[Ecommerce] Story on WIPO's GA in Angola Press

[Manon Ress]

Some of the points raised in the story are not that clear to me ...but
we have to wait for the report.  Probably ready in a couple of weeks.

QUOTE:

WIPO annual meeting concludes

GENEVA,10/06 - The annual assemblies of the member states of the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) concluded on Tuesday following
a review of activities over the past year and agreement on the agenda
for the next year.

SNIP

Member states reviewed the status of consultations on outstanding issues
relating to the protection of audiovisual performances and decided on
future action on this question.

The Assembly asked a subsidiary body on copyright to pursue its efforts
towards the eventual conclusion of an international instrument on the
protection of broadcasting organizations to update international
intellectual property standards for broadcasting in the information age.

Member states agreed on the convening of a diplomatic conference on the
revision of a key international treaty that will further simplify and
streamline procedures relating to the registration of trademarks.

The Assembly reviewed the work of the WIPO Advisory Committee on
Enforcement (ACE) and encouraged the ACE to continue its work.

It reviewed the work of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on
Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and
Folklore (IGC), in view of the expectations that this key forum should
accelerate towards international outcomes on the issues under its mandate.

It also considered a key aspect of the linkage between the patent system
and legal regimes governing access to genetic resources and equitably
sharing benefits from the use of these resources.

The Assembly agreed to further examine a proposal originally presented
by a group of developing countries to enhance the development dimension
in all of WIPO`s work

http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=287344
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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
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