Content tagged WIPO
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- IFLA Leads Open Letter on Intellectual Property and COVID-19
Faced with the urgent need to combat the COVID-19 Pandemic and its consequences, it is vital to ensure that intellectual property laws and practices do not become a blockage. IFLA, working with...
News - 3 April 2020
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- WIPO Nominates Daren Tang as New Director General
The UN agency that manages the global intellectual property system – including copyright – has nominated a new Director General. As the current Chair of the organisation’s...
News - 10 March 2020
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- WIPO Member States Meet to Choose a New Director General
This week, the Coordinating Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization meets to take a provisional decision on a new Director General. Getting the right candidate could provide...
News - 4 March 2020
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- What They Said at SCCR 39
The latest meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) saw further discussions about how to get the best laws...
Publication - 19 December 2019
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Exceptions and limitations, WIPO, Reports, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Promoting Access to Knowledge and Information: WIPO Members Affirm Role in Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals
From 30 September to 9 October 2019, the General Assemblies of the World Intellectual Property Organization took place in Geneva, Switzerland. WIPO is the...
News - 7 October 2019
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Progress on Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright in Latin America and the Caribbean
The third and final WIPO regional seminar on exceptions and limitations took place in Santo Domingo on 4-5 July. It looked into the copyright rules that define whether libraries, archives,...
News - 15 July 2019
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Dominican Republic, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- WIPO Action Plans on Exceptions and Limitations
At the 36th session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Member States agreed on an action plan on exceptions...
Publication - 8 June 2019
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Webinar de la IFLA sobre la reunión regional de la OMPI para América Latina y el Caribe
Una ley de derechos de autor adaptada al mundo digital y equilibrada es clave para que las bibliotecas puedan llevar a cabo su misión de interés público....
Publication - 5 June 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO Latin America and the Caribbean regional meeting
Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...
Publication - 5 June 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars
- Webinaire de l'IFLA sur la réunion régionale africaine de l'OMPI
Des lois de droit d’auteur modernes et équilibrées sont essentielles à la réalisation de la mission d'intérêt public des biblioth...
Publication - 7 May 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO African regional meeting
Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...
Publication - 6 May 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Africa, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars
- A Solid Start: Asia-Pacific Government Representatives Stress Need for International Action for Libraries at Singapore Workshop
The first of three WIPO regional workshops focusing on the copyright needs of libraries, as well as archives, museums, education and research, took place in Singapore on 29-30 April. The...
News - 1 May 2019
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, Singapore, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Copyright in the Asia-Pacific Region: the Right Rules for Libraries?
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is organising three regional seminars to understand how far copyright rules meet the needs of libraries around the world. The first one starts...
News - 27 April 2019
Tags: Access to information, Asia and Oceania, Copyright, Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA webinar on the WIPO Asia-Pacific regional meeting
Modern, balanced copyright laws are key to the fulfilment of libraries’ public interest mission. Outdated or inadequate legislation hampers democratic access to information and the...
Publication - 19 March 2019
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Asia and Oceania, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Webinars
- Briefing: WIPO Best Practice Guide on Collective Management Organisations
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has published a best practice toolkit on collective management organisations. This brief offers an overview of the toolkit, and suggests how it can be...
Publication - 25 November 2018
Tags: Access to knowledge, collective management, Copyright, WIPO, Briefings, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Copyright, Access and the SDGs: IFLA at the WIPO General Assembly
The World Intellectual Property Organisation’s annual General Assembly saw exciting announcements around the Marrakesh Treaty, welcome support for better laws for libraries,...
News - 4 October 2018
Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Marrakesh Treaty, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- World Intellectual Property Organisation General Assembly
The annual general assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation – WIPO – offers a chance to take a strategic look at the Organisation’s work across the...
Event - 24 September 2018
Tags: Access to information, Conference, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Provide Access, Protect Rights, Promote Development – IFLA at WIPO General Assembly 2018
The annual general assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation – WIPO – offers a chance to take a strategic look at the Organisation’s work across the board...
News - 24 September 2018
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Better Laws, Better Practices: IFLA Active for Libraries on Copyright
Following the launch of a guide to implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty and a statement on copyright literacy at the World Library and Information Congress, IFLA has continued to make the case...
