USPTO meeting on “Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works” Dec. 9, 2016

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On Friday December 9, 2016, the Department of Commerce held a meeting at USPTO on “Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works” in order to “facilitate constructive, cross-industry dialogue among stakeholders about ways to promote a more robust and collaborative online marketplace for copyrighted works.” Among the topics for discussion were “the potential for interoperability across digital registries and standards work in this field, and conside Continue Reading →

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SCP 25: Opening statement of Knowledge Ecology International

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On Monday, 12 December 2016, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered its opening statement to the 25th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP).

KEI Opening Statement, for SCP 25
12 December 2016

KEI will discuss two topics. The first concerns government rights in patented inventions, when the government funds or partly funds the research.

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PCB39: Eight hour drafting session charts future course for UNAIDS work program on Intellectual Property and the UN HLP

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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) held the 39th Meeting of its Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) from 6-8 December 2016 in Geneva Switzerland. In his opening speech on Tuesday, 6 December 2016, Michel Sidibé (Executive Director, UNAIDS) paid tribute to the life of Australian national Katie Kirk – who passed away on 20 October 2016 while on mission in Indonesia.

In his speech, Sidibé noted:

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PCB39: Statement of Knowledge Ecology International on Agenda item 6: UNAIDS synthesis report on IP

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On Wednesday, 7 December 2016 Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) delivered the following statement at the 39th session of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) during discussions of agenda item 6 entitled, “Synthesis report of existing research and literature on intellectual property-related and other factors impacting the availability, affordability, and accessibility of treatment and diagnostics for HIV and co-infections in low and middle-income countries.”

KEI statement to UNAIDS – PCB 39 – 7 December 2016

Thank you Chair.

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UNAIDS PCB 39: Statement of India on the Executive Director’s Report to the 39th PCB

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On Tuesday, 6 December 2016, the delegation of India delivered the following intervention at the 39th UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) Meeting.

India declared that she had “recently crossed the milestone of treating 1 million HIV patients with free Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART).”

I will first briefly share efforts made by India to implement the Fast track Strategy. A number of major policy decisions have been taken recently towards achieving the 90-90-90 targets.

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EB140: World Health Organization publishes annotated agenda for January 2017 Executive Board

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On 21 November 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the annotated agenda for the 140th session of its Executive Board (EB) which will take place from 23 January 2017 to 1 February 2017. In the words of the WHO Secretariat,

The Executive Board is composed of 34 members technically qualified in the field of health. Members are elected for 3-year terms.

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SCCR33: Conclusions – Protection of Broadcasting Organizations

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On Friday, 18 November 2016, WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) reconvened in plenary at 8:45 PM to review the Summary of the Chair. The time stamp of the draft document is 8:00 PM.

The following conclusions relate to the Committee’s work on a proposed treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations.

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SCCR33: Conclusions – Artist Resale Right (droit de suite)

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On Friday, 18 November 2016, WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights reconvened in plenary at 8:45 PM to review the Summary of the Chair. The time stamp of the draft document is 8:00 PM.

The following paragraph relates to the SCCR’s deliberations on the proposal submitted by Senegal and Congo on the Resale Right (droit de suite). The Committee agreed to the convening of a conference prior to SCCR34 (1-5 May 2017) on the legal and economic perspectives of droit de suite, including its potential effects on art markets.

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SCCR 33, KEI’s intervention on legal protection for technological protection measures

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This was our intervention at SCCR 33 on the topics of exceptions to the legal protection for technological protection measures.

TPMs are an legitimate and important measure to protect certain works, data and technologies from unauthorized uses.

The issues raised by libraries and archives concern the legal protection that one gives the technological protection.

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