Archive - Jun 25, 2005

Key ?building blocks? for disciplines at the end of the implementation period

24 June, 2005
EC proposal on food aid presented at a Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Divonne on 18th June 2005

Divisions continue at WIPO patents committee meeting

24 June, 2005
Divisions continue at WIPO patents committee meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Patents, held on 1-2 June 2005.

Trade: WTO members discuss 'tiered' tariff cuts in agriculture

24 June, 2005
Agriculture negotiations resumed in the WTO from 30 May to 3 June, with members engaging since 30 May on issues relating to market access for the first time after an understanding was reached earlier this month among the major countries on the conversion of non ad valorem duties to ad valorem equivalents.

Trade: WTO Rules Group discusses new proposal on anti-dumping

24 June, 2005
The WTO Negotiating Group on Rules, holding a weeklong meeting (30 May - 3 June), has received a new proposal with respect to thedetermination of dumping margins under the Anti-Dumping Agreement.

WIPO members split on future work on patent law treaty

24 June, 2005
A meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's standingcommittee on patents (SCP) was held on 1-2 June 2005. At the meeting,WIPO member states were unable to agree on how the future workof the committee should proceed(M.Khor)

No agreement on future work of WIPO Patents Committee

24 June, 2005
The Standing Committee on the Law ofPatents (SCP) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ended itsmeeting on 3 June 2005 without any agreement among Member States on how the future workprogramme of the committee should proceed.