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<title>WIPO Director General Welcomes Moves to Enhance Protection of Traditional Knowledge &amp; Folklore in Africa</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WIPO Director General Francis Gurry has welcomed the adoption by member states of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) of a new legal instrument that seeks to protect African traditional knowledge and folklore.]]></description>



<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate>

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<title>WIPO and CERN Sign Cooperation Agreement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WIPO Director General Francis Gurry and the Director General of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer, signed an agreement on August 20, 2010 designed to strengthen collaboration between the two organizations.]]></description>



<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:14:00 +0200</pubDate>

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<title>Experts Break New Ground in Traditional Cultural Expression Talks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Experts from WIPO member states rolled up their sleeves this week and got down to the nitty-gritty of discussions aimed at reaching agreement on an international legal instrument (or instruments) to ensure the effective protection of traditional knowledge (TK), traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) and genetic resources (GRs). Their work focused on what is considered to be the most mature of the three subjects - TCEs - covered by the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC).]]></description>



<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:40:00 +0200</pubDate>

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<title>WIPO Director General Holds High Level Talks in Bangladesh, Addresses LDCs Forum</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WIPO Director General Francis Gurry wrapped up a three day official visit to Dhaka on July 20, 2010 during which he held a series of high level meetings, including with the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina.  Talks focused on ways to enhance cooperation between WIPO and Bangladesh as well as a range of issues of interest to least developed countries as a whole.  Mr. Gurry also presented to the Prime Minister the results of a WIPO-commissioned study on traditional cultural expressions (TCEs) of Bangladesh.]]></description>



<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate>

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<title>Member States Address Non-Traditional Marks, Advance Work on Industrial Designs</title>
<author>WIPO</author>
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<description><![CDATA[WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) met from June 30 to July 2, 2010 to address industrial design law issues, the protection of state names against registration or use as trademarks, grounds of refusal for trademark registration and collective and certification marks.]]></description>



<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:46:00 +0200</pubDate>

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<title>WIPO and Ukraine Agree on Closer Collaboration</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WIPO Director General Francis Gurry wrapped up an official visit to Ukraine this week (June 29 to July 1, 2010) during which he met a number of high level Government representatives, including Mr. Volodymyr Semynozhenko, Vice Prime Minister and Mr. Dmytro Tabachnyk, Minister for Education and Science.]]></description>



<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:44:00 +0200</pubDate>

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<title>A technical symposium on "Access to Medicines: Pricing and Procurement Practices</title>
<author>WIPO</author>
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<description><![CDATA[The WHO, WIPO and the WTO are jointly organizing a Symposium at technical level on Access to Medicines:  Pricing and Procurement Practices on July 16, 2010 at the Centre William Rappard in the WTO in Geneva]]></description>



<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate>

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<title>Member States Discuss Key Copyright Issues</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WIPO’s top copyright negotiating body this week discussed better access to copyright-protected works for the blind, visually impaired (VIP) and other reading-disabled persons, as well as updating the rights of broadcasting organizations.  The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), meeting from June 21-24, also reviewed the status of discussions on updating the rights of performers in their audiovisual performances, calling for concrete proposals to advance negotiations.]]></description>



<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:05:00 +0200</pubDate>

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<title>PCT Member States Agree on Steps to Enhance Benefits of International Patent System for all Countries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Member states of WIPO’s Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) – a cost-effective mechanism that facilitates the process of obtaining international patent protection – endorsed a series of recommendations to enhance the PCT’s contribution in improving the quality of granted patents and to make the international patent system more useful to developing countries.  This came at the end of a round of discussions by PCT member states within the context of the PCT Working Group from June 14 to 18, 2010.]]></description>



<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:20:00 +0200</pubDate>

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<title>Director General Concludes Round of Meetings with Top Tunisian Officials</title>
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<description><![CDATA[WIPO Director General Francis Gurry concluded on June 8, 2010 a two-day official visit to Tunisia during which he met Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi to discuss the role of intellectual property (IP) in stimulating innovation and development and ways to strengthen cooperation between WIPO and Tunisia.]]></description>



<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:51:00 +0200</pubDate>

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