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Official executive summary of the report of the WHO Expert Working Group on Research and Development Financing

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23 December 2009

The Official Executive Summary and Recommendations of the Report of the Expert Working Group on Research and Development Financing to the Executive Board has been published on the website of the WHO Executive Board as document EB126/6 Add.1. It has a provisional agenda item number of 4.3. The official WHO link to this Executive Summary is: http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB126/B126_6Add1-en.pdf

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Official Conclusions from WIPO SCCR 19

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These are the Conclusions of the Nineteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) held in Geneva, Switzerland from December 14 to 18, 2009. The official WIPO link to these Conclusions is: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=130644

World Intellectual Property Organization
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)
Nineteenth Session
Geneva, December 14 to 18, 2009

CONCLUSIONS

LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS

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SCCR 19: Full text of Version 3.0 of “DRAFT CONCLUSION” prepared by the Chair

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Version 3.0 of the “DRAFT CONCLUSIONS” prepared by the Chair is being considered right now at the 19th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).

World Intellectual Property Organization
Standing Committee On Copyright And Related Rights (SCCR)
Nineteenth Session
Geneva, December 14 to 18, 2009

Version 3.0
December 18, 2009

DRAFT CONCLUSIONS

prepared by the Chair

LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS

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Seventh WTO Ministerial will take decision on IPR ‘non-violation’ violations and ‘ecommerce’

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The Seventh WTO Ministerial Conference is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from November 30, 2009 to December 2, 2009. Unlike previous Ministerial Conferences in Seattle (1999), Doha (2001), Cancun (2003) and Hong Kong (2005), the Geneva Ministerial is a non-negotiation. This hum drum affair is being held only because of the obligations of Article IV, paragraph 1 of the WTO Agreement which states that

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WIPO CDIP approves certain components of Project on Intellectual Property and the Public Domain

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The Fourth Session of WIPO’s Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) is taking place from 16 November 2009 to 20 November 2009.

Among the projects under consideration this week is is the project on Intellectual Property and the Public Domain based on recommendations 16 and 20 of the Development Agenda.

Recommendation 16 states:

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Flurry of upcoming meetings at international organizations in Geneva (WHO, WIPO and WTO)

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The final stretch of 2009 ushers in a host of meetings at Geneva based institutions including the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement, the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, the WTO Ministerial, the WHO Expert Working Group and the Standing Committee on Copyright. To keep abreast of the hive of activity emanating from WIPO, WHO and WTO, here is a roadmap to keep track of the various meetings.

November 2, 2009
African-Arab Seminar on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions: Addressing the Needs of Affected Constituencies

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