limitations
Draft conclusions on Protection of broadcasting organizations
Submitted by Manon Ress on 28. May 2009 - 10:42And these are the draft conclusions on the casting treaty. And a date for the next SCCR which might be changed because it is the same date as a WTO meeting in Geneva.
Protection of broadcasting organizations
16. The committee expressed its appreciation for the information session on developments in broadcasting which focused on concerns of developing and least developed countries
Draft conclusions re Audiovisual Performances
Submitted by Manon Ress on 28. May 2009 - 10:36These are the draft conclusions regarding the audiovisual performances. The delegates had very few comments, so what you see here is more or less what the final paper will look like.
Protection of audiovisual performances
11. The Committee expressed its appreciation for the seminars organized by the Se. and encouraged the Sec to continue that activity
12. The Committee reaffirmed its commitment to work on developing the international protection of performances in audiovisual media.
DRAFT conclusions by the Chair re Limitations and Exceptions at SCCR18
Submitted by Manon Ress on 28. May 2009 - 6:17These are the draft conclusions distributed by the chair regarding item 5 of the agenda (i.e. limitations and exceptions). The paper was distributed before the lunch break (1-3pm). The delegates are consulting on it and will come back at 3pm. The final text will be modified of course but this is a good start.
SCCR 18 DRAFT CONCLUSIONS OF THE SSCR prepared by the chair
Limitations and exceptions
KEI Comments on Accessible Works and Standards
Submitted by Manon Ress on 22. April 2009 - 14:07Today I filed my comments to the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Accessible Works and Standards, a topic related to the provision of access to copyrighted works for blind or other persons with disabilities.
Balanced agenda reached at the conclusion of WIPO patent committee
Submitted by thiru on 30. March 2009 - 11:09The Summary by the Chair of the WIPO Standing Committee Committee on the Law of Patents’ (SCP) Thirteenth Session which took place in Geneva from March 23, 2009 to March 27, 2009 has been posted on the WIPO website.
WIPO paper on limitations and exceptions to the exclusive rights of patents
Submitted by thiru on 17. March 2009 - 6:02- Canada-Patent Protection of Pharmaceutical Product case (DS114)
- Chicago Convention
- climate change
- Compulsory Licensing
- disability
- environment
- exceptions
- food security
- health
- limitations
- Lobbying and advocacy
- Patents
- public policy
- reading disabilities
- research exception
- scp
- Standing Committee on the Law of Patents
- wipo
- Access to Knowledge
The International Bureau has released a 47-paged paper in preparation for the 13th Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (23 March-27 March, 2009) entitled Exclusions from patentable subject matter and exceptions and limitations to the rights (SCP/13/3).
In its introduction to the treatment of patent exceptions and public policy, the paper asserts:
