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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Group B+ Draft Patent Harmonisation Treaty: Substantive Differences Remain.

From Mr. William New and Mr. Tove Iren S. Gerhardsen on

IP-watch.org:

"[...] The wealthy members of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have created a draft patent harmonisation treaty to be negotiated outside WIPO in the hope of removing basic differences in national and regional practices. But while the countries say they have the momentum and political will to change their laws, the draft text obtained by Intellectual Property Watch shows that substantive differences remain.

The draft patent treaty text, drawn up the United Kingdom, and based on several pre-existing documents, shows there is substantial work left to do to bring the so-called Group B+ members to accord. The group follows WIPO structure, where developed nations act collectively as Group B, plus additional countries represented at the European Patent Office.

Draft treaty text available here [...]"

As a backgrounder you may also wish to read

this earlier posting on IP-watch concerning the same matter.

A PDF version of the Chair's text is available

here.

As the negotiations on the SPLT at the WIPO theatre appear to be stalled the recent report is bad news for further patent harmonisation policy. It looks as if no progress is likely to be expected very soon.

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Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Group B+ Draft Patent Harmonisation Treaty: Substantive Differences Remain.

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