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  WTO | Intellectual property (TRIPS) - gateway
Information on intellectual property in the WTO, news and official records of the activities of the TRIPS Council, and details of the WTO’s work with other international organizations in the field:
Intellectual property rights and the TRIPS Agreement back to top
Intellectual property rights are the rights given to people over the creations of their minds.
www.wto.org /english/tratop_e/trips_e/trips_e.htm   (793 words)

  
  Intellectual Property Rights in Africa
The African Organization for Intellectual Property ("OAPI") is the regional institution which handles all matters, other than judicial proceedings, arising out of or in connection with the application or interpretation of the Bangui Treaty.
Other intellectual property rights are valid for five years with various renewal periods; we are not, however, aware of domestic legislation specifically covering semiconductor chip layout design.
The protection of intellectual property is an evolving area of law in Ghana but strides have been made in recent years to afford protection to a variety of intellectual property under both local and international law.
www.bustpatents.com /forafri.htm   (4920 words)

  
 U.S. Copyright Office: US Intellectual Property Organization Act
We conclude that the subject matter overlap in the two statutes appears to be minimal." Patent-Copyright Laws Overlap Study, Prepared for the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and the Administration of Justice by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, at ii-iii (May 1991).
The principal justification noted by the Chairman in introducing this bill is a desire to coordinate all international and domestic intellectual property policymaking within one office in the executive branch.
We therefore urge that the copyright provisions of Title I be deleted from any legislation that may be enacted at this time, along with any references to "intellectual property" generally, in order to provide an opportunity for full analysis and public debate of the important issues that have been raised.
www.copyright.gov /docs/ipo.html   (5195 words)

  
 African Intellectual Property Organization - OAPI -Dr. Adam & Associates
African Intellectual Property Organization, commonly branded by its French acronym (OAPI) is the creation of Bangui agreement, done at Bangui, Republic of Central Africa on March 2, 1977.
OAPI is an organization in charge of implementing normal administrative procedure, resulting from a uniform system for the protection of intellectual property rights, in light of international conventions, member states of the organization have acceded to.
Decisions taken by the Organization on matters involving rejection of application, maintenance or extension of time, requests for reinstatement, and decisions on opposition shall be subject to appeal to the High Commission of Appeal of the said Organization which is composed of three members.
adamiprlawfirm.com /index.php?link=oapi   (1208 words)

  
 Edward Kwakwa, Some Comments on Rulemaking at the World Intellectual Property Organization, 12 Duke J. of Comp. & Int'l ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
International intellectual property regulation and oversight requires a system of norm-creation that is flexible enough to adapt to a dynamic, fast-paced, and technologically driven area of law.
Intellectual property is one of the most rapidly growing areas in the practice of law, both nationally and internationally.
The increasing pace of globalization, the ever-rapid advances in technology, and the desire of international organizations to maintain their relevance by adopting rapid and effective means of rulemaking that are politically acceptable to their member states is an issue that is likely to test the capacity of international organizations in the next few years.
www.law.duke.edu /journals/djcil/articles/djcil12p179.htm   (6605 words)

  
 New Threats to Intellectual Property Rights
Protecting intellectual property is essential to technological and industrial innovation and fundamental to economic growth.
The U.S. is pursuing a very sound policy regarding intellectual property in the Uruguay Round of GATT talks of its contribution to the U.N. that goes to UNCX-W and th-e U.S.should I rres, November 8,1989, p.
Because of less developed countries opposition to tougher in tellectual property protection, the industrial nations at GAlT may be tempted to yield on intellectual property during the Uruguay Round in return for concessions on such areas as agriculture and services.
www.heritage.org /Research/TradeandForeignAid/bg761.cfm   (3476 words)

  
 ASIL Electronic Resource Guide
International intellectual property law is a patchwork area of intersecting multilateral and bilateral agreements and their resulting harmonization of national laws.
Within the United Nations, the most relevant organization is almost certainly the World Intellectual Property Organization (http://www.wipo.int/), an organization that has existed under various names for over 100 years, but only became part of the UN as a specialized agency in 1974.
Regional organizations, which are often groups of similarly-situated nations, are often in a better position to bridge national legal differences in intellectual property laws in ways that international organizations and wide-ranging multilateral treaties cannot.
www.asil.org /resource/ip1.htm   (6461 words)

