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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04OTTAWA2995 |
CANADA: SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN [...] Poloff delivered the demarche (per reftel) on support for Israel's full, active membership in both Group B at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the Industrial Market Economy Countries (IMEC) at the International Labor Organization (ILO), to Peter Taylor, Deputy Director [...] |
2004-11-08 20:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KIPR IS CA UNEP WIPO ILO |
| 04ROME4280 |
ITALIAN VIEWS ON ISRAELI WEOG MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Pol M/C discussed reftel demarche with key MFA officials on November 5. While our Italian interlocutors are sympathetic to Israel's membership in consultative groups at selected UN agencies, it is unlikely to take action in the absence of EU consensus and pending the outcome of UN [...] |
2004-11-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PHUM PREL AORC KIPR IS IT UNEP WIPO ILO IAEA |
| 04THEHAGUE2870 |
EU/NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S [...] (C) The EU has been discussing how Israel might participate in WEOG meetings outside New York, according to Pieter Ramaer (Head of Legal and Political Affairs, MFA UN Department). Speaking with Poloff about reftel on November 5, Ramaer said the recent CONUN meeting in Brussels considered Is [...] |
2004-11-05 15:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KIPR IS NL UNEP WIPO ILO EUN |
| 04THEHAGUE2990 |
UN/EU/WEOG/ISRAEL: EU MAY RELENT AT CND, UNEP, ILO [...] (C) The EU is looking anew at ways to include Israel in WEOG deliberations, particularly in the CND, UNEP and IOL, Pieter Ramaer (MFA deputy in the UN department) told Poloff November 16. At the EU's CONUN meeting November 15, Ramaer reported, the Dutch circulated our ref b notes (that we ha [...] |
2004-11-17 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IS NL KCRM UNEP WIPO ILO EUN |
| 05AMMAN2608 |
WIPO SESSION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND [...] Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to counterparts in the Jordanian Ministry of Industry and Trade and to the National Library, which has responsibility for IPR enforcement issues. While GOJ officials took on board the points and indicated general sympathy with the message, they were not yet [...] |
2005-03-29 18:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID OIIP JO WIPO |
| 05AMMAN2706 |
WIPO SESSION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT - [...] Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to counterparts in the Jordanian Ministry of Industry and Trade and to the National Library, which has responsibility for IPR enforcement issues. While GOJ officials took on board the points and indicated general sympathy with the message, they were not yet p [...] |
2005-04-03 04:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID OIIP JO WIPO |
| 05ASUNCION481 |
PARAGUAY: WIPO SESSION ON IPR AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 31, Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to the GOP's Director General of Intellectual Property, Astrid Weiler. Ms. Weiler, who has been a very effective advocate of intellectual property rights in Paraguay, said tha [...] |
2005-04-07 21:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR OIIP PA WIPO |
| 05BRATISLAVA274 |
SLOVAK RESPONSE TO WIPO SESSION ON IPR AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-01 12:59:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID KPAO OIIP LO WIPO |
| 05BRUSSELS850 |
ISRAEL IN IO'S: DRAFT EU ACTION PLAN SUGGESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Our EU interlocutors told us the EU plans to discuss Israeli membership in UN groups on March 8, after which the Luxembourg EU presidency will draft a formal reply to ref A demarche. In their estimation, the EU might support Israeli membership in the more &technical g [...] |
2005-03-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ELAB KIPR IS WIPO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05CAIRO2737 |
EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON WIPO IPR AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to senior-level officials in the following ministries and agencies responsible for intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and policy: Ministry of Foreign Trade and Industry; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Culture; Ministry of Communications and [...] |
2005-04-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EG WIPO EIAD |
| 05DUBLIN365 |
IRISH SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS FOR APRIL WIPO [...] On March 24, Post delivered reftel talking points to Jacob Rajan, Head of the Patents Section in the Intellectual Property Unit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE). Rajan had represented Ireland at the March 21-21 Munich meetings of the Working Group of Industrializ [...] |
2005-03-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID KPAO OIIP WIPO |
| 05DUBLIN387 |
IRISH SKEPTICAL OF ISRAELI MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS AT [...] On March 31, Post delivered reftel talking points to Julian Clare, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for UN Affairs. Clare said that Ireland was SIPDIS skeptical of proposals for Israeli membership in WEOG groups at UNEP, UN-HABITAT, and the CND, as well as Group B in WIP [...] |
