- July 7, 2003. Sign-on letter from 69 scientists and economists to Kamil Idris, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization requesting that WIPO host a meeting on open and collaborative development.
- CPTech Page on Trade Frameworks for Funding Research and Development.
Letters to WIPO
- September 4, 2003. Letter to WIPO from the Executive Directors of five library Associations.
- September 4, 2003. Letter from the Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue to Rita Hayes, Deputy Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
- July 7, 2003. Letter from 69 scientists and economists to Kamil Idris, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Requesting that WIPO host a meeting on open and collaborative development.
Letters to the US Government
- September 4, 2003. Letter to USPTO from the Executive Directors of five library Associations.
- August 22, 2003. Letter from the Open Source And Industry Alliance to Lois Boland, Acting Director of the Office of International Relations at the USPTO
News Stories
- November 6, 2003. IT-Analysis.com. WIPO accedes to USA pressures
- October 1, 2003. Larry Lessig for E-week. Open Source, Closed Minds.
- October 1, 2003. Frances Williams for the Financial Times. Hopes revive for talks on alternatives to patents.
- August 28, 2003. Declan Buttler for Nature Magazine. Business backlash kills off software meeting.
- August 23, 2003. Op-ed by Paul Kedrosky in Canada’s National Post. A reasonable discussion hijacked.
- August 22, 2003. Slashdot. WIPO Pressured to Kill Meeting on Open Source.
- August 21, 2003. Jonathan Krim for the Washington Post. The Quiet War Over Open Source.
- August 19, 2003. William New for Technology Daily (2 stories). “Global Group’s Shift On ‘Open Source’ Meeting Spurs Stir,” and “U.S. Official Opposes ‘Open Source’ Talks At WIPO.”
- July 10, 2003. Declan Buttler for Nature Magazine. Drive for patent-free innovation gathers pace.