hosting an international conference in Geneva November 5-6, 2009 to help improve understanding among the donor community of the key developmental role of Intellectual Property (IP), to encoura... (source: AG IP News) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com
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SPICY IP (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
In previous posts , Sumathi touched upon an interesting conspiracy theory that attacks WIPO for alleged sneaky attempts to push through a "global" patent proposal. Some have also expressed the fear that the latest round of amendments to the PCT (Patent Co-operation Treaty) and their consequent incorporation into the PLT (Patent Law Treaty) prevent countries from imposing "mandatory...