Feasibility Study for a Regional Search
and Examination System - Pilot Country El Salvador
The European Patent Office has contracted with IIPI for a pilot project to study the
feasibility of an adapted search and examination system. The feasibility study would
comprise the technical, legal and financial aspects of the concept, including the
possibility of setting up a search capacity which would carry out searches for Central
American countries for priority filings, using other Patent Office's search and
examination results and for first filings. The feasibility study would also study the
possibility of carrying out examination.
Press
Release
International Conference on Strategies for Building
Software Industries in Developing Countries
East-West Center, University of Hawai ‘i at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawai'i
May 19-21, 2004
The growth of a strong software industry is viewed by many developing country policy
makers as an essential element in their road to development. Developing countries and aid
agencies have thus invested heavily in support of building domestic software industries,
particularly by investing in education and technology adoption.
While the various measures and programs developing countries have instituted are meant to
promote the growth of domestic software companies, they may also have long-term negative
effects upon their software industry. Without careful and enlightened policies, the
well-intentioned efforts of some developing country governments may stunt the growth of
their software companies and in the end do more harm than good.
Strategies for Building Software Industries in Developing Countries will bring together
experts and software industry professionals from around the world to identify, discuss and
debate the various policy options governments have to cultivate their software industries
and what strategies software companies can employ to ensure success in the international
market place.
Agenda, Biographies and Materials
Conference Summary
Press Release
International Conference on Technology
Transfer, Intellectual Property Rights and Business Policy
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Campinas, Brasil
March 25-26, 2004
Brazil's future economic growth depends not only on its vast supply of natural resources,
but on the nation's collective ability to harness the innovation of its people.
Intellectual property and technology transfer are economic tools that can more effectively
tap into the innovative capacity of Brazil's scientific and technological sectors. IIPI's
two-day event, The International Conference on Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property
Rights, and Business Policy, will apply lessons learned from the legislative changes in
the United States and OECD countries to Brazil's present economic and legal environment.
Providing international examples of growth through intellectual property and technology
transfer efforts, presenters opened a dialogue with conference delegates to explore how
theories, case studies and experience in other countries can be used to fuel Brazil's
quest for an expanded information economy.
Agenda
Conference Overview
Discussion
Document: Technology Transfer and National Innovation (PDF, 147KB)
Press Release
The Wrong Song
by Hon. Bruce Lehman
November 25, 2002
Legal Times
The intellecutal property
system is increasingly coming under attack, with the UK’s Commission on
Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) report the lastest salvo. This
article discusses what was wrong about the report and points out ways
that developing countries could use intellectual property for their own
benefit.
Article (PDF, 1.7MB)
International Workshop: Intellectual
Property Law and the Networked Economy
Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 2002 This policy forum brings together some 120
leading Brazilian and American technologists, business people, government policymakers,
lawyers, and academics to discuss various copyright and trademark issues pertaining to
internet economy.
Agenda and Summary
Press Release
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