2005-04-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB KIPR WIPO ILO |
| 05GENEVA1647 |
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) [...] The Eighth Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) was held in Geneva, Switzerland from June 6-10, 2005. The U.S. Delegation Consisted of Dominic Keatin [...] |
2005-07-05 12:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 05GENEVA1648 |
WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS [...] (U) The WIPO SCP met June 1 and 2, 2005, at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva to once again discuss proposals for moving work on substantive patent law harmonization forward. No agreement was reached, thus calling into question whether WIPO is the appropriate venue for achieving harmonization. END [...] |
2005-07-05 12:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 05GENEVA1743 |
ADDITIONAL FY 2005 WIPO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, POST INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050700000029 EFT DATE: 06-JUL-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 04251.048708081000 NAME OF BANK: CREDIT SUISSE ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND [...] |
2005-07-19 06:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN WIPO |
| 05GENEVA1854 |
FY 2005 WIPO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, POST INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050800000021 EFT DATE: 03-AUG-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 04251.048708081000 NAME OF BANK: CREDIT SUISSE ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND [...] |
2005-08-04 12:35:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN WIPO |
| 05GENEVA2653 |
WIPO GENERAL ASSEMBLIES 2005 - BETTER THAN [...] Summary: The meetings of the Assemblies of Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), held in Geneva from September 26 to October 5, 2005, ended with better-than-expected results. Member States strengthened accountability and oversight within the organization, th [...] |
2005-11-01 12:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | IO KIPR WIPO |
| 05GENEVA2670 |
NOT A GOOD IDEA - WIPO PROPOSAL ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 6. 2. Ambassador Moley met November 1, at her request, with Rita Hayes, Deputy Director General WIPO, to discuss a proposed WIPO-hosted meeting of a high-level advisory group for intellectual property and avian flu. Econ Counselor and Health Atta [...] |
2005-11-02 11:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR TBIO WIPO |
| 05MANAMA421 |
BAHRAIN: APRIL 11-13 WIPO SESSION ON INTELLECTUAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-20 11:24:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID KPAO OIIP BA WIPO |
| 05OTTAWA1990 |
CANADIAN COPYRIGHT AMENDMENT LEGISLATION: NOT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: As predicted (ref Ottawa 1725), the GOC has now tabled draft legislation amending the Copyright Act. The amendments are intended to implement the provisions of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; however, industry commen [...] |
2005-06-30 14:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR CA WIPO |
| 05PARIS1959 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is resistant to Israel's participation in political consultation groups in UN bodies outside New York, believing that there is no automatic right of participation outside of natural geographic groupings, and is reluctant to establish such a precedent. (Israel's "temporary [...] |
2005-03-24 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ELAB KIPR IS FR WIPO ILO |
| 05PARIS3245 |
USUNESCO: 171st EXECUTIVE BOARD ITEM 65: [...] Summary. India's proposal to place a new UNESCO convention on broadcasting on the agenda of the next General Conference (GC) in October 2005 was derailed during the recent Executive Board meeting. The U.S. Mission successfully intervened to have the feasibility of such a convention considere [...] |
2005-05-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KIPR UNESCO WIPO WSIS |
| 05PARIS4725 |
USUNESCO: CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE [...] This is an action cable. See action request in para. 7. 2. Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Council of the Rome Convention meeting at UNESCO headquarters on June 27-28, 2005 successfully advocated for a report from the Council that indicates that the right place for [...] |
2005-07-06 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KIPR UNESCO WIPO WSIS |
| 05VIENNA697 |
ISRAEL'S MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS AT WIPO, ILO, UNEP, [...] (SBU) EconPolOff delivered ref a demarche on March 4 to Dr. Helmut Boeck, new deputy head of the Austrian MFA's International Organizations Bureau. He observed that some of these issues have been pending since his last stint in the UN Affairs Bureau seven years ago. Boeck told us that, to th [...] |
2005-03-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ELAB KIPR IS AU WIPO ILO |
| 06CARACAS3414 |
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY [...] (SBU) The BRV's Autonomous Intellectual Property Service (SAPI) held a conference on November 3-4 to discuss intellectual property from the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas) perspective. The event brought together government officials, Cuban regime panelists, and members of left [...] |
