surveys and studies should Survey of Private Copyright Documentation Systems and (ii) The studies should be made more facilitate the planning of the Practices, available at: to assist Member States to decide on subsequent steps of possible concrete actions for the future. preparation of guidelines and/or possible development Trademarks (iii) It may be more practicable that the different of tools to facilitate the components of the project (patents, copyright and identification of and access to Study on Misappropriation of Signs, available at: trademarks) are separated and managed public domain subject matter. independently by the relevant Sector in the The project is divided into Secretariat as the issues in these areas are three components that will Patent different. This could improve effectiveness and the address the issue from the depth of analysis. perspective of copyright, Feasibility Study on the Establishment of National Patent trademarks and patents. Register Databases and Study on patents and the public (iv) The self-evaluation exercises are qualitative domain, discussed at the eighth session of the Committee and go beyond simply indicating the status of (CDIP/8/INF/2 and 3) and available at: project implementation. and New tools and guidelines An Evaluation Report of the project was presented to the ninth session of the Committee (CDIP/9/7) and is available No actual new or guidelines were developed at: under the project to increase access to subject matter that has fallen into the public domain or to preserve knowledge that has fallen into the public domain. Poor sequencing and lack of time appear to be the key reasons for this outcome. IP and Competition Policy DA_7_23_32_01 Recommendations 7, 23, 32 –
surveys and studies should facilitate the planning of the subsequent steps of possible preparation of guidelines and/or possible development of tools to facilitate the identification of and access to public domain subject matter. The project is divided into three components that will address the issue from the perspective of copyright, trademarks and patents. Survey of Private Copyright Documentation Systems and Practices, available at: Trademarks Study on Misappropriation of Signs, available at: Patent Feasibility Study on the Establishment of National Patent Register Databases and Study on patents and the public domain, discussed at the eighth session of the Committee (CDIP/8/INF/2 and 3) and available at: and An Evaluation Report of the project was presented to the ninth session of the Committee (CDIP/9/7) and is available at: (ii) The studies should be made more to assist Member States to decide on concrete actions for the future. (iii) It may be more practicable that the different components of the project (patents, copyright and trademarks) are separated and managed independently by the relevant Sector in the Secretariat as the issues in these areas are different. This could improve effectiveness and the depth of analysis. (iv) The self-evaluation exercises are qualitative and go beyond simply indicating the status of project implementation. New tools and guidelines No actual new or guidelines were developed under the project to increase access to subject matter that has fallen into the public domain or to preserve knowledge that has fallen into the public domain. Poor sequencing and lack of time appear to be the key reasons for this outcome. IP and Competition Policy DA_7_23_32_01 – Recommendations 7, 23, 32