July 25, 2005
SCOTUS nominee Roberts is strong on IP
According to Patently-O,
it turns out that Supreme
Court nominee John Roberts is strong on IP protection.
Update: Here's
more on Roberts' IP case history. ...
July 25, 2005
So where is the development agenda now?
If you worked your way through all these
blog postings (especially the last one), you may be wondering, "Okay,
so where does this leave the development agenda?"
Good question. Again, it depends ...
July 22, 2005
IPI's intervention at WIPO IIM/3
I was surprised and pleased
that in the brief interim between when I posted this intervention and when
I pulled it back down again, several websites linked to it, especially
my friends at IPCentral ...
July 22, 2005
The final dramatic afternoon of the Development Agenda debate
[Well, dramatic for WIPO, anyway]
Real-Time Notes on the Final Discussions of the IIM
During my four trips to WIPO this year for the development
agenda debate, I haven't attempted t ...
July 22, 2005
Does Article 27 assert the right to intellectual property protection?
After my intervention, the representative
from the Third World Network specifically accused me of distorting and
misreading Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She
accused me o ...
July 21, 2005
What is the "Development Agenda" at WIPO?
I thought maybe a basic discussion of the
situation at WIPO might be in order. Not a comprehensive discussion, to
be sure, but a basic overview.
What is the "Development Agenda" at WIPO?
The ...
July 21, 2005
IPI's intervention postponed
Well, the Chairman of the IIM has cut off
interventions by NGOs. About a dozen groups got to give interventions,
but he cut off the process before I was able to deliver IPI's intervention.
He has s ...
July 21, 2005
China recognizes need for IP protection
Here's an
interesting article from China's Xinhua news service on how China recognizes
the relationship between innovation and IP protection.
According to the article:
"Only by strengthening ...
July 21, 2005
More proposals from the US, Africa
Since this meeting is the last scheduled
of these Development Agenda meetings, and since so little has been accomplished
so far, there is considerable pressure for something to be decided upon.
I a ...
July 20, 2005
Spoke too soon: Now we've got fireworks from Brazil
Okay, now something interesting has finally
happened. At least, interesting within the context of WIPO . . .
Brazil has submitted something audacious which will no doubt result in
absolute oppos ...
July 20, 2005
Africa taking the lead on the development agenda
So far, the first morning of the final
Development Agenda meeting has been dominated by a proposal from "the
African group," submitted by Morocco and supported by a group of African
and Arab countr ...
July 19, 2005
Blogging from WIPO (again) at the third and final meeting on the development agenda
I'm back in Geneva, and I'll be blogging
from the third and final meeting to discuss a possible development agenda
for WIPO. Technically, it's referred to as IIM/3. ...
July 15, 2005
Brazil's deal with Abbott on Kaletra: Now you see it, now you don't . . .
This is getting ridiculous.
Brazil
huffs and puffs about a compulsory license.
Brazil
reaches a deal with Abbott that eliminates the need for the compulsory
license.
The
activists sc ...
July 12, 2005
Showing up on the opposition's radar screen
[This turned out to be a long one. Sorry]
IPI (the Institute for Policy Innovation) has gotten into intellectual
property policy over the past couple of years because it's always been
a ...
July 8, 2005
More on Google searches: Is IPI being hypocritical?
More on my
recent posting expressing a watchful concern over how Google goes about
gaining access to the content of others:
Yes, I know that we
have already opined favorably on the Google Libr ...
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