2006-11-16 12:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD WIPO VE |
| 07AMMAN3905 |
JORDAN AGREES ON NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN WIPO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AORC WIPO JO |
| 07BERLIN1247 |
GERMAN AND EPO RESPONSE TO WIPO DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin discussed holding WIPO DG accountable for his actions as requested in reftel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts voiced support for the USG view but also discussed the delicacy of Germany's position, due to its ongoing role as President of the European Council. Spe [...] |
2007-06-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR WIPO SZ GM |
| 07BRASILIA1775 |
BRAZIL: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY OF [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche points to Otavio Brandelli, Chief of the Division of Intellectual Property Rights at the Ministry of External Relation,s on September 17. Brandelli said that the GoB feels it should adopt a "low profile" on the issue to avoid alienating the African Group [...] |
2007-09-17 21:49:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO BR |
| 07CAIRO2777 |
EGYPT TO CONSIDER WIPO ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC WIPO EG |
| 07GENEVA2375 |
UN REFORM: US BLOCKS WIPO BUDGET OVER ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (U) At the WIPO 43rd General Assemblies, the US succeeded in its goal of forcing discussion of a confidential internal audit report alleging misconduct on the part the Sudanese Director General Kamil Idris. However, on the last day of the 10-day meeting, the African countries rejected a propo [...] |
2007-10-11 20:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AORC WIPO |
| 07MANAMA561 |
BAHRAIN: DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM WIPO DG [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR WIPO BA ROW |
| 07NAIROBI3688 |
KENYA NOT YET CONTEMPLATING CENSURING WIPO DG KAMAL IDRIS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG internal distribution only. 2. (SBU) Kenya's Acting Director of its Copyright Board within the Attorney General's Office, Marisella Ouma, said September 17 that members of Kenya's delegation to next week's WIPO General As [...] |
2007-09-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR KE |
| 07OTTAWA1762 |
CANADA AGREES WIPO DIRECTOR SHOULD BE HELD [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | WIPO AORC CA KIPR |
| 07PARIS3892 |
ACCOUNTABILITY OF WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL -FRENCH CONSIDERING [...] (U) Econoff delivered on September 14 reftel points and nonpaper advocating accountability for WIPO Director General to Jean-Baptiste Mozziconacci, Head of bilateral affairs and international cooperation at the National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI). 2. (SBU) Mozziconacci noted [...] |
2007-09-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR FR |
| 07RABAT1484 |
ACCOUNTABILITY OF WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL - MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Econoff first discussed the points conveyed reftels during a June 15 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division Chief for International Organizations Ahmed Faouzi, urging the Government of Morocco to support holding the WIPO Director General accountable for his actions and abuses. [...] |
2007-09-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC MO WIPO |
| 07ROME2024 |
GOI RELUCTANT TO PUSH FOR WIPO DG IDRIS'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Italy (GOI) is reluctant to support USG's call for the resignation of Kamil Idris, Director General (DG) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The GOI fears that forcing Idris to resign would provoke WIPO members from developing countries t [...] |
2007-09-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ETRD KIPR PGOV WIPO IT |
| 07THEHAGUE1696 |
ACCOUNTABILITY OF WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL - DUTCH [...] (U) Econoff delivered on September 13 reftel points and nonpaper advocating accountability for WIPO Director General Idris to Paul van Beukering, Unit Manager, Intellectual Property Unit, Directorate General for Enterprise and Innovation, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. 2. (SBU) Van [...] |
2007-09-14 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR |
| 07ZAGREB597 |
CROATIA: WIPO DG SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-19 10:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR WIPO HR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
| 08AMMAN1384 |
DEMARCHE REQUEST ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL AORC KIPR WIPO JO |
| 08ANKARA1605 |
TURKEY FINALLY JOINS WIPO TREATIES [...] On August 28, after more than a year of delay, Turkey finally deposited its instruments of accession for the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty with the WIPO in Geneva, with no reservations. The treaty will enter into force on November 28, 2008. As reported [...] |
2008-09-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR USTR WIPO TU |
| 08ANKARA918 |
TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche May 9 to Serap Ozcoskun, Head of the Multilateral Economic Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ozcoskun thanked us for our short list. Shw said that Turkey has not yet finalized its list and probably will not finalize it until just before v [...] |
2008-05-13 04:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL TU |
| 08CANBERRA469 |
AUSTRALIA ON WIPO D-G ELECTION [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Nicholas Rodgers, Director for International Intellectual Property at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade May 9. IP Australia, preparing for the long trip to Geneva, was unable to attend, but DFAT has been in close consultation with them and bot [...] |
2008-05-09 05:31:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL AS |
| 08KINSHASA424 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to GDRC Ministry of Economy and Trade Chief of Staff Bavon N'Sa Mputu. EconOff urged N'Sa Mputu to support one of the five preferred candidates for Director General, a message he promised to communicate to the DRC Representative in Geneva. N'Sa Mputu di [...] |
2008-05-13 14:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL CG |
| 08KYIV876 |
UKRAINE MOSTLY AGREES ON CANDIDATES FOR WIPO [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points regarding upcoming elections for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General to Elena Shcherbakova, head of the International Relations Division at the State Department of Intellectual Property (SDIP), on May 6. Shcherbakova said [...] |
2008-05-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL UP |
| 08LISBON1129 |
PORTUGAL TO BACK BRAZILIAN IN WIPO DG ELECTION [...] In response to reftel points, MFA International Organizations Officer Gabriela Rocha agreed on the importance of having an effective new Director General at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Rocha acknowledged USG preference for five particlar candidates, but noted that Por [...] |
2008-05-12 13:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL |
| 08LJUBLJANA210 |
WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION - SLOVENIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-13 11:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR AORC ETRD PREL WIPO SI |
| 08MADRID528 |
SPANISH VIEWS ON WIPO GENERAL ELECTION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Spain wants to see a technically qualified candidate lead the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In the end, largely because of the controversy surrounding Kamil Idris' early departure, Spain does not think it will be possible for a candidate from an industrializ [...] |
2008-05-12 17:31:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL SP |
| 08NAIROBI1210 |
KENYA CONSIDERS JAPAN'S YO TAKAGI AS STRONGEST WIPO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG internal distribution only. 2. (SBU) In the absence of Kenya Copyright Board (KCB) Acting Director Marisella Ouma, on May 8 Econoff spoke separately with KCB Senior State Counsel Edward Sigei, Kenya Industrial Property I [...] |
2008-05-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL KE |
| 08OSLO261 |
NORWEGIANS STUDY WIPO POINTS, CONSIDER CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-08 13:53:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NO |
| 08OTTAWA637 |
CANADA EQUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WIPO DIRECTOR [...] (U) On May 6 Econoff delivered reftel points to Doug George, Director, Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Trade Policy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. George (protect) said Canada shares the USG's concern regarding the upcoming WIPO DG election. [...] |
2008-05-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AORC WIPO PREL KIPR CA |
| 08PARIS674 |
FRANCE OFFERS VIEWS ON FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA AND WIPO [...] (SBU) IO DAS Gerry Anderson met with MFA Deputy Director for United Nations and International Organization Affairs Marc Giacomini and several staffers April 10 for a tour d'horizon of a number of current IO issues, including financing, reform and upcoming elections at FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA [...] |
2008-04-11 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL FAO UNESCO UNDP IAEA WIPO FR |
| 08PARISFR2332 |
UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] Begin Summary. During its week-long second ordinary meeting, the 24-member Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions ("the IGC" or "the Committee") took decisive action on each of the items on its agenda, although two items (prefere [...] |
2008-12-29 12:12:00 | Mission UNESCO | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO USTR WIPO WTRO KIPR |
| 08RIGA254 |
LATVIA: NO POSITION ON WIPO DG ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-13 14:25:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL LG |
| 08SANSALVADOR569 |
SAN SALVADOR RESPONSE TO WIPO DG ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-14 21:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD ES |
| 08SOFIA291 |
BULGARIA ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points on the upcoming WIPO director general elections to Kamen Velichkov, Head of the UN and Global Issues Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (which has the lead on WIPO issues) May 9. Bulgaria will support an East European candidate in the first ro [...] |
2008-05-09 11:34:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR PREL ETRD BU |
| 08THEHAGUE398 |
