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United States Alleges WIPO Broadcast Treaty Exceeds General Assembly Mandate, Fails to Endorse Signal-Based Approach

Sean Flynn GENEVA. At this week’s WIPO General Assembly, the United States for the first time alleged that the current draft of the WIPO Broadcast Treaty “exceeds the General Assembly mandate” that it be “signal-based” and limited to “traditional” broadcasters. The US stopped short, however, from calling for a purely signal-based treaty, instead repeating its […]

WIPO Treaty on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge Harmonizes Disclosure and Remedies

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin=”-107px|||||”] The World Intellectual Property Organization adopted a landmark treaty mandating that members require disclosure of genetic resources (GR) and associated traditional knowledge (TK) in patent applications and limiting remedies for non-compliance.[1] The […]

Trading Harmonization for Limitations on Revocation in the President’s Penultimate Draft

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”27px|||||” custom_margin=”-77px|auto||auto||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”] A President’s draft was announced in the 9pm session on May 22 of the of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s negotiation of a treaty (see infra) on “Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge […]

Article 6 of the WIPO IGC Treaty: Restraining Revocation

Article 6, including authorizations to revoke patents for a failure to disclose genetic resources (“GR”) or associated traditional knowledge (“TK”) has emerged as another contentious issue in this week’s negotiation of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) diplomatic conference on an instrument on “Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources” (aka […]

Sanctions for Non Disclosure, as Set Out in Article 6 of the WIPO Basic Proposal on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Should Include Possible Revocation of a Patent

James Love and Claire Cassedy, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) The basic proposal for an international legal instrument relating to intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources prepared by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Secretariat (GRATK/DC/3) sets out in its Article 3 a narrow obligation to disclose (1) the country of […]