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Thursday, April 13, 2006

WIPO: SCP Negotiations Again Stalled.

From

IP Watch:

"[...] Government negotiators addressing the global harmonisation of patent systems today could not agree on a work programme for a key World Intellectual Property Organization committee, effectively stalling debate on the issue until the end of the year.

'It is not yet the time', said Ron Marchant, chief executive and comptroller general of the United Kingdom Patent Office, who chaired the end of the meeting on the issue. Nations 'need to rethink' their positions, he said. [...]"