The broadcasters right and the new streaming services: who benefits from the new rights? DATE: Thursday, 24 October 2019 TIME: 1:30 PM to 3 PM VENUE: Room B CONVENER: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) cordially invites you… Continue Reading
On Monday, 21 October 2019, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following opening statement at the 39th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR 39). The discussions on limitations and exceptions, and the studies commissioned by… Continue Reading
On Friday, 4 October 2019, the World Trade Organization (WTO) published a submission by the Republic of South Africa on “R&D Costs and Pricing of Medicines and Health Technologies” (IP/C/W/659). In this paper, South Africa requested the WTO TRIPS Council… Continue Reading
On Thursday, 3 October 2019, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following statement on Agenda item 16, Report on the SCP. As part of the WIPO Secretariat’s review of existing research on patents and access to medical products and health technologies,… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, 2 October 2019, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following statement on Agenda item 15, Report on the SCCR. WIPO General Assembly Agenda item 15, Report on the SCCR Statement of Knowledge Ecology International With respect to the broadcasters… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, 1 October 2019, Knowledge Ecology International delivered the following opening statement at the 2019 WIPO General Assembly. Thank you Chair. KEI opposes any further work at the SCCR on a broadcast treaty, given the confusion over the objectives… Continue Reading
As part of the work program of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP), the secretariat of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has been mandated to prepare a 40-50 page review of “existing research on patents and… Continue Reading
UPDATE: On 29 July 2019, the co-facilitators (Ambassadors of Georgia and Thailand) of the intergovernmental consultations on a UN political declaration on universal health coverage announced that the silence procedure was broken by “several delegations on paragraphs 29, 68, 69,… Continue Reading
On Thursday, 11 July 2019, the 41st session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted, without a vote, resolution A/HRC/41/L.13, “Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental… Continue Reading
UPDATE: On 4 July 2019, the Core Group will submit a “TABLING REV 1” version of their resolution on “Access to medicines and vaccines in the context of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard… Continue Reading