  
 Secretary General of World Intellectual Property Organization
He said that brilliant intellectual talents in the third world countries are mostly ignored due to lack of adequate support and absence of proper grounds for the emergence of talents.
He said that support for the intellectual property right results in the development of economy, adding that with globalization of trade and emergence of new forms of intellectual property, no individual with reformist ideas will ignore economic-social impacts of such an important issue.
He said that in speaking of intellectual property, no boundary should be set, adding that approvals of the organization should embody all computer data exchanges and digital pictures as well as other electronic technologies.
www.iccim.org /english/magazine/iran_commerce/no1_1999/20.htm   (1632 words)

  
 BIO | Intellectual Property
Intellectual property protection is the key factor for economic growth and advancement in the biotechnology sector.
For over 200 years the carefully crafted intellectual property laws have been the driving force for innovation and progress in the United States.
Strong intellectual property protection is essential to the success, and in some instances to the survival, of the over 1,200 biotechnology companies in this country.
www.bio.org /ip   (404 words)

  
 Intellectual Property - Guide to Intellectual Property Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law is the largest intellectual property organization in the world and the oldest substantive Section of the ABA.
In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form.
Intellectual Property Owners Association supports member interests relating to legislative and international issues; provides news and educational services and networking opportunities for members; and disseminates information to the public on the importance of intellectual property rights.
www.hg.org /intell.html   (776 words)

  
 U.S. Proposes Partnership Program for World Intellectual Property Organization
The proposal was outlined by the U.S. Delegation to the Inter-sessional Intergovernmental Meeting on a Development Agenda for WIPO (IIM), held April 11-13, 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland.
As noted by the Director General of WIPO in his book entitled "Intellectual Property - A Power Tool for Economic Growth," intellectual property is an important tool in economic, social and cultural development, and it encourages domestic innovation, investment and technology transfer.
We also believe that the idea of promoting understanding of intellectual property on a wide scale basis within countries, as proposed by Mexico, is an idea whose time is past due, and that WIPO and its partners should help to achieve this objective.
www.uspto.gov /web/offices/com/speeches/04-20-05genevaprelease.htm   (1881 words)

  
 Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) include many forms of legal protection that give inventors varying degrees of exclusive use rights.
Intellectual property rights are intended to promote research and development by allowing researchers to recoup development costs.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is providing technical assistance and training to developing countries to help them meet their TRIPs commitment.
agbiotech.ifas.ufl.edu /intellectualproperty.html   (565 words)

  
 WIPO - World Intellectual Property Organization
Member States meeting in the Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA) from June 11 to 15 agreed on a final list of proposals to be recommended for action to the WIPO General Assembly, including the establishment of a new Committee on Development and Intellectual Property.
The Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore is meeting in an extended, eight day session from July 2 - 12.
The Fourth Session of the PCDA, which met from 11 to 15 June, agreed on a final set of recommendations to the WIPO General Assembly.
www.wipo.int   (248 words)

  
 World Intellectual Property Organization - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
WIPO became an agency in 1974, but its roots go back to 1883 when the need for international protection of intellectual property prompted the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and to 1886 with the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.
Today's organization administers intellectual property matters recognized by United Nations member states, managing international treaties that deal with some aspect of intellectual property protection.
It not only helps to protect such traditional works of the mind as patented inventions, books, music, works of art, films, industrial designs, and trademarks, but is increasingly involved in the protection of information technology and World Wide Web -related matters.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WrldInt.asp   (435 words)

  
 The World Intellectual Property Organization: a United Nations success story World Affairs - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The United States, as a world leader in sectors highly dependent on intellectual property protection--including aerospace, publishing, computer technology, industrial electronics, pharmaceuticals, motion pictures, and sound recordings--naturally plays an active role in the work of the WIPO.
They have come to realize that they need strong intellectual property protection to promote their own economic development and to preserve their cultural traditions.
Our generation has added a fourth pillar--intellectual property in all of its forms: patents to protect new technology, copyrights to protect literary and artistic works as well as computer software, and trademarks to assure orderly commercial development and consumer protection.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2393/is_n2_v160/ai_20000644   (712 words)

  
 Intellectual property organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Intellectual property organizations encompass international intergovernmental organizations that involve cooperation in the area of copyrights, trademarks and patents, and non-governmental, non-profit organizations, lobbying organizations, think thanks, as well as professional associations.
AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law (SCRIPT)
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Intellectual_property_organization   (153 words)

