SCCR 37
November 26 to November 30, 2018 WIPO’s Page on the Meeting US delegation circulates a new paper on the WIPO Broadcast treaty At WIPO SCCR 37, a November 27, 2018 side event: Civil Society Views on the proposed WIPO Treaty… Continue Reading
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UNDP, Unitaid, and WHO caught in Big Pharma’s crosshairs
PhRMA’s Special 301 submissions are part of a yearly ritual to shape the “Special 301” Report, an annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and enforcement, conducted by the Office of the United States Trade… Continue Reading
US delegation circulates a new paper on the WIPO Broadcast treaty
This will be discussed next week at the SCCR 37 Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) Thirty-Seventh Session Geneva, November 26- 30, 2018 PROPOSAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THE SCOPE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RIGHTS, WIPO… Continue Reading
Seminar – Appraising the WIPO Broadcast Treaty and its Implications on Access to Culture
October 3-4, 2018 Geneva Graduate Institute, C1 Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2 Petal 5 KEI is hosting a 1.5 day seminar on the WIPO broadcasting treaty October 3-4, 2018, at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), which is walking… Continue Reading
SCP28: Opening statement of the Asia & the Pacific Group
On 9 July 2018, Indonesia delivered this opening statement on behalf of the Asia & the Pacific Group at the 28th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP). Opening Statement by the Republic of Indonesia… Continue Reading
SCCR 36
May 28 to June 1, 2018 WIPO’s Page on the Meeting SCCR36 – WIPO’s draft action plans on copyright limitations and exceptions NGO letter to WIPO SCCR delegates expressing grave concerns about proposed WIPO treaty for broadcasting SCCR36 A look… Continue Reading
Chairman Daren Tang circulates new Broadcast treaty text, and it’s bad
The revised Chair’s text (SCCR/36/6) is very responsive to the broadcasters, and mostly hostile to the civil society groups’ positions, on issues such as term and exceptions, and extending the right to materials delivered over the Internet. One bright spot… Continue Reading
KEI intervention on copyright exceptions at SCCR 36
I’m about to deliver this intervention at the WIPO SCCR 36 meeting, as a general statement on limitations and exceptions. We are given 2 minutes. KEI has three points 1. The 1971 Berne Annex, which deals with access for developing… Continue Reading
NGO letter to WIPO SCCR delegates expressing grave concerns about proposed WIPO treaty for broadcasting
On May 28, 2018, at the opening of a five day to talks at the 36th WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), 11 civil society and library groups sent a letter to negotiators expressing deep concerns over… Continue Reading
SCP 25
December 12 to December 15, 2016 WIPO’s Page on the Meeting SCP 25: Opening statement of Knowledge Ecology International SCP25: Statement of Asia Pacific Group on Patents and Health SCP25: South Africa’s Experience Related to the Topic of Access to… Continue Reading