16, 20 This project examined Completed. Enhance understanding of Study on Patents and the Study on “Patents and the and explored (i) the A Self-evaluation Report the impact of certain Public Domain (II) was Patents and Public important role of a rich of the project will be enterprise practices in the successfully completed the Public Domain” and accessible public undertaken and presented field of patents on the public and presented to the Domain (II) domain; and (ii) the to the current session of domain and the important Committee at its twelfth available at: impact of certain the Committee. role of a rich and accessible session enterprise practices in public domain. (CDIP/12/INF/2 Rev.). the field of patents on the public domain. In addition, the project explores the possibility of considering the issues relating to patents and the public domain within activities that support a robust public domain. 1, 10, Project on This project aims to Under implementation This project is aimed at Second WIPO Second 11, 13, develop means to since January 2012. contributing to (i) a better Meeting on Meeting “Enhancing 19, 25, channel the efforts of understanding of IP and its South-South Cooperation available at: 32 different actors to Completed by the end of potential contribution to on Patents, Trademarks, promote South-South 2013. development in the Geographical Indications, Second on IP Cooperation in the area developing countries and Industrial Designs and Conference and of intellectual property. An Evaluation Report of LDCs; (ii) identify priorities Enforcement was held in available at: the project will be and special needs of Cairo in May 2013. presented to the current developing countries and among session of the Committee. LDCs in the area of IP and Second WIPO Annual WIPO Developing development; (iii) Conference on Intellectual Webpage Countries socio-economic Property and on and LDCs” context-sensitive Development was held in on IP policies at the Geneva in national and regional levels November 2013. : in the South; (iv) better protection of domestic Significant progress in the creations and fostering introduction of innovation in developing functionalities in the countries and LDCs; IP Technical Assistance
16, 20 “Patents and the Public Domain” This project examined and explored (i) the important role of a rich and accessible public domain; and (ii) the impact of certain enterprise practices in the field of patents on the public domain. Completed. A Self-evaluation Report of the project will be undertaken and presented to the current session of the Committee. Enhance understanding of the impact of certain enterprise practices in the field of patents on the public domain and the important role of a rich and accessible public domain. In addition, the project explores the possibility of considering the issues relating to patents and the public domain within activities that support a robust public domain. Study on Patents and the Public Domain (II) was successfully completed and presented to the Committee at its twelfth session (CDIP/12/INF/2 Rev.). Study on Patents and the Public Domain (II) available at: 1, 10, 11, 13, 19, 25, 32 Project on “Enhancing on IP and among Developing Countries and LDCs” This project aims to develop means to channel the efforts of different actors to promote South-South Cooperation in the area of intellectual property. Under implementation since January 2012. Completed by the end of 2013. An Evaluation Report of the project will be presented to the current session of the Committee. This project is aimed at contributing to (i) a better understanding of IP and its potential contribution to development in the developing countries and LDCs; (ii) identify priorities and special needs of developing countries and LDCs in the area of IP and development; (iii) socio-economic context-sensitive on IP policies at the national and regional levels in the South; (iv) better protection of domestic creations and fostering innovation in developing countries and LDCs; Second WIPO Meeting on South-South Cooperation on Patents, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Industrial Designs and Enforcement was held in Cairo in May 2013. Second WIPO Annual Conference on Intellectual Property and Development was held in Geneva in November 2013. Significant progress in the introduction of functionalities in the IP Technical Assistance Second Meeting available at: Second Conference available at: WIPO Webpage on :
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