News - 10 September 2018
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Towards Action: IFLA Returns to Geneva for the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
The 36th session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) will focus on defining action plans on copyright...
News - 28 May 2018
Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Copyright exceptions and limitations, Switzerland, WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organisation, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Supporting Quality Information: IFLA, Publishers' Organisations Issue Joint Press Release
Production of, and access to ideas, information and knowledge are essential to scientific progress and broader wellbeing. With publishers and libraries both involved in delivering this, it is...
News - 15 March 2018
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Preservation, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Press Release: Supporting Quality Information: Libraries and Publishers Dialogue (2018)
The Hague, Geneva, Oxford, 15th March 2018 — Libraries and publishers both play an essential role in the production of, and the provision of access to, creativity and knowledge. In their...
Publication - 15 March 2018
Tags: Access to information, Copyright, Preservation, WIPO, Press Release, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements
- With Strong Libraries, Everyone Can Learn: Cameroonian Librarians Engage at WIPO Conference
Around the world, libraries are at the heart of education institutions, giving access to the materials students and teachers need. This role is as crucial in Africa as elsewhere, given that for...
News - 12 December 2017
Tags: Access to knowledge, Cameroon, Copyright, Education, WIPO
- Continuing the Fight for Access to Knowledge – IFLA Returns to Geneva
Libraries in too many countries around the world lack the basic laws needed to do the best by their communities. And even where laws exist, they frequently fail to take account of the realities of...
News - 13 November 2016
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- A Better Deal for Libraries and their Users: IFLA Addresses World Intellectual Property Meeting
IFLA took the floor three times during the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva, calling on ministers, heads of intellectual property offices...
News - 7 October 2016
Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, WIPO, WIPO GA, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 33 (SCCR 33)
The 33rd meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).
Event - 30 August 2016
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Intellectual property, Meeting, SCCR, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA Welcomes Proposed New WIPO Deputy Director General
IFLA, alongside other civil society organisations from across the libraries, archives, and museums sector and beyond, engages closely in discussions at the World Intellectual Property Organization...
News - 26 July 2016
Tags: Copyright, SCCR, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Access to Information for the Visually Impaired – Latin American Libraries Stand Ready to Help
When countries around the world came together to discuss how to give visually impaired people easier access to books, libraries were at the heart of the drive for an ambitious, legally binding...
News - 4 July 2016
Tags: Access to information, Marrakesh Treaty, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Major Step for Access to Knowledge for Visually Impaired
Canada's ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty starts the clock ticking towards its entry into force, giving some of the most vulnerable people in the world much wider access to works of...
News - 30 June 2016
Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Un grand pas en avant en matière de l’accès au savoir pour les déficients visuels
La ratification canadienne du Traité de Marrakech signifie que la date de son entrée en force est maintenant fixée pour le 30 septembre. Ce Traité...
News - 30 June 2016
Tags: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Keeping up the Pressure in Geneva – A Report from WIPO
Libraries and archives made a strong showing in the 32nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR),...
News - 24 May 2016
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- From the Small Print to the Headlines: IFLA Engages for International Copyright Reform at WIPO
IFLA will be represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) next week. Talk of copyright is normally...
News - 6 May 2016
Tags: Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Archives, Copyright, Copyright reform, Cultural heritage, Development, Digital resources, Freedom of information, Information policies, International cooperation, Policy, Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Cross-border collaboration emphasized at WIPO SCCR 31
Discussion of exceptions and limitations to enable access to information continued last week at the 31st meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights at WIPO. IFLA...
News - 15 December 2015
Tags: Copyright, Copyright framework, EU Copyright Consultation, Geneva, SCCR, Switzerland, WIPO
- Licensing not the answer: IFLA seeks minimum exceptions at WIPO SCCR
Next week, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)will once again meet to discuss exceptions and limitations for...
News - 24 June 2015
- WIPO General Assembly Fails to Draw any Conclusions on Exceptions and Limitations
The 46th General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation ended last night in Geneva with no agreement on a number of topics, including the future work of the Standing Committee on...
