SCCR 24
July 16 to July 25, 2012 WIPO’s page for SCCR 24 SCCR24: Opening statement of the African Group WIPO SCCR24 What is an “authorized entity” and what is the fight about? Quick Update on WIPO SCCR 24 Meeting on The… Continue Reading
Access to Knowledge
SCCR 22
June 15 to June 24, 2011 WIPO Page on the Meeting April 2011 report on negotiations for a WIPO copyright treaty for persons who are blind or have other disabilities SCCR 22: Opening statement of the Asian Group SCCR22: Opening… Continue Reading
SCCR 21
November 8 to November 12, 2010 WIPO Page on the Meeting SCCR 21: Initial impressions from day 1 SCCR 21: General statement of Group B (covering broadcasting, AV protection and limitations and exceptions) KEI statement at SCCR 21 SCCR21: Proposal… Continue Reading
Special 301
The USTR’s Special 301 Report has been issued every year beginning in 1989. The Executive Summary of the 2009 report says: The “Special 301” Report is an annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and… Continue Reading
Right to Read for Persons with Reading Disabilities
The original proposal for the Marrakesh treaty, including the 2008 report of the drafters, is here. web page for Marrakesh diplomatic conference Petitions NFB petition: The Petition Supporting WIPO Treaty for the Blind and Print Disabled https://nfb.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=2 ACB petition: Petition… Continue Reading
SCP27: South Africa urges WIPO to invite UNHLP Co-Chairs to present their findings
On Tuesday, 12 December 2017, the South African delegation to the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) delivered the following statement on patents and health. South Africa reiterated its strong support for the Report of the UN… Continue Reading
SCCR35 Day 3 KEI Statement on Limitations and Exceptions
November 15, 2017. . Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License. After discussing the Broadcasters, cablecasters and webcasters treaty also called by some the “youtube” Treaty, the Committtee moved on… Continue Reading
SCCR 35 Day 1 at WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: will the “YouTube treaty” progress?
Day 1 at WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS Since 1998, the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR),has engaged in negotiations to create new norms for the protection of broadcasters, cablecasters and now –again– webcasters… Continue Reading
WIPO publishes scoping study scoping study on the impact of the digital environment on copyright legislation
On Thursday, 26 October 2017, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published a scoping study (SCCR/35/4) on the impact of the digital environment on copyright legislation adopted between 2006 and 2016; the author of this study is Guilda Rostama, Ph.D. The mandate for this study emanates from a proposal of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (GRULAC) first tabled at the 31st session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in December 2015. At SCCR33 in November 2016, WIPO Member States agreed to the following:
KEI Files Brief of Amicus Curiae in Oil States v. Greene’s Energy Group
KEI has submitted an amicus brief in support of Respondents in the case of Oil States Energy Services, LLC, v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, currently before the Supreme Court. The brief is attached here.