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WTO TRIPS Council Agenda: IP Key For New Businesses, Competition Law To Counter Abuses - Intellectual Property Watch World Trade Organization intellectual property committee members gather this week for their annual autumn session. On the agenda are now-usual topics looking at intellectual property from two perspectives: IP as an indispensable tool for innovation in particular in the new economy, and IP as a poten...

WIPO General Assemblies Close: External Offices, Composition Of Governing Bodies Pushed To 2019 - Intellectual Property Watch The annual World Intellectual Property Organization General Assemblies closed yesterday after 10 days of negotiations. Committee reports and audit and oversight reports were noted to the satisfaction of member states. The Assembly however had no choice yesterday but to push some off for another year...

Interview With The Korea IP Office's Acting Commissioner - Intellectual Property Watch Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Acting Commissioner Kim Tae Man is attending the annual World Intellectual Property Organization General Assembly this week. In that context, he sat down with Intellectual Property Watch, and in a mutually prepared Q&A, he described some of KIPO’s policie...

WIPO General Assemblies 2018: External Offices, Treaties, New African Collaborations - Intellectual Property Watch World Intellectual Property Organization members gather next week for their annual General Assemblies. Among the topics to be discussed is which countries will host new WIPO external offices in 2018-2019. Also on the agenda are the reports from various WIPO committees, with some raising the prospect...