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 already noted an audacious proposed draft decision from Brazil. Now,
this morning, the US has proposed a draft decision that is about as opposite
the Brazil draft as possible.
The question for WIPO is whether any consensus can be reached when the differences are so great (hint: No). So the adventure for the rest of these meetings this week is to see what happens when a body that craves consensus can't get no satisfaction.
What matters most of all, from my perspective, is stopping this inane process that only provides a forum for extremist anti-IP rhetoric, and making sure these meetings don't go on any further. As much as I enjoy coming to Geneva . . . . the IP skeptics have to be stopped.
The question for WIPO is whether any consensus can be reached when the differences are so great (hint: No). So the adventure for the rest of these meetings this week is to see what happens when a body that craves consensus can't get no satisfaction.
What matters most of all, from my perspective, is stopping this inane process that only provides a forum for extremist anti-IP rhetoric, and making sure these meetings don't go on any further. As much as I enjoy coming to Geneva . . . . the IP skeptics have to be stopped.