  
 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Digital Copyright Canada
But WIPO’s mandate, to protect and advance intellectual property rights, might be at odds with the organisations’ missions, which generally aim to promote access, the “common welfare,” and development.
Today is also World Intellectual Property Day, the date on which the Convention establishing WIPO entered into force in 1970.
The term "Intellectual Property" is used by lobbiests to narrow peoples understanding of exclusive rights such as patents, copyright and trademarks by comparing them to Lockean real property.
www.digital-copyright.ca /taxonomy/term/361   (1184 words)

  
 Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property is defined as "the ownership of ideas and control over the tangible or virtual representation of those ideas.
WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation of states, and for administration of various multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property (
As their intellectual properties are registered, they sign a copyright notice at the bottom of index pages.
www.scs.unr.edu /~jseymour/intellectualproperty.html   (1302 words)

  
 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an intergovernmental organization with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
It is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations.
WIPO is responsible for the promotion of the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States, and for the administration of various multilateral treaties dealing with the legal and administrative aspects of intellectual property.
www.ukabc.org /TRIPs/intro_WIPO.htm   (144 words)

  
 Net Dialogue: International Organizations: World Intellectual Property Organization
The objectives of WIPO, as defined in Article 3 of the WIPO Convention, are “to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world through cooperation among States and, where appropriate, in collaboration with any other international organization, [and] to ensure administrative cooperation among the Unions.”
Promote adjustment of the institutional framework for facilitating the exploitation of intellectual property in the public interest, e.g.
Study emerging intellectual property issues related to ecommerce and develop norms in relation to such issues.
www.netdialogue.org /iorgs/wipo   (418 words)

  
 World Intellectual Property Organization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the use and protection of works of the human spirit.
These works — intellectual property — are expanding the bounds of science and technology and enriching the world of the arts.
With headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, WIPO is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations system of organizations.
www.unwatch.com /wipo.html   (201 words)

  
 Corporate Counsel Center - Intellectual Property
American Intellectual Property Law Association National bar association of lawyers in the practice of patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property.
Intellectual Property Owners Association Association includes companies, universities, inventors, authors, executives and attorneys.
National Council of Intellectual Property Associations Non-profit organization of local, regional and national intellectual property law associations.
corporate.findlaw.com /industry/intellectual/index.html   (606 words)

  
 Intellectual Property Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa, November 12 to 14, 2003
In the framework of a cooperation agreement between the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the ECA, a Subregional workshop on Strategy for Acquisition, Effective management and Dissemination of Intellectual Property Information organised from November 12 - 14, 2003 at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa - Ethiopia.
The purpose of the workshop was to provide senior officials of industrial and intellectual property offices and research institutions with an opportunity to acquaint them with existing information tools and develop a strategy for adequate information management and efficient dissemination of intellectual property information.
www.uneca.org /aisi/ipr.htm   (409 words)

  
 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
The results of a WIPO-UPOV Symposium, held on October 24, 2003, in Geneva, were clear: progress in plant biotechnology is important for all countries, developed and developing, and requires appropriate protection of intellectual property rights.
In this regard, patents and plant breeders’ rights are both needed and often combined in protection and promotion of plant biotechnology.
This WIPO-UPOV Symposium attracted some 200 participants, including representatives of governments, international organizations, academics and legal experts, as well as companies active in biotechnology and plant breeding.
www.upov.int /en/documents/Symposium2003/intro_index.html   (210 words)

  
 UNIDO - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) SME UPDATE - June 2002
At each stage of the process, intellectual property protection may have a role to play.
The SMEs Division of WIPO made presentations on "The international intellectual property system and its branches in Africa", "Intellectual property, a valuable business asset", and presented a case study of an African entrepreneur.
SEMINAR FOR ITALIAN SMEs A seminar on intellectual property for SMEs was held in Giardini-Naxos (Sicily) on the occasion of the PATLIB conference organized by the European Patent Office in cooperation with the Italian Patents and Trademarks Office.
www.unido.org /doc/5132   (969 words)

  
 The Unlawful WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
I believe I can prove the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) are unlawful frauds who act against the legal rights of individuals and businesses that are subjected to ICANN domain registration complaints which the WIPO adjudicate.
I aim to show you how the World Intellectual Property Organization is not an organization which justly decides whether a domain belongs with one party or another, but a vehicle for Trademark owners to circumvent higher legal rights of the defendents; the WIPO effectively deny justice.
I hope to illustrate exactly to you that the WIPO is one of those “Old school tie” organizations that deny justice not practise it.
www.balidiscovery.org.uk /wipo.html   (2182 words)

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