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WIPO promises quick-fix patent procedure

News The patent law treaty (PLT) was finalised last week at the end of a WIPO diplomatic conference in Geneva and signed by 43 countries, including the United Kingdom. WIPO director general Dr Kamil Idris welcomed the adoption of the PLT and explained...

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[05 Jun 2000]

WIPO to set up worldwide patent database

News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has signed a major contract with a consortium of IT vendors to supply a database system to handle worldwide patent applications. The WIPO claims IMPACT is the largest single IT project ever...

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[12 Jan 2000]

Patents to cost less

News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has confirmed its plans to cut patent registration costs. A representative of the WIPO - a division of the United Nations that controls the global patent service and other property rights issues...

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[16 Sep 1998]

The Bloor Perspective: Concorde and conferencing, that IPR retreat and Xbox lessons

Comment It is, therefore, bemusing that the US Director of International Relations for the US Patent and Trademark Office apparently opposed such a meeting, claiming that such a meeting would run against the mission of WIPO to promote intellectual...

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[10 Nov 2003]

Copyright tussle looming over online video?

News The World Intellectual Property Organization, or Wipo, a specialised arm of the UN, gave the go-ahead in 2003 to begin drafting the treaty but a final version is still pending. Jule Sigall, the US Copyright Office official who led the roundtable...

Tags: netcasting, webcasting, wipo, copyright

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[06 Sep 2006]