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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"
