On Wednesday morning, 16 October 2024, Brazil delivered the following intervention on patents and health at the 36th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) — Brazil’s intervention for the SCP Session on Patent Flexibilities… Continue Reading
On Wednesday afternoon, 16 October 2024, Brazil delivered the following statement on transfer of technology at the 36th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). Intervention by the Delegate of Brazil at the World Intellectual… Continue Reading
Title: Best and worst practices for limitations and exceptions to patent rights Date: Thursday, 17 October 2024 Time: 13:30 CEST to 15:00 CEST Location: Room B, WIPO Registration link: https://wipo-int.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Mtf-6vqz0jGdWIE2AObIjgN86Xuy4yqaKi Conveners: Innovarte and Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) On the margins… Continue Reading
On May 15, 2024, Knowledge Ecology International published an article on “Sanctions for Non Disclosure, as Set Out in Article 6 of the WIPO Basic Proposal on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Should Include Possible Revocation of a… Continue Reading
SCCR-44-3-Articles-2-3-5-8-14-comments-24oct2023 This is a comment on the most recent version of the proposed WIPO treaty for broadcasting organizations, SCCR/44/3. KEI’s primary concerns with SCCR/44/3 discussed in this note are that the definitions of broadcasting and protected programmes are too broad,… Continue Reading
KEI has shared this analysis of the WIPO negotiations on a broadcasting treaty with negotiators. WIPO-Broadcast-Treaty-Analysis-28Feb2023 Brief update 1: The WIPO negotiations on a broadcasting treaty began in 1997. This week, the broadcasters hope to finally get an SCCR node… Continue Reading
Other Matters at WIPO SCCR 40,a Proposal for study on public lending right: Like a sail in the wind on Lake Leman in Geneva, the Copyright and Related Rights Committee can change directions quite rapidly. For example, at the end… Continue Reading
The Angelus was sold by Millet for 1,000 francs in 1865, but just 14 years after Millet’s death in 1889, it was sold by the copper merchant Secrétan for 553,000 francs. In France, 100 years ago, the resale right was… Continue Reading
Today, the last day to SCCR 40, started with the first topic of Agenda Item 8 Other Matters: Copyright in the digital environment See Documents related documents on the meeting page at https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=56053 The first topic for “other matters”, Copyright… Continue Reading
November 18, 2020 Among NGOs attending the SCCR 40, there are clear opposite views of what should be done by the SCCR right now. The rightholders (collective societies and producers) say things are fine, they just need more licensing opportunities.… Continue Reading