48th Series of Meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s General Assemblies
Statement by H.E. Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva
at the 48th Series of Meetings of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s General Assemblies
Geneva, 21 September 2010
Mr. President,
Access to Orphan Works, and ACTA provisions on damages
KEI Policy Brief 2010: 1
20 October 2010
Copyright is a term that in the United States describes the laws that regulate the use and distribution of “original works of authorship.” The types of activities and expressions protected by copyright have expanded over the years, particularly due to technology, but also due to the lobbying by various interested parties. The current systems of registration of copyrighted works in the United includes the following catagories:
In June of 2010, KEI was informed that representatives from the the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had recently attended a summit in India on the issue of counterfeited and spurious medicines organized by the Partnership for Safe Medicines (PSM), a US-based organization with clear links to pharmaceutical corporate interests.
(This timeline is part of a larger project at KEI regarding an evaluation of the 1971 Appendix to the Berne Convention on “SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.) In 1970, Charles F. Johnson wrote “The Origins of the Stockholm Protocol, 18… Continue Reading
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General Statement of Knowledge Ecology International
12 October 2010
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.
Notes on the October 7, 2010 USTR NGO briefing on ACTA
By Judit Rius Sanjuan & Anne Mira Guha
Today, USTR held a nearly 2-hour public briefing on the new version of the ACTA text. USTR representatives present included Stan McCoy, Kira Alvarez, and Rachel Bae. Stan and Kira did most of the talking at the meeting.
The October 2, 2010 version of the ACTA text is now available. A copy is here.
See also: Areas where the Oct 2, 2010 ACTA text is inconsistent with U.S. law
(revised 10:17 am, October 7, 2010)
Today, the Mexican Senate approved unanimously a resolution urging the President to suspend the ACTA negotiations based on public interest concerns.
On December 19, 2007, the The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 was enacted as Public Law 110-140. The Act created two new innovation inducement prizes to stimulate innovation in the field of energy: