Argentina and Brazil propose a ‘development agenda’ for WIPO
‘There’s a battle going on at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) — one that could accurately be described as a struggle for the soul of the organization. The central question is whether WIPO will coninue to promote the protection of intellectual property for its own sake — IP “uber alles” — or, as a number of developing countries and others are advocating, pursue a range of initiatives that reflect such notions as “balance,” “innovation,” or “access.”‘
Read Donna Wentworth’s great entry on the ‘Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization’ that will be presented by Argentina and Brazil at WIPO’s annual meeting on Thursday.
If you want a brilliant assessment of why WIPO needs to change tack, read James Boyle’s very accessible explanation here, and be sure to sign the declaration here.