November 16th, 2009

Okay, CDIP/4 at WIPO just got slightly interesting

Posted in  Intellectual Property 
Author: Tom Giovanetti || Location: WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland

The delegate from India requested that language be inserted into a particular project explaining that "IP has inherent anticompetitive elements" and that the project needs to "address anticompetitive behaviors such as refusal to license."

The member of the WIPO Secretariat, in response, explained to India that "if you make it illegal for rightsholders to refuse to license, you destroy the IP system."

Which is undoubtedly the India delegate's point.