[WSIS CS-Plenary] WIPO denies ad hoc NGO observor statusfor April Development Agenda meeting

[Federico Heinz]

On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 05:50 -0500, Milton Mueller wrote:
> [...]We have had a debate/dialogue here about the role of IPR issues
> in the WGIG and some have contended that the whole thing should be
> left to the WIPO forum. They have, I think, failed to understand the
> helpful and complementary effect that coordination across WSIS/WGIG,
> WIPO, and other forums could have. 

When did that happen? I haven't seen anybody here say that patents,
copyrights, trademarks or anything else should be "left to the WIPO
forum". I (and others) have said that these issues are not relevant to
internet governance, and thus do not belong into WGIG's scope. Saying
that WGIG is the wrong forum is not the same as saying that WIPO is the
only right one. Very far from it.

	Fede

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