Canada
Canada's intervention to SCCR 20: 'International instrument on access to protected materials by persons with print disabilities'
Submitted by thiru on 6. July 2010 - 7:14The following intervention was delivered by John Gero, Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) during SCCR 20. Ambassador Gero is currently serving as the Chair of the WTO General Council.
Intervention — International instrument on access to protected materials by persons with print disabilities
Thank you Mr. Chairman
Rethinking compulsory licensing for export: WTO members hold informal consultations on Paragraph 6 implementation
Submitted by thiru on 12. February 2010 - 5:59Friday, 12 February 2010
Around 100 Members of the World Trade Organization attended informal consultations today in Room E (a mainstay of the green room consultations) to discuss the implementation of Paragraph 6 mechanism which was created to be an "an expeditious solution" for "WTO members with insufficient or no manufacturing capacities in the pharmaceutical sector" that faced difficulties in in "making effective use of compulsory licensing under the TRIPS Agreement".
Canada limitations on injunctions
Written by Judit Rius Sanjuan
Copyright
Canada's copyright law contains limits to the ability for parties to obtain injunctive relief for architectural works:
How will WIPO provide a “speedy solution” to the problems faced by the reading disabled persons in accessing copyrighted works?
Submitted by thiru on 17. August 2009 - 9:56In May 2009, at the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 18th session, the governments of Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay formally tabled a proposal to WIPO endorsing the World Blind Union's Treaty for Reading Disabled Persons.
Proposal of Group B for Recommendation to the PCT Assembly
Submitted by thiru on 7. May 2009 - 9:58Proposal of Group B for Recommendation to the Assembly
The Working Group of the PCT recognizes the willingness of all Contracting Parties to commit to developing the PCT in order to meet the needs of all applicants, Offices, third parties and the general public. Following its discussion of the roadmap presented in the document PCT/WG/2/3, the PCT Working Group makes the following recommendations to the Assembly.
