Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Working Lunch meeting on WIPO Assemblies

South Centre, through its Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme (IAKP) organized a working lunch for the Geneva delegates of developing countries in advance of the WIPO General Assembly from 22 to 30 September 2008.

Among other agenda items, areas which South Centre will be tracking as an intergovernmental observor at WIPO include:

  • Report on the sessions of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP)
  • Report on the Work of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), including the Protection of Audiovisual Performances and Protection of the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations
  • Report on the Work of the Advisory Committee on Enforcement (ACE), and the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Progress Report on the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC)
  • Report on the Work of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP)


issues, the WIPO General Assembly will be considering the progress of the WIPO Development Agenda when discussing the outcome of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP).

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