[Ecommerce] Ecommerce Roundtable June 18, 2003

[Manon Anne Ress]

Mark your calendar for Ecommerce Roundtable on June 18, 2-4pm (location TBA)

1. Update on the UNCITRAL electronic contract formation project with 
members of the US Delegation.  Main issues are whether consumers will be 
excluded in some fashion and whether the IP exclusion will stay. There's 
also question on whether the scope of the convention is going to expand.
Working Group IV (E-commerce) met for 41st session, 5-9 May 2003, New 
York.  Agenda and more at:  http://www.uncitral.org/en-index.htm

2. Update on WIPO Broadcasters' rights Treaty.  Broadcasters want rights 
to protect themselves from signal piracy.  There are many issues such as 
ISPs' liability, applicable law in international infringements, resale 
rights, technological measures and questions such as whether the treaty 
is going to grant broadcasters additional economic rights interfering 
with existing rights such as distribution rights? Wipo's meeting on this 
is June  23-27, 2003.  Database treaty is also on the agenda.
http://www.wipo.org/news/en/index.html?wipo_content_frame=/news/en/conferences.html


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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
www.cptech.org
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
manon.ress@cptech.org, voice: 1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176