News - 1 October 2014
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, WIPO
- EU rejects international solution to library and archive copyright problems; causes collapse of WIPO meeting
[Media Release] [Additional Quotes] Discussions by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) broke down in the...
News - 6 May 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA advocates for copyright treaty for libraries and archives in Geneva
Next week discussions regarding an international framework on copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives will recommence once again at the World Intellectual Property...
News - 23 April 2014
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO
- EU Parliament breakfast discusses the copyright needs of libraries
Yesterday morning, Thursday 20th March, IFLA together with the Copyright 4 Creativity coalition (C4C) organized a breakfast debate in the EU Parliament to discuss whether existing...
News - 21 March 2014
Tags: Access to information, C4C, Copyright, EU Copyright Consultation, Marrakesh Treaty, Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR), WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- International discussions on copyright exceptions for libraries and archives re-commence today
Today, on the third day of negotiations at the 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) at WIPO headquarters in Geneva, discussions regarding copyright...
News - 18 December 2013
Tags: Advocacy, Copyright, Switzerland, WIPO
- IFLA Welcomes WIPO Treaty for Blind and Print Disabled People
Following two weeks of negotiations in Marrakech, Morocco, Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) formally adopted a ‘Treaty to Improve Access to...
News - 27 June 2013
Tags: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Copyright, Morocco, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Week two at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh
The WIPO Diplomatic Conference to conclude a Treaty to facilitate access to published works by visually impaired persons and persons with print disabilities has now entered its...
News - 25 June 2013
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, Copyright, Morocco, Services to the visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR): 25th Session
25th Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, Geneva, 19-23 November 2012. Start of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights 25 (SCCR25...
Informational Page - 17 December 2012
Tags: SCCR, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Conclusions from the 25th Meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
The 25th Meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) concluded on Friday 24th November with some progress made towards the concluding of an international...
News - 26 November 2012
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, SCCR25, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA-EIFL-CLA Statement on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at SCCR 25
During the plenary discussion on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd November at the 25th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, the Chair of IFLA'...
News - 22 November 2012
Tags: Access to information, Advocacy, SCCR25, Switzerland, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA, EIFL, ICA and German Library Association Statement on a Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 25
The first two days of the 25th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) have seen Member States working in small groups to finalise a text for a treaty for...
News - 21 November 2012
Tags: Access to information, Print disabilities, SCCR25, Switzerland, Visually impaired, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR): 24th Session
The 24th meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR/24) concluded in the early hours of the morning on July 26th,...
Informational Page - 30 August 2012
Tags: WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR): 23rd Session
The 23rd session of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) ended on 2nd December 2011. IFLA welcomes the significant progress...
Informational Page - 5 December 2011
Tags: Copyright, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Full report on 22nd Session of WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva
Significant progress was made on exceptions and limitations for persons with print and other reading disabilities at the 22nd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights...
News - 1 July 2011
Tags: Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, Print disabilities, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA-WIPO reception well attended
In conjunction with the WIPO-SCCR meeting in Geneva, IFLA co-hosted a reception with the World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO) on Tuesday 21st June 2011. Representatives from WIPO...
News - 24 June 2011
Tags: Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- IFLA welcomes proposed WIPO instrument to increase access to information for persons with reading disabilities
At the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva, Winston Tabb, Chair of IFLA's CLM Committee, made a statement on the proposed consensus instrument that has been produced during negotiations on copyright...
News - 22 June 2011
Tags: Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Just Released: Draft Treaty on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives
After wide consultation with librarians, representatives of Member States and other knowledgeable individuals, IFLA's working group has developed a "Treaty on Copyright Exceptions and...
News - 14 April 2011
Tags: Announcement, Copyright, Exceptions and limitations, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Treaty Proposal on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
In 2004, Chile recommended that the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) undertake a review of the current state of...
Publication - 14 April 2011
Tags: Archives, WIPO, Drafts, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)
- Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in the Digital Environment: An International Library Perspective (2004)
Further information on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives. Revised after IFLA Buenos Aires 2004 Summary The International Federation of...
Publication - 31 March 2009
Tags: Copyright, TRIPS, WIPO, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters), Statements