Intellectual Property Rights and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
With 197 parties, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto...
Read MoreIntellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: Recent Developments in WIPO
Until recently, traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) were considered as belonging to the common heritage of humanity. As such, TK and TCEs...
Read MorePatent Law Issues under Debate at the International Level
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) was established in 1998 as a Member States’ committee (IGOs and...
Read MoreIntellectual Property, Technology Transfer and Economic Development
Technology is very important in modern production and distribution processes. It is what gives the competitive edge to economies and thus access to technology crucial...
Read MoreImplementation of the WIPO Development Agenda
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda is a Member States-driven process which seeks to place the “development dimension” at the core of the...
Read MoreInterface Between Intellectual Property and Competition Policy
Historically, there has been a recognition of the role of competition policy in balancing the exercise of intellectual property (IP) rights. Under the TRIPs framework,...
Read MoreIssues under Debate in International Intellectual Property and Public Policy According WIPO
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) aims to enable governments, businesses and individuals in all its 188 member states to realise the potential benefits of...
Read More1.1 Billion Licenses and Counting: Creative Commons State of the Commons Report
“Collaboration, sharing, and cooperation are a driving force for human evolution. Creative Commoners have known this fact all along, and recently there has been a flurry of...
Read MoreIntellectual property good for businesses
By Isaac Rutenberg** Last year’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi saw hundreds listen to US President Barack Obama outline his vision of Africa as a...
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