Property

Major accounting firm clears UN intellectual property body of corruption allegations

13 December 2005
A major accounting firm auditing the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in the wake of media allegations of corruption has stated that it “cannot conclude that certain employees of WIPO and third parties concerned might have committed any fraud or dishonest acts,” the agency said today.

UN intellectual property agency ends annual meeting with plans to tackle broadcast piracy

5 October 2005
The United Nations agency that protects intellectual property wound up its annual General Assembly today, having made a range of decisions from giving the poorest countries a deep discount on fees for trademark registration to laying the groundwork for a treaty tackling signal piracy in broadcasting.

UN intellectual property watchdog launches online forum on information society

1 June 2005
The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today launched a two-week online forum designed to provide opportunities for all to engage and shape the emerging debate on the value of intellectual property protection in today’s information-driven society.

UN intellectual property watchdog set to discuss indigenous ownership next month

26 May 2005
Two draft provisions – one on protecting traditional cultural expression and folklore, the other for protecting traditional knowledge – are ready for consideration at a meeting of a United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) committee early next month, according to a senior WIPO official.

UN intellectual rights protector places more developing country issues on agenda

14 April 2005
Saying it has made "a major shift in priorities and direction" since its last meeting two years ago, a committee on development in the United Nations agency on intellectual property rights says developing countries must devise policies and strategies that turn their traditional knowledge, healing arts and culture into national assets.

UN intellectual property organization offers courses from next week

24 February 2005
With disputes over rights to inventions, discoveries and traditional knowledge sometimes leading to expensive lawsuits, the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) prepares to accept new students next week for its online courses.
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Poorer countries must find new ways of protecting intellectual property, World Bank says

3 February 2005
Poor countries and peoples can reap the benefits of turning their own knowledge into commercial success if they find new ways of protecting and commercializing that information when the patent laws and the costly compliance of the rich countries fail to serve them, World Bank officials say.