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[FYI] WIPO to present its "Digital Agenda" to Member States
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- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 19:33:55 +0200
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http://ecommerce.wipo.int/press/pr99-186.html
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PRESS RELEASE
WIPO TO PRESENT ITS "DIGITAL AGENDA" TO MEMBER STATES
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will submit to
its member states the "Digital Agenda" it drafted following a three-
day meeting in Geneva from September 14 to 16, 1999 that brought
together some 700 high-level representatives from government,
industry and other interested parties. Among the high-level
government representatives that addressed the International
Conference on Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property Issues
were the Secretary of Commerce of the United States of America, Mr.
William Daley, French Minister of Culture, Mrs. Catherine Trautmann,
the Attorney General of Australia, Mr. Daryl Williams, and the
Minister of Industry and International Business of Barbados, Mr.
Reginald Farley.
[...]
The nine points of the WIPO Digital Agenda are:
1) Broaden the participation of developing countries through the use
of WIPONET and other means for:
- access to intellectual property information;
- participation in global policy formulation;
- opportunities to use intellectual property
in electronic commerce.
2) Entry into force of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO
Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) before December 2001.
3) Promote the adjustment of the international legislative framework
to facilitate electronic commerce through:
- the extension of the principles in the WPPT
to audiovisual performances;
- the adaptation of broadcasters’ rights to
the digital era;
- the review of the need for the conclusion of
an international instrument on the
protection of databases.
4) Implement the recommendations of the Report of the Domain Name
Process and pursue the achievement of compatibility between
identifiers in the real and virtual worlds through the establishment
of rules for mutual respect and the elimination of contradictions
between the domain name system and intellectual property rights.
5) Establish appropriate principles at the international level for
determining the circumstances of intellectual property liability of
Online Service Providers (OSPs) which are compatible and workable
within a framework of general liability rules for OSPs.
6) Promote adjustment of the institutional framework for facilitating
the exploitation of intellectual property in a global economy and on
a global medium through coordination and, where desired by users, the
implementation of systems in respect of:
- the interoperability and interconnection of
electronic copyright management systems and
the metadata of such systems;
- the online licensing of the digital
expression of cultural heritage;
- the online administration of intellectual
property disputes.
7) Introduce online procedures for the filing and administration of
international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
and the Madrid System at the earliest possible date.
8) Study and, where appropriate, respond in a timely and effective
manner to the need for measures designed to improve secure digital
management of intellectual property assets at the international level
including, for example, investigating the desirability and efficacy
of:
- the establishment of agreed procedures and
forms for global licensing of
intellectual property assets in digital form;
- the notarization of electronic documents;
- the introduction of a procedure for the
certification of websites containing
intellectual property for
compliance with appropriate intellectual
property standards and procedures.
9) Coordinate with other international organizations in the
formulation of appropriate international positions on horizontal
issues affecting intellectual property, in particular:
- the validity of electronic contracts;
- jurisdiction.
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