WIPO
WIPO 1988 documents of the Committee of Experts on Measures Against Counterfeiting and Piracy
Submitted by Malini Aisola on 9. July 2010 - 12:11WIPO documents related to the April 25-28, 1988 session of the Committee of Experts on Measures Against Counterfeiting and Piracy are available here.
The consolidated file includes an agenda, a February 18 document on "Model Provisions for National Laws" (document C&P/CE/2), a February 18 memorandum on "Provisions in the Paris, Berne and Neighboring Rights Conventions" (document C&P/CE/3), and a report of the meeting that was adopted on April 28, 1988.
WIPO SCCR 20: Proyecto de conclusiones
Submitted by Judit Rius on 24. June 2010 - 7:29Esta es la version de las 3.30 pm del 24 de junio del 2010 del proyecto de conclusiones de la OMPI SCCR 20 en espanol. El documento fue distribuido durante el dia de hoy por el secretariado de la OMPI y esta siendo discutido. Este texto va a ser negociado esta tarde.
Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual
Comité de Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos (SCCR)
Vigésima sesión
Ginebra, 21 a 24 de junio de 2010
Proyecto de conclusiones
PROTECCIÓN DE LOS ORGANISMOS DE RADIODIFUSIÓN
2008 U.S. Copyright Office Memo concluded that export of accessible works is not legal under U.S. law
Submitted by Judit Rius on 16. June 2010 - 6:53In briefings about the WIPO proposal for a treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities, the U.S. government has sent mixed signals regarding the legality of exporting of accessible works created under exceptions in U.S. law. In some informal briefings and conversations, the U.S. government has said such exports are allowed under U.S. law. At other times, they say they are not.
KEI has obtained a June 12, 2008 memo from the U.S. Copyright Office, written by Neil Conley to David Carson, that analyzes the possible extraterritorial effects of the Chafee Amendment.
WIPO SCP 14: Summary of the Chair
Submitted by thiru on 3. February 2010 - 6:37WIPO
SCP/14/9 Rev.
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: January 29, 2010
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
GENEVA
STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS
Fourteenth Session
Geneva, January 25 to 29, 2010
Agenda Item 1: Opening of the Session
Deadlock at 14th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)
Submitted by thiru on 29. January 2010 - 12:33After a around 10 hours of informal consultations today, it appears that the 14th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) has not reached consensus on new items for the Committee's consideration. From sources close to the negotiation, much of the wrangling dealt with whether to preserve the non-exhaustive nature of the list of issues identified at SCP 12 and SCP 13.
Suggestions by Asian Like-Minded Countries on Future Work of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)
Submitted by thiru on 29. January 2010 - 7:51The members of the "Asian Like-Minded Countries" group are: India, Indonesia, Iran and Pakistan.
Agenda 8: Future Work
1. [Following a proposal by the Chair,] the Committee
(a) reaffirmed that the non-exhaustive list of issues identified at the twelfth session of the SCP held in June 2008, and updated at its 13 session, would remain open for further elaboration and discussion at its next session(1);
SCP 14: Draft text on Future Work
Submitted by thiru on 28. January 2010 - 10:05Around 4:20 PM CET, the following draft text was made available for for Member States' consideration. Currently, the countries are in informals considering the following text.
Around 5:50 PM, a draft text entitled "Suggestion by Asian Like-Minded Countries" was made available.
Among the key amendments suggested was the following language:
"Comments of Member States and Observers would be reflected in annexures appended to the respective studies"
Knowledge Ecology International statement on Opposition Systems WIPO SCP 14
Submitted by thiru on 27. January 2010 - 9:35The following intervention was delivered by KEI at the 14th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) on the item related to opposition systems.
WIPO SCP 14
January 27, 2010
January 27, 2010
Knowledge Ecology International statement on 7(f): Opposition Systems
Thank you Mr Chair, for providing Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) with the opportunity to provide some thoughts on the Committee's work on opposition systems.
European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) intervention on standards and patents at WIPO SCP 14
Submitted by thiru on 26. January 2010 - 10:51Thank you Mr Chairman.
I'm taking the floor today on behalf of ECIS, the European Committee for Interoperable Systems.
ECIS would like to congratulate you on your election to the chair of this very important committee. We thank you for your generosity in giving us an opportunity to speak today. I will be very brief.
ECIS is an international non-profit association of IT companies, including IBM, Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Red Hat, Opera, Oracle and others.
It focuses on IP issues concerning interoperability and competition.
KEI briefing on patents, standards and enforcement at WIPO SCP
Submitted by James Love on 26. January 2010 - 9:14The following are slides from the KEI side event on patents, standards and remedies to infringement. These include the slides used by Thomas Vinje and Karsten Gerloff, and a text handout and slides from James Love.