NETHERLANDS/WIPO: ELECTION OF NEW WIPO DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) The Netherlands' preferred candidates for WIPO Director General (DG) are Australia's Francis Gurry, followed by Mexico's Jorge Amigo. EconOff met with Paul van Beukering, head of Intellectual Property Unit, Ministry of Economic Affairs, May 9 to discuss the upocoming WIPO DG election pe [...] |
2008-05-09 16:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NL |
| 08TOKYO1152 |
METI MINISTER URGES USG SUPPORT FOR JAPAN WIPO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-25 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD WIPO PREL JA |
| 08TOKYO1290 |
DEMARCHE TO JAPAN ON WIPO ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to demarche contained in reftel, the GOJ reiterated its support for Japanese candidate, current WIPO Executive Director Yoshiyuki Takagi, while echoing the U.S. desire for election of a strong, reform-minded candidate as Director General. Japan opposes an early str [...] |
2008-05-12 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL |
| 08TUNIS497 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-12 06:27:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL TS |
| 08VIENNA635 |
AUSTRIA FULLY SUPPORTS USG ON WIPO DG ELECTION [...] On May 7, emboffs delivered reftel talking points to Robert Ullrich, Head of the Patent Office's Legal Department, a part of the Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology. Ullrich will represent Austria at the WIPO Coordination Committee May 13-14. We also conveyed the USG positi [...] |
2008-05-07 15:31:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL AU |
| 08WARSAW578 |
POLAND ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (C) On May 9, EconOff delivered reftel demarche to (1) Alicja Adamczyk, President of the Polish Patent Office (and one of the candidates for WIPO Director General), (2) Zbigniew Barszcz, from the Department of Economic Development at the Economy Ministry, and (3) Karina Kostrzewa, Deputy Dire [...] |
2008-05-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL PL |
| 08WELLINGTON160 |
NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS AUSTRALIA FOR WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-11 22:32:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL NZ |
| 09ALGIERS819 |
WIPO ISSUES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-09-13 15:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR ETRD WIPO AG |
| 09GENEVA1011 |
UPOV Meeting, October 19 to 23, 2009 [...] Summary: The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) met on October 19 to October 23, 2009. Issues regarding the procedure for the appointment of a new Vice Secretary General were discussed, and three candidates for the post of the Vice-Secretary General were s [...] |
2009-11-10 16:10:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA1118 |
WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, [...] SUMMARY: The 22nd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Geographical Indications (SCT) continued constructive discussions on topics remaining from the 21st session. Work on most of these issues is coming to a conclusion and thus the SCT memb [...] |
2009-12-08 12:17:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA217 |
WIPO on Intellectual Property Financing [...] SUMMARY: At a WIPO meeting on Intellectual Property (IP) Financing, participants highlighted national experiences, discussed challenges in using IP for financing, and explored solutions to those challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted an Info [...] |
2009-03-13 16:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA218 |
WIPO on Intellectual Property Financing [...] SUMMARY: At a WIPO meeting on Intellectual Property (IP) Financing, participants highlighted national experiences, discussed challenges in using IP for financing, and explored solutions to those challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosted an Info [...] |
2009-03-13 16:17:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA302 |
Thirteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the [...] SUMMARY: The 13th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) recommenced its work program agreed to by Member States at the June 2008 meeting. The work program includes technical reporting on which to base discussion. Such discussion had been stalled in the SCP for t [...] |
2009-04-14 08:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA307 |
UPOV Meeting, March 30 to April 3, 2009 [...] Summary: The Forty-Fifth Session of the Technical Committee (TC), The Fifty-Ninth Session of the Administrative and Legal Committee (CAJ), the Seventy-Seventh Session of the Consultative Committee (CC), the Twenty-Sixth Extraordinary Session of the Council (C), and the Ad-Hoc Subgroup of Techn [...] |
2009-04-17 13:14:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA415 |
WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working [...] SUMMARY: At the Second Session of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group, delegates mainly discussed proposals to make the operation of the PCT more efficient. In addition, the form of amendments, eligibility criteria for reductions in certain fees, equivalent amounts of certain f [...] |
2009-06-04 11:32:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA416 |
