Intervention of India at MSF workshop at the WTO Public Forum
India delivered the following intervention at MSF’s workshop at the World Trade Organization Public Forum today. The title of the MSF workshop was “Controversy at customs – the detention of medicines in transit: what impact on access to medicines?”
Controversy at customs – the detention of medicines in transit: what impact on access to medicines?
Wednesday 30 September 2009, 14:15 to 16:15
WTO building, Room A
WIPO SCCR 20
World Blind Union general statement to WIPO 2009 General Assembly
This is the general statement delivered by the representative of the World Blind Union today (September 29, 2009) at the WIPO General Assemblies.
WBU statement:
The World Blind Union is the worldwide organisation representing the interests of 160 million blind and partially sighted persons in 177 member countries.
KEI general statement to 2009 WIPO General Assembly
The following is the general statement that KEI delivered to the WIPO General Assembly on September 29, 2009.
General Statement of KEI
WIPO 2009 General Assembly
September 29, 2009
ACTA
Outside of WIPO, some countries are involved in secretive negotiations on a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). KEI asks WIPO to adopt a resolution calling for an end to the secrecy of this negotiation. Global norms for the enforcement of IP should be transparent and benefit from comments from the public before decisions are made on substantive provisions.
GRULAC intervention at 2009 WIPO GA on the SCCR
This is the intervention made by Ecuador, on behalf of the Group of Latin American and Caribbean (GRULAC) region, concerning the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) on Friday, September 25, 2009.
AG/47
Comité Permanente sobre Derecho de Autor y Derechos Conexos (SCCR)
Declaración GRULAC
Versión 25/Sep/2009 (13:30hs)
Gracias Señor Presidente:
Esta declaración la realizamos en nombre del Grupo de América Latina y del Caribe.
Malaysia on limitations and exceptions: WIPO 2009 General Assembly
Here is the except of Malaysia’s intervention at the WIPO General Assembly made yesterday during discussion of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). This excerpt shows Malaysia’s position on limitations and exceptions.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Quite a bit of KEI’s work has involved the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). To locate relevant articles, you can use the KEI web page search engine (see the “Search this site” form), or one of the various taxonomy terms for WIPO, including WIPO.
One of KEI’s major projects now involves a proposal for a WIPO treaty for sharing accessible formats of copyrighted works for persons who are blind or have other reading disabilities.
Some additional documents are linked below:
KEI statement to 2009 WIPO General Assembly on SCCR work program
The following is the written statement for the record that KEI has provided to the WIPO General Assembly, on the topic of the work program for the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) recommends that the topic of the broadcast treaty be removed from the SCCR agenda, for the following reasons.
Australian intervention at 2009 WIPO GA on the SCCR
This is the intervention Australia made on agenda item 25 on the SCCR at the 2009 WIPO General Assembly. Australia supported the “the dual approach of the stakeholder’s platform as well as examining the possibility of an international instrument”.
WIPO GA, September 28, 2009
Semi live blogging, for Monday (September 28), at the WIPO 2009 General Assembly
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