WIPO SCCR Side Events Offer Models For E-Lending, Music
The International Publishers Association (IPA) held a side event at the World Intellectual Property Organization on 1 July to present new business models related to e-book lending. And separately, WIPO...
View Article1 Billion Euro First Call For Projects Under EU-Industry Innovation Partnerships
The European Commission today launched the first call for projects of the EU Innovation Investment Package agreed last year. The investment package comprises seven public-private partnerships and four...
View ArticleSeed Treaty Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary; Focus On Funding, Collaborations
The International Seed Treaty held a celebratory high-level event recently to mark the tenth anniversary of its entry into force.
View ArticleMore Liability For Internet Intermediaries Could Raise Information Control,...
At the recent University of Geneva summer course on internet law, one panel addressed challenges and strategies for internet intermediaries facing an increased burden of intellectual property rights...
View ArticleUN Human Rights Council Takes Actions On Internet Rights, Corporations
At its recent session, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on the promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the internet. It also addressed a legally binding...
View ArticleWith 51 Ratifications, Nagoya Protocol To Enter Into Force In October
The Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources will enter into force on 12 October, following the ratification of 12 more countries last week.
View ArticleUNAIDS Gap Report: Need Smarter Scale-Up, Focus On People Left Behind
According to a report released today by the United Nations programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), around 19 million of the 35 million people living with HIV do not know that they have the virus. But if...
View ArticleCodex Alimentarius Adopts New Food Safety Recommendations
A joint United Nations commission on food safety this week has set several new standards on level of lead, arsenic and drugs appearing in food.
View ArticleSpecial Report: Update On Implementation Of The EU Patent Package
Significant progress has been made in the implementation of the European regulation to establish a European unitary patent and an international treaty which sets up a unified patent court. Given the...
View Article“Trade Matters” For BRICS In Africa, So Does Internet Connectivity
Last week’s World Trade Organization Public Forum hosted dozens of panels on the general theme of "why trade matters." A panel focusing on the role of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa...
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