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[FYI] Trevor Cook: "The WIPO must watch out that this is not an industry stitch-up"
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08 May 2000
WIPO and technology consortium join forces
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) must beware of
ignoring the rights of Internet users, after its announcement that it
will work together with the world’s leading technology companies to
resolve industry disputes.
The WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Centre will assist the
technology companies in developing guidelines for avoiding disputes
related to the needs of application service providers (ASPs). ASPs
are the technology companies that provide and manage software
applications for the Internet. Most existing software programs are
bought as tangible retail products, whereas applications provided by
ASPs are downloaded from the Internet, which means that they are
easier to pirate. The Application Service Provider Industry
Consortium (ASPIC), a non-profit international consortium of
companies such as IBM, Microsoft and AT&T, has formed this agreement
to improve confidence in the software and evolving e-commerce
industries, and prevent piracy.
But Trevor Cook, head of intellectual property at UK firm Bird &
Bird, is sceptical about ASPIC’s intentions: "It is the ASP industry
putting this proposal forward and it will work from its perspective.
The WIPO must watch out that this is not an industry stitch-up." The
‘ASP Best Practices and Guidelines for Dispute Avoidance and
Resolution’ will be available at the end of this year. It will be
voluntarily adopted by consortium members. "This will be from the ASP
perspective and will not necessarily accord with that of the users,"
Cook says.
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