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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) website: www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en
sitio web de la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI): http://www.wipo.int/index.html.es
site web de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OMPI): http://www.wipo.int/index.html.fr
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Intl. arbitration tribunal on business & human rights could be a new way to offer victims "access to fair justice", says Claes Cronstedt
Author: Claes Cronstedt, Working Group on International Arbitration Tribunal on Business and Human Rights
"International Arbitration Tribunal on Business and Human Rights: Reshaping Access to Remedy", 29 Sep 2014...
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Indigenous Panel At WIPO Asks For International Instrument Compliant With Recognised Rights
Author: Maëli Astruc, Intellectual Property Watch
A panel addressing negotiators...at the World Intellectual Property Organization asserted the property rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities over traditional knowledge and genetic resources and called on delegates to draft an international...
The Human Rights-Related Aspects of Indigenous Knowledge in the Context of Common Law Equitable Doctrines and Implications of the Kiobel Decision
Author: Lydie Pierre-Louis, David Orozco & Kevin J. McGarry
This article will examine the nexus between human rights; knowledge produced, maintained, and regulated by indigenous societies; and equitable principles inherent within private contract law. The issue of indigenous knowledge has generated significant...
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Felipe Vicini, Vicini Group lost legal attack on Dominican Watchdog [Dominican Republic]
Author: Dominican Watchdog [Dominican Republic]
Felipe Vicini owner of Vicini Group, one of the biggest industrial groups in the Dominican Republic, lost his personal and corporate legal attack on Dominican Watchdog. Felipe Vicini and Vicini Group claimed the right to domains controlled by Dominican...
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Cordillera Tribes Heighten Struggle Against Large-Scale Mines in Chico River Watersheds [Phillipines]
Author: Arthur L. Allad-Iw, Bulatlat [Philippines]
…[T]ribal elders in [Mountain P]rovince…are renewing their cooperation...in their new struggle to defend their domain from the threat brought by pending large-scale mining applications...[M]ine applications covering vast tracts of their ancestral...
G8 Summit Strengthens IP Protection; May Undercut Compulsory Licensing
Author: Monika Ermert and and Tove Gerhardsen, Intellectual Property Watch
The strengthening of intellectual property rights protection...and the possible establishment of an “IPR Task Force focussing on anti-counterfeiting and piracy” are among decisions to be taken at the G8 Summit...Non-governmental organizations...are...
"Intellectual Property, Development & Human Rights - How Human Rights Can Support Proposals for a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda"
[PDF] Policy Brief on Intellectual Property, Development and Human Rights - How Human Rights Can Support Proposals for a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Development Agenda
Author: 3D -> Trade – Human Rights – Equitable Economy
Strict IP [intellectual property] rules have had an adverse impact on the ability of many governments to fulfil their human rights obligations,...obligations to ensure access to affordable medicines, educational goods and adequate food...The purpose of...
Author: 3D -> Trade – Human Rights – Equitable Economy
Les règles strictes en matière de propriété intellectuelle ont eu des conséquences négatives sur la capacité de nombreux gouvernements à respecter leurs obligations à l’égard des droits humains, notamment l’obligation d’assurer l’accès à des...