wipo treaty

WIPO promises quick-fix patent procedure

News The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has passed a treaty that will simplify and reduce the costs of the patenting procedure. The patent law treaty (PLT) was finalised last week at the end of a WIPO diplomatic conference in Geneva and...

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[05 Jun 2000]

US government throws its weight behind WIPO copyright standards

News The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) contain a general update of the legal principles underpinning international protection of copyright and the rights of performers and phonogram producers on the...

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[15 Sep 1999]

Nine point ecommerce agenda mapped out at WIPO summit

News The organisation is lobbying national governments to sign its two Internet treaties - the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty - before December 2001. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has detailed...

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[20 Sep 1999]

WIPO to set up worldwide patent database

News The project known as the IMPACT (Information Management for the Patent Cooperation Treaty) aims to automate patent processing which has been straining under increasing numbers of applications over the last two decades.

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[12 Jan 2000]

Official: file-sharing legal

News In the US, the provisions of that treaty were implemented in the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The country has not yet ratified World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) treaties that contain more specific language saying...

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[01 Apr 2004]

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. An online culture built around user-generated content on websites such...

Tags: netcasting, webcasting, wipo, copyright

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[06 Sep 2006]

Webcasting ejected from broadcasting treaty

News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Friday welcomed the news that webcasting will no longer be included in the World Intellectual Property Organization's (Wipo) broadcasting treaty. The Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations...

Tags: webcasting, wipo, copyright, drm

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[09 May 2006]