WIPO Magazine

Summary

2009 Assemblies - Member States Give Strong Support

Transform ideas into reality. IGC wins support. Approved program and budget. Accelerated implementation of Development Agenda. Standing Committees. PCT Assembly appoints new authorities. Madrid Union Assembly. Appellations of Origin. Ministers endorse progress toward strategic goals. WIPO and Kenya to Intensify Collaboration on Patent Information. New Partnerships to improve the status of Performers. Signatories freeze the London Act of the Hague Agreement.

Creative Directions

Creative Directions, an intellectual property (IP) education initiative of the New Zealand Ministry of Education, is an online professional support kit designed to help teachers encourage student creativity and raise IP awareness. This article was submitted to the WIPO Magazine by the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand.1

Ecuador 2009 - A Bicentenary Celebration

Modern Expressions:. Echoes of the past:. Arriba, Arriba! - Classy Cacao!.

Enhancing Use Of Ip For Development

WIPO hosted an international conference on November 5 and 6 to help improve understanding among the donor community of the key developmental role of intellectual property (IP), to encourage their support for IP-related development projects and improve access by developing countries, particularly least developed countries (LDCs) and countries in Africa, to donor funding for such projects.

Improving The Status Of Performers Efforts And Perspectives

FIM and FIA. Efforts and perspectives. FIA - The voice of audiovisual performers worldwide By Dominick Luquer (FIA). The dilemma of modern technologies. FIM - Defending the rights of musicians. Activities. Operational program and activities. ILO - Working conditions and rights of performers.

Is Sampling Always Copyright Infringement?

In this article, Polish IP lawyers Tomasz Rychlicki and Adam Zielinski present a case for the recognition of musical works that use sampling to make new derivative works.

Legal Use Of Digital Content - Making It Clear And Simple

Is your organization still receiving daily deliveries of piles of newspapers and specialized journals for management and staff? Probably not. The Internet is now the preferred method of delivery and distribution of such content. But the legal use of digital content does raise a number of questions for the librarian or resource manager which Lesley Ellen Harris, a lawyer, author and educator specializing in copyright and licensing, will answer in this article. Ms. Harris publishes The Copyrigh...

The Inova Success Story - Technology Transfer In Brazil

In this article, journalist Rachel Bueno explains why the technology transfer office of the university that is her employer is considered a model for other Brazilian science and technology institutions.

The Song Remains The Same A Review of the Legalities of Music Sampling

This is an updated and abridged version of an article by Ben Challis, music industry lawyer and visiting professor in law, Buckinghamshire New University, first published on the Internet in 2003. It discusses the extent to which sampling copyrighted music and lyrics without permission is legal, providing relevant examples from U.K. and U.S. case law.

What You Don't Know About Trademarks

The two articles that follow were first published in the INTA Bulletin, the biweekly newsletter of the International Trademark Association. In the first, readers will discover that they all draw from the trademark graveyard and may even have contributed to trademark deaths. In the second, they will learn that dead trademarks can come back as zombies. Both articles were written by Timothy J. Lockhart, Willcox & Savage P.C. (U.S.), and member of the INTA Bulletin Features - Policy & Practice Su...

Wikimedia Licensing Policy Change - A Conundrum

Dr Herkko Hietanen, the contributor of this article, wrote his PhD thesis on Creative Commons licensing. He is a researcher at the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, a visiting scientist at MIT and a research fellow at Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard. He is also a partner of Turre Legal, a firm specialized in advising clients who use and develop open licensing services and products.