On 30 July 2015 at 8:30 PM Geneva time, the Chair (Bucura Ionescu, Romania) of WIPO’s 22nd Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) distributed the following non-paper related to the proposal by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) to revise the 1979 WIPO Model Law for Developing Countries on Inventions. If this language is tabled, WIPO’s normative committee on patents will continue discussions on the GRULAC proposal.
INFORMAL NON-PAPERSCP/22: PROPOSAL BY THE CHAIR
July 30, 2015
20.30AGENDA ITEM 7: OTHER ISSUES ? PROPOSAL BY THE GROUP OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES (GRULAC)
Discussions were based on document SCP/22/5.
The Delegation of Brazil on behalf of the Group of Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) presented the proposal. Upon request, the Secretariat explained the history, nature and scope of the 1979 WIPO Model Law for Developing Countries on Inventions. Following some discussions, the Chair suggested that the Committee reflect on the discussion as well as the explanation given by the Secretariat, and continue discussing on the issue at the next session.
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