[Upd-discuss] KEI Brownbag re WIPO Development Agenda February 9, 2007

[Judit Rius Sanjuan]

Dear Colleagues,
> Mark your calendar:  February 9, 2007 12:30-2:30 at 1621 Connecticut
> Avenue NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 2009 -- Brown bag/briefing
> regarding the WIPO Developement Agenda.
>
> The Third Session of the Provisional Committee on Proposals related
> to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA) will be held in Geneva (February
> 19-23, 2007).
>
> Background: in 2004, a group of 14 countries requested the WIPO
> General Assembly to consider a proposal that would include the
> following:
>
> evaluation of norm setting activities of WIPO
> examination of the mandate and goververnance of WIPO
> faciliation of technology transfer
> promotion of appropriate measures for technical assistance
>
> Following this, more than a hundred proposals were put on the table
> by member states.  At the 2d Session of the PCDA there was no
> consensus; the Kyrgyz Republic tabled a proposal for the General
> Assembly consideration containing 41 recommendations (Doc PCDA/2/3)
> [identical to Chair's conclusions that were rejected at the 2d
> session].  We have now 6 clusters under labels such as technical
> assistance and capacity building, norm setting, flexibilities, public
> and public domain, technology transfer, information and communication
> technology (ICT) and access to knowledge, institutional matters
> incuding mandate and governance and other issues. These are described
> as "low hanging fruits" or non controversial and will be discussed at
> the 3rd Session.  The tough issues, at the core of the Friends of
> Development request, will be discussed at the 4th session in June.
>
> First link (Kyrgyz Republic) proposal:
> http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=63532
>
> 2nd: Report from WIPO PCDA (2nd session)
> http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=66912
>
> We invited the following experts to inform us about the context and
> substance of the discussions: (Confirmed discussants) Paul Salmon
> (USPTO), David Carson (Copyright Office), Robert M. Watts (State
> Depart.) Suzanne Stoll (WIPO), Thiru Balasubramaniam (KEI), James
> Love (KEI); (Invited) Neil Graham (LOC) and Michael Shapiro (USPTO)
>
> Contact: Manon Ress:  manon.ress@cptech.org or Thiru
> Balasubramaniam:  thiru@cptech.org
>
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Judit Rius Sanjuan
Attorney
judit.rius@cptech.org
www.cptech.org

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