Third Session of the WIPO Committee on [...] SUMMARY: The 3rd session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) moved ahead (slowly) in its implementation of 45 recommendations concerning development and IP. These recommendations were approved by the WIPO General Assemblies (GA) in October 2007. In the fir [...] |
2009-06-04 11:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA507 |
Eighteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on [...] SUMMARY: Member States at the 18th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) agreed to continue without delay their work on facilitating the access of the blind, visually impaired persons (VIP) and other reading-disabled persons to copyright-protected works. [...] |
2009-06-24 12:47:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA559 |
WIPO meeting on Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and [...] SUMMARY: The 21st session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks (SCT) was productive and collegial, even though the Committee was somewhat split over a Jamaican proposal to add country name protection to the provisions of Article 6ter of the Paris Convention, as symbols of national sovereig [...] |
2009-07-06 15:17:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA597 |
WIPO on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and [...] SUMMARY: Member States at the 14th session of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (GRTKF), which was held in Geneva from June 29 to July 3, 2009, failed to reach an agreement on a recommendation to the 2 [...] |
2009-07-20 09:33:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA728 |
WIPO Conference on the Visually Impaired [...] (U) SUMMARY: WIPO held a conference on the morning of July 13 on access to reading material for the visually impaired. END SUMMARY. IMPROVING ACCESS TO COPYRIGHT CONTENT FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED ------------------------------------- 2. (U) WIPO's July 13 Conference on Improving Acce [...] |
2009-09-03 14:26:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 09GENEVA730 |
WIPO Conference on Public Policy [...] SUMMARY (SBU): During the July 13-14 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Conference on Intellectual Property (IP) and Public Policy Issues in Geneva, Switzerland, participants explored and clarified the connection between IP and several major public policy issues such as climate ch [...] |
2009-09-03 15:58:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR SENV WIPO |
| 09MADRID1074 |
WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING: EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 29 meeting with Spanish Ministry of Culture official Carlos Guervos (septel), senior U.S. Copyright Office official Maria Pallante raised the mid-December meeting of WIPO's Standing Committee on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (SCCR). The conversation focused [...] |
2009-11-04 10:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR WIPO SP |
| 09STATE92402 |
DEMARCHE ON WIPO ISSUES: 2010-2011 BIENNIUM [...] SUMMARY: The interventions made by Geneva-based representatives from Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Nigeria and South Africa concerning the 2010-2011 biennium Program and Budget of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) are of concern to the U.S. and may jeopardize a positive consens [...] |
2009-09-04 15:27:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR WIPO |
| 10GENEVA11 |
WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property [...] SUMMARY: The 4th session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) was a constructive step forward from the U.S. perspective. The Committee approved five major thematic projects and reviewed all projects and activities under current implementation. On the importan [...] |
2010-01-08 11:54:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 10GENEVA12 |
WIPO on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and [...] SUMMARY: The 15th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (GRTKF) had successful discussions on substantive issues, but delegations remained far apart on proce [...] |
2010-01-08 12:06:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 10GENEVA136 |
Fourteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law [...] The World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (WIPO SCP) continued to discuss preliminary studies requested by the SCP in June 2008 and March 2009, and commenced a discussion on Brazil's proposal concerning exceptions and limitations to patent rights. [...] |
2010-02-18 17:01:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 10GENEVA40 |
WIPO and EU Presidency Issues [...] SUMMARY: Miguel Angel Vecino, Counselor from the Spanish Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, met on January 13 with IP Attach???? Lashley-Johnson to discuss EU presidency issues in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Spain now holds the EU presidency until July 2010, and Mr. Ve [...] |
2010-01-21 09:51:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
| 10GENEVA42 |
WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: USG [...] (U) Summary: The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) met in Geneva December 14-18, 2009. At this 19th session of the SCCR, the United States unequivocally called on the international copyright community to reach a consensu [...] |
2010-01-21 10:52:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |