June 30 to July 4, 2014 WIPO’s Page for the Meeting WIPO SCCR28 Day 1: Support for a Broadcasting Treaty Diplomatic Conference in 2015? WIPO SCCR 28 Day 1: The European Union Statement regarding 3 topics: broadcasting, L&E for Libraries… Continue Reading
December 16 to December 20, 2013 WIPO’s Page for the Meeting KEI Statement at WIPO SCCR 26 December 16, 2013 re the Casting Treaty WIPO asked to create new treaty on the resale right (droit de suite) for works of… Continue Reading
July 16 to July 25, 2012 WIPO’s page for SCCR 24 SCCR24: Opening statement of the African Group WIPO SCCR24 What is an “authorized entity” and what is the fight about? Quick Update on WIPO SCCR 24 Meeting on The… Continue Reading
June 15 to June 24, 2011 WIPO Page on the Meeting April 2011 report on negotiations for a WIPO copyright treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities SCCR 22: Opening statement of the Asian Group SCCR22: Opening… Continue Reading
November 8 to November 12, 2010 WIPO Page on the Meeting SCCR 21: Initial impressions from day 1 SCCR 21: General statement of Group B (covering broadcasting, AV protection and limitations and exceptions) KEI statement at SCCR 21 SCCR21: Proposal… Continue Reading
The USTR’s Special 301 Report has been issued every year beginning in 1989. The Executive Summary of the 2009 report says: The “Special 301” Report is an annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and… Continue Reading
The original proposal for the Marrakesh treaty, including the 2008 report of the drafters, is here. web page for Marrakesh diplomatic conference Petitions NFB petition: The Petition Supporting WIPO Treaty for the Blind and Print Disabled https://nfb.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=2 ACB petition: Petition… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 12 December 2017, the South African delegation to the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) delivered the following statement on patents and health. South Africa reiterated its strong support for the Report of the UN… Continue Reading
November 15, 2017. . Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License. After discussing the Broadcasters, cablecasters and webcasters treaty also called by some the “youtube” Treaty, the Committtee moved on… Continue Reading
Day 1 at WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS Since 1998, the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR),has engaged in negotiations to create new norms for the protection of broadcasters, cablecasters and now –again– webcasters… Continue Reading