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<title>Observing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)</title>
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<h3>Changing the</h3>
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<h1>World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)</h1>
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<img src="/activities/wipo/wipo.en.png" alt="WIPO Logo" width="200" height="140" />
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The <a href="http://www.wipo.org">World Intellectual Property
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Organization (WIPO)</a> is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the
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<a href="http://www.un.org">United Nations</a> system of organisations.
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Its role is administrating 23 international treates dealing with
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different aspects of limited monopolies on knowledge.
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According to its own <a href="http://www.wipo.org">web page</a>, it is
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"an international organization dedicated to promoting the use and
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protection of works of the human spirit. These works -- intellectual
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property -- are expanding the bounds of science and technology and
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enriching the world of the arts. Through its work, WIPO plays an
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important role in enhancing the quality and enjoyment of life, as well
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as creating real wealth for nations."
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As explained in articles such as
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"<a href="/activities/wsis/issues.html">Fighting intellectual
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poverty</a>" or "<a href="/activities/wipo/iprip.html">On 'Intellectual
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Property' and Indigenous Peoples</a>" on FSFEs web page -- as well as
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many others on the net -- the statement above did not match reality in the past. The
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<a href="http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/genevadeclaration.html">Geneva
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Declaration</a> states clearly how in the past WIPO has had a history of
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"intellectually weak, ideologically rigid, and sometimes brutally
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unfair and inefficient policies."
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For anyone involved in questions of freedom in a digital age, such as
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Free Software Foundation Europe, WIPO is often at the root of current
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threats, such as <a href="/activities/swpat/">software patents</a>, the
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<a href="/activities/eucd/">European Copyright Directive (EUCD)</a> and
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others. When these come to a European or national level, we often find
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that little room for change exists.
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Instead of reacting to legislative projects individually when they are
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passed down, Free Software Foundation Europe is proactively
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facilitating more useful legislation at its root, the
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global level, in which WIPO is one key player. For that reason,
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FSFE has requested observer status to WIPO in 2003, which was
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granted during the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO from
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September 27 to October 5, 2004.
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Together with a global coalition of other players with similar goals,
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FSFE will work to change the "World Intellectual Property Organization"
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into a "<a href="/activities/wipo/wiwo.html">World Intellectual Wealth
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Organisation</a>."
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<h3>Documents</h3>
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<h3>Related</h3>
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<li>Free Software Foundation Europe supports the <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/NGO_Statement.shtml">Development Agenda -- IIM/3 NGO Statement</a> for the third <a href="http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=8487" target="_blank">Inter-Sessional, Inter-Governmental Meeting (IIM) on a Development Agenda</a>, 20 July 2005</li>
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<li>Statement in Support of the Geneva Declaration: <a href="/activities/wipo/wiwo.html">Towards a 'World Intellectual Wealth Organisation'</a></li>
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<li>Article: <a href="/freesoftware/standards/ps.html">Analysis on balance: Standardisation and Patents</a></li>
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<li>Article: <a href="/activities/wsis/issues.html">Fighting intellectual poverty</a></li>
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<li>Article: <a href="/activities/wipo/iprip.html">On 'Intellectual Property' and Indigenous Peoples</a></li>
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<ul>
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<li>Project page: <a href="/activities/wsis/">World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)</a></li>
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<li>Project page: <a href="/activities/swpat/">Software Patents</a></li>
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<li>Project page: <a href="/activities/eucd/">European Copyright Directive (EUCD)</a></li>
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