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KEI statement to 48th WIPO General Assemblies on the SCCR work program

Below is the statement delivered by KEI on Thursday, 23 September 2010 to the 48th WIPO General Assemblies on agenda item 27 dealing with Report on the Work of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).

Statement of Knowledge Ecology International

48th Session of the WIPO ASSEMBLIES
Thursday, 23 September 2010

Item 27: Report on the Work of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR)

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Statement of Brazil to the 48th General Assembly of WIPO, September 2010

The Permanent Representative of Brazil, Roberto Azevedo, delivered the following statement to the 48th session of the WIPO General Assembly. The intervention was delivered in Portuguese; below is the English translation.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF WIPO

SEPTEMBER 2010

Statement Delivered by the Permanent Representative of Brazil, Ambassador Roberto Azevedo

Mr. Chairman,

Let me start by congratulating you on the excellent job you have been doing in conducting the work of WIPO’s General Assembly.

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Your tax dollars at work. Obama administration funding of pro-right holder NGO work on IPR protection, fy 2009

USPTO’s $4 million of Congressionally Mandated Spending on intellectual property initiatives, for fy 2009

This is the USPTO list of grants for fy 2009. The $4 million in grants were used to influence global norms on IPR policy.

A new round of grants will go out soon for fy 2010, involving another $4 million of Congressionally Mandated Spending on Intellectual Property Initiatives (IPI).

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