PCIPD/4/3 ORIGINAL : English WIPO DATE: September 16, 2005 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION GENEVA
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E PCIPD/4/3 ORIGINAL : English WIPO DATE: September 16, 2005 WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION GENEVA PERMANENT COMMITTEE ON COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROP ERTY (PCIPD) Fourth Session Geneva, April 14 and 15, 2005 REPORT adopted by the Committee 1. The WIPO Permanent Committee on Cooperation for Development Related to Intellectual Property (“the Committee”) held its fourth session in Geneva at WIPO headquarters from April 14 to 15, 2005. 2. The following States were represented: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin , Brazil, Bulgaria , Burundi, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia , Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Holy See , Honduras , Hungary, India , Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya , Latvia, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , Lithuania, Luxembourg , Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Ma lta , Mexico , Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger , Nigeria , Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka , Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States of America (82). 3. The following intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) took part as observers: African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), African Union (AU), Commission of the European Communities (CEC), European Patent Organization (EPO), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), League of Arab Sta tes (LAS), and World Trade Organization (WTO)(7). PCIPD/4/3 page 2 4. Representatives of the following international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) took part as observers: Association for the Promotion of Intellectual Property in Africa (APPIA), Associa tion littéraire et artistique internationale (ALAI), Business Software Alliance (BSA), Central and Eastern European Copyright Alliance (CEECA), Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL), European Film Companies Alliance (EFCA), Exchange and Cooperation Centre for Latin America (ECCLA), Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe), Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC), Ibero -Latin -American Federation of Performers (FILAIE), International Federation of Actors (IF A), International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF), International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI), International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), International Federation of Musicians (FIM), International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO), International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), International Music Managers Forum (IMMF), In ternational Publishers Association (IPA), International Video Federation (IVF), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Third World Network (TWN) (24). 5. Representatives of the following national non-governmental organization took part as observer: Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF) (1). 6. Representatives of the following non-accredited NGOs attended the Meeting as ad hoc observers: Access to Learning Materials in Southern Africa/Consumer Institute South Africa, Business Software Allia nce (BSA), USA, Consumers International/TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) Secretariat, London, Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) , European Digital Rights (EDRI) , German Chamber of Patent Attorneys , Independent Film and Television Alliance, L ondon, Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), USA , Institute of International Trade Law and Development - IDCID (Brazil) , Intellectual Property Charter (IPC) at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, U.K., International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) , International Policy Network (IPN), London, LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa , Third World Network, Geneva, Union for the Public Domain, USA. 7. The list of participants is annexed to this report. 8. Discussions were based on the following document: - “Overview of Policy Directions, Priority Areas and Projects in WIPO’s Support of the Development Objectives of Developing Countries” (PCIPD/4/2). Agenda Item 1: Opening of the Session 9. The session was opened by Mr. Geoffrey Yu, Deputy Director General of WIPO, who welcomed the participants on behalf of the Director General of WIPO, Dr. Kamil Idris. PCIPD/4/3 page 3 Agenda Item 2: Election of Officers 10. The Committee unanimously elected Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo (Philippines) as Chair and Fernando Zapata Lopez, Director General, Copyright Office (Colombia) as Vice -Chair. 11. The Chair thanked the participants for the confidence put in him in electing him to chair the fourth session of the PCIPD. He referred to the decision taken during the WIPO Assemblies in September 2004, that the fourth session of the PCIPD be convened back -to -back with the first session of the Inter -Sessional Intergovernmental Meeting (IIM). He explained that the role of the PCIPD was to review the activities of the program for development cooperation and to serve as the main forum for identifying new and reviewing ongoing priorities and to make recommendations to the WIPO Conference. He said that the Planning for the Program of Action and Economic Development of WIPO for the years 2004 to 2005 had been drafted on the basis of the discussions held at the third session of PCIPD and at the Forum on Strategic Issues for the Future held under the auspices of that Committee in October 2002. The Chair further indicated that policy issues would be discussed at this meeting on the basis of the achievements described in the PCIPD document, which covered development of national IP policy and strategies, public policy, using IP in the market place, technology transfer, human resource development, institutional support, legislative advice and partnerships with governments, as well as with IGOs and NGOs. As me ntioned in that document, the fourth session of the PCIPD was being held at a critical phase in the evolution of the intellectual property system, a phase marked by discussions in international organizations - a good example of that was seen in the IIM ear lier that week - which had been characterized by major shift in priorities and direction in WIPO’s cooperation for development activities, since the last meeting of the PCIPD in 2002. The Chair hoped that the session would enable Member States to discuss possible new directions in WIPO’s cooperation for development activities for developing countries and least developed countries, as well as the use of intellectual property for economic development and future work and activities in those areas. Item 3: Adoption of the Agenda 12. The Draft Agenda as proposed in document PCIPD/4/1 Prov. was unanimously adopted. 13. Concerning Agenda Item 5, Adoption of the Draft Report, the Chair proposed that, due to the short duration of the fourth se ssion, the Report could be submitted to the Delegations at a later date, with a draft report circulated sometime during the week of April 27, 2005. However, he proposed that a substantive paper could be adopted in the form of a Chair’s summary, which all Delegations would be given a chance to consider before the end of the session so that it could be adopted. The Chair’s proposal was adopted. 14. The Chair then proceeded to the issue of the non-accredited NGOs that wished to participate in the meeting and invited the Legal Counsel to read out their names. The Secretariat read out the list of the 15 non-accredited NGOs wishing to participate in the meeting, which was as follows: Institute of International Trade Law and Development (IDCID), Brazi l; Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), USA; Independent Film and Television Alliance, London; International Policy Network (IPN), London; Union for the Public Domain, USA; European Digital Rights (EDRI); Intellectual Property Charter (IPC) and PCIPD/4/3 page 4 Roya l Society for the Encouragements of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, UK; Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL); International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD); German Chamber of Patent Attorneys; Access to Learning Materials in Southern Africa; Consumer Institute South Africa; Consumers International and TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) Secretariat, London; Third World Network, Geneva; LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; and the Business Software Alliance (BSA), USA. The Committee unanimously decided to admit them to the meeting as ad hoc observers. Item 4: Overview of Policy Directions, Priority Areas and Projects in WIPO’s Support of the Development Objectives of Developing Countries (document PCIPD/4/2). 15. The Chairman invited the Secretariat to introduce the document. 16. The Secretariat stated that WIPO followed a number of guiding principles in carrying out its program of support for developing countries. It stressed that first and foremost, WIPO tried within the limited resources available to the Secretariat, to cover as many developing countries as possible, within any given year and to respond positively, wherever possible, to the wide range of re quests