Re: [fsl-discuss] Re: [Patents] FT on Geneva Declaration: Development Needs "Override Intellectual Property Protection"

[Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr>]

P.S.

If you do sign the declaration as an individual, do not forget to
specify any title you may have, if any (such as CEO of a company,
professor, union officier, association chair ...)



* Bernard Lang <Bernard.Lang@inria.fr>, le 01-10-04, a écrit:
> 
> 
> Additional info on this topic:
> 
> The Geneva Declaration is available in 3 languages (for the moment):
>   English, French and Spanish
>                                 with a lot of background material
> 
> at:   http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/genevadeclaration.html
> 
> Un excellent document  ... which I do encourage you to sign
> 
>     - as individuals
>     - as organisations
> 
> and I also encourage you to pass it on to others, on other lists.
> 
> Bernard
> 
> 
> PS  --> Seth Johnson
> 
> You seem to have access to lots of list ... I am not sure this reply
> will be accepted by all that you sent your first message to ... can
> you forward ?   Thanks.
> 
> 
> * Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org>, le 30-09-04, a écrit:
> > 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [Random-bits] FT on WIPO - Development needs 'override
> > intellectual property protection'
> > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 05:59:05 -0400
> > From: James Love <james.love@cptech.org>
> > To: random-bits@lists.essential.org
> > 
> > 
> > > http://news.ft.com/cms/s/87d93e54-127e-11d9-863e-00000e2511c8.html
> > 
> > 
> > Development needs 'override intellectual property protection'
> > 
> > 
> > By Frances Williams in Geneva
> > Published: September 30 2004 03:00 | Last updated: September 30
> > 2004 03:00
> > 
> > Five hundred scientists, academics, legal experts and consumer 
> > advocates, including two Nobel laureates, called yesterday for a
> > change  of course at the World Intellectual Property Organisation
> > to put  development concerns ahead of stronger intellectual
> > property rights.
> > 
> > The signatories of the so-called Geneva declaration on the future
> > of  Wipo include Sir John Sulston, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize
> > for  medicine, and Burton Richter, the 1976 physics laureate. The
> > declaration  also has the support of development groups such as
> > Oxfam and ActionAid.
> > 
> > "A 'one size fits all' approach that embraces the highest levels
> > of  intellectual property protection for everyone leads to unjust
> > and  burdensome outcomes for countries that are struggling to
> > meet the most  basic needs of their citizens," it says.
> > 
> > The declaration was launched ahead of a debate today at Wipo's
> > annual  assembly on a proposal by Brazil and Argentina for a Wipo
> > "development  agenda".
> > 
> > Their proposal includes the negotiation of a Wipo treaty to
> > promote  developing-country access to knowledge and technology,
> > and work on how  collaborative information-sharing mechanisms -
> > exemplified by the  worldwide web and the human genome project -
> > can stimulate innovation.
> > 
> > Although the two members have support from developing countries
> > in Latin  America and Africa, the proposal is opposed by
> > industrialised nations,  which argue that Wipo is already
> > responding to development needs.
> > 
> > Wipo was established in 1967 to promote intellectual property
> > protection  but in 1974, when it became a United Nations agency,
> > the organisation's  mission was expanded to include "appropriate
> > action to promote creative  intellectual activity" and the
> > facilitation of technology transfer to  poor countries.
> > 
> > However, supporters of a "development agenda" claim that, under
> > pressure  from industrialised nations, Wipo continues to give
> > undue weight to  strengthening intellectual property rights such
> > as patents, trademarks  and copyright, at the expense of the
> > public interest and other means of  fostering innovation and
> > creativity.
> > 
> > Developing countries complain that excessive intellectual
> > property  protection denies them access to new technologies and
> > research findings,  while many scientists and researchers argue
> > that stringent intellectual  property rights threaten to become a
> > drag on scientific and cultural  advance. www.wipo.org
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > James Love | Consumer Project on Technology
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