WIPO SCCR 20

WIPO SCCR 20 session took place from June 21, 2010 to June 24, 2010 in Geneva. The WIPO web page for the meeting is here.

In preparation for the WIPO SCCR 20, on May 2010 WIPO organized an Open Ended Consultation on the treaty for the blind. A summary is available here.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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US statement at WIPO General Assembly on SCCR

On September 28, 2009, the United States of America delivered the following intervention on agenda item 25 concerning the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the 47 Session of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO.

US Statement
Agenda item 25
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights

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