Limitations and Exceptions
Why would blind people get less than the Olympic Committee? Choosing between Convention, Recommendation and Declaration
Submitted by Manon Ress on 22. March 2010 - 17:24When I first heard David Mann representing the World Blind Union at the information session of November 2003 SCCR, call for the "creation of international agreements which would allow the unhindered transfer of accessible material created in one country to blind and partially sighted people in another country", I did not know that this issue had been the subject of a WIPO/UNESCO report in 1983, which had then proposed Model Provisions Concer
Six Myths about the treaty for people with disabilities that should be debunked next week?
Submitted by Manon Ress on 5. March 2010 - 15:44Next week (March 8-12) delegates from various developing countries will gather in Washington, DC for a week long "INTERNATIONAL TRAINING FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION ON EMERGING ISSUES IN COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS AND ISSUES PERTAINING TO BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS" co-organised by the US Copyright Office and WIPO. We hope that at least 6 Myths about the treaty for people with disabilities proposed by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay will be clearly debunked once and for all during the training.
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"
2009 Proposal by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, Relating to Limitations and Exceptions: Treaty Proposed by the World Blind Union
Submitted by Staff on 12. August 2009 - 15:22On May 25, 2009, Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (BEP) submitted a formal proposal at the WIPO SCCR 18, asking that the SCCR consider a proposal for a treaty that was presented to the SCCR in 2008 by the World Blind Union. In 2010, the government of Mexico joined as a co-sponsor of the treaty proposal.
Below is the text of the BEP submission at WIPO:
WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
Eighteenth Session Geneva, May 25 to 29, 2009
Of Limitations, Exceptions and Verse (WIPO copyright committee)
Submitted by thiru on 3. April 2008 - 19:01Following the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) which for much of its existence has endeavored to unsuccessfully hammer out a Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations has provided a window into the human condition replete with incidents of humor, frustration and hope.
Draft Conclusions of the WIPO copyright committee (March 2008)
Submitted by thiru on 12. March 2008 - 9:38This text was handed at around 11 AM on Wednesday morning. Apologies for any typos. This was typed by 3 different people from the hard copy distributed by the International Bureau.
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STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTSSixteenth Session, March 10 to 12, 2008-03-12
DRAFT CONCLUSIONS
Protection of audiovisual performances
SCCR Day 2: Re Limitations and Exceptions (Finally)
Submitted by Manon Ress on 11. March 2008 - 13:34After a rather disappointing day 1 of the standing committee on copyright and related rights at WIPO, Day 2 is turning out to be a good constructive day.
Chile spearheads change at WIPO patent committee
Submitted by thiru on 16. July 2007 - 16:07In the wake of the recently concluded broadcasting negotiations at WIPO in June 2007 (Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights) where a proposed instrument for the protection of broadcasting organizations was put on cold storage but not terminated, a Chilean proposal on the examination of limitations and exceptions in the copyright area has come to the fore.
