Brazilian intervention at TRIPS Council: ACTA

The following statement was delivered by Brazil at this week’s TRIPS Council.

TRIPS Enforcement Trends/ACTA – TRIPS Council – Intervention by Brazil

According to press releases circulated in the first week of this month, the negotiating process of ACTA is virtually concluded.

A few points only would still remain open and those points would not prevent a final agreement from being reached soon, according to statements released by authorities from the countries participating in the ACTA negotiations.

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WIPO releases program for ‘Global Meeting on Emerging Copyright Licensing Modalities’

In advance of the 21st session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR 21), WIPO is holding a Global Meeting on Emerging Copyright Licensing Modalities on 4-5 November 2010 in Geneva which endeavors to facilitate ‘Access to Culture in the Digital Age’. The program for this Global Meeting can be found here: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2010/wipo_cr_lic_ge_10/program.html.

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SCP15: KEI statement on Exclusions from Patentable Subject Matter and Exceptions and Limitations to the Rights

KEI statement on Exclusions from Patentable Subject Matter and Exceptions and Limitations to the Rights
SCP 15
13 October 2010

Thank you Mr. Chair.

We take note of Professor Coenraad Visser’s study which examined ‘Selected Case Studies of Countries Where Compulsory Licences Have Been Granted for Pharmaceuticals’.

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KEI general statement to the 15th Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)

SCP 15
General Statement of Knowledge Ecology International
12 October 2010

Thank you Mr. Chair, and I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you and the vice-chairs upon your re-election.

1. Knowledge Ecology International welcomes the reports by experts, thanks the Secretariat for its work on this topic.

As a general matter, KEI suggests the WIPO Secretariat provide standardized disclosure of the professional consulting that various experts do, as is the practice for other UN bodies and some